A Corrupt Dictator Tries to Buy UNESCO’s Brand Name
The UNESCO Executive Committee meeting at the organization’s headquarters in Paris soon will have to make a decision about a very controversial Prize, the UNESCO-Teodoro Obiang Award for the protection of life. This prize is funded by Obiang, for 31 ye…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch Memorandum for Russia-EU Human Rights Consultations: Fall 2010
In 2010 Russia appeared to improve its standing in the international arena by expanding its cooperation on human rights issues with international institutions and delegations.
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US: End Military Commission Trial of Former Child Soldier
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Omar Khadr: Military Commission Trial of Ex-Child Soldier
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Kenyans: Abuses continue despite new constitution
Kenya’s government heralded the country’s new constitution as a “fresh start,” but human rights groups said Friday that new reports of killings and illegal extraditions raise questions about whether any real changes have been made.Continue Reading
Sri Lanka’s war commission defends integrity
A government-appointed commission inquiring into Sri Lanka’s civil war criticized leading human rights groups Friday for declining its invitations to testify.Continue Reading
Canada No Longer Leads on Human Rights
How could Canada possibly be rejected for a seat on the UN Security Council, losing by a wide margin to Portugal, a country with little international profile?
A generation ago, such an outcome would have been inconceivable. Today, sadly, it was not su…Continue Reading
Indonesia: Press For Justice in Burma
(New York) – The Indonesian government should publicly support the establishment of a United Nations Commission of Inquiry for Burma, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs Dr. R.M. Marty M. Natalegawa.
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Indonesia: Letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Urging Indonesia to Support a UN Commission of Inquiry for Burma
Dear Dr. Natelagawa,
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Uzbekistan: Journalist’s Conviction Threatens Freedom of Speech
Update: On October 15, the independent journalist and Voice of America correspondent Abdumalik Boboev was convicted by the Mirzo-Ulugbek District Criminal Court on charges of criminal defamation, insult, and preparing or distributing materials that thr…Continue Reading
Legal Documents
Union africaine / African Union
Décision sur le procès de Hissène Habré et l’Union africaine, document Assembly/AU/3 (VIII) (2 juillet 2006)
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U.N. must help arrest wanted Congo general: group
KINSHASA (Reuters) – A human rights group urged the United Nations on Wednesday to help immediately arrest indicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, who last week told Reuters he was a senior commander in U.N.-backed military operations in Congo.Continue Reading
Rights groups snub Sri Lanka’s ‘flawed’ war probe
International human rights groups declined on Thursday to appear before a Sri Lankan probe into the end of the country’s civil war, saying the procedure was flawed and lacked credibility.Continue Reading
U.N. must help arrest wanted Congo general: group
KINSHASA (Reuters) – A human rights group urged the United Nations on Wednesday to help immediately arrest indicted war criminal Bosco Ntaganda, who last week told Reuters he was a senior commander in U.N.-backed military operations in Congo.Continue Reading
‘No exception’ for Human Rights Commission
The ACT Government says the Human Rights Commission must do its part to help return the budget to surplus.Continue Reading