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
Sri Lanka: Joint Letter to the LLRC Outlining the Decision not to Testify before Flawed Commission
Sri Lanka: Groups Decline to Testify Before Flawed Commission
(New York) – Three leading international organizations will not accept an invitation to testify before a Sri Lankan government commission because it lacks the ability to advance accountability for war crimes, Human Rights Watch, the International Crisi…Continue Reading
Kyrgyzstan: Attacks During Trials Undermine Justice
(Osh) – A series of attacks – three this week alone – against people associated with the defense in trials related to the June violence in southern Kyrgyzstan are depriving the accused of their right to a fair trial and undermining justice for victims,…Continue Reading
Turkmenistan: Activist at Serious Risk of Harm
(London) – The following statement was issued today by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch about a credible report of a potentially life-threatening plot against Farid Tukhbatullin, who leads a Vienna-based nongovernmental organization from ex…Continue Reading
Raising Awareness on Chinese Human Rights Issues
New book delves into the problems of implementing Chinese human rights obligations.Continue Reading