U.N. must help arrest wanted Congo general: group
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
DR Congo: ICC-Indicted War Criminal Implicated in Assassinations of Opponents
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HRW calls on DRCongo to arrest former rebel
US-based campaigners Human Rights Watch on Wednesday called on the Kinshasa government to arrest one its own generals, a former rebel wanted by the International Criminal Court.Continue Reading
Human Rights Leaders Protest Abduction of Women in Japan at New York Consulate
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Several human rights leaders and Christian pastors, stoked by a recent documentary on Japanese human rights abuses that aired on Korean television station SBS on October 6, held a press briefing today outsid…Continue Reading
The Death Penalty for Drug Offences and International Support for Drug Enforcement
The purpose of this briefing is to highlight the dangers associated with funding drug control activities in countries with capital drug laws.
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US: Maintain Principled and Consistent Approach to Serbia’s Cooperation with ICTY
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
US Department of State
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Dear Secretary Clinton,
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The Death Penalty for Drug Offences and International Support for Drug Enforcement
The purpose of this briefing is to highlight the dangers associated with funding drug control activities in countries with capital drug laws.
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A Plan B for President Obama: Get Tough on Human Rights
In the 1990s, the United States, though hardly perfect, did more than any other country to promote the responsibility to protect people facing mass atrocities. In Bosnia and Kosovo, though tragically not Rwanda, leaders learned that the slaughter of th…Continue Reading
Liu Xiaobo and the West’s naive beliefs about freedom in China
I heartily applaud the Nobel Committee for awarding its Peace Prize to the imprisoned Liu Xiaobo for his long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. In doing so, the committee has challenged the West to re-examine a dangerous no…Continue Reading
UN affirms the right to water and sanitation as legally binding
By Ashfaq Khalfan, Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Policy Coordinator, Demand Dignity and ESCR Programme
On 30 September, the UN Human Rights Council affirmed for the first time that the human right to water and sanitation is legally binding.
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Calling on Nigeria to investigate Bundu shootings
By Kathryn Achilles, Nigeria campaigner for Amnesty International
Yesterday, in Nigeria’s capital city Lagos, we launched our report, Port Harcourt Demolitions: Excessive Use of Force Against Demonstrators, which details how, on 12 October 2009…Continue Reading
Indonesia: Signing ‘Disappearances’ Convention an Important Step
(New York) – Indonesia’s signing of the international convention on enforced disappearances should encourage the government to take action to resolve ongoing cases in the country, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyon…Continue Reading
Indonesia: Letter to President Yudhoyono Regarding the Signing of the Convenention on Enforced Disappearances
Dear President Yudhoyono,
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France: Rwanda Rebel’s Arrest Sends Strong Message
(Brussels) – The arrest in France of a Rwandan rebel leader for serious crimes in the Democratic Republic of Congo sends a strong signal that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is at work investigating crimes in the Kivus and will pursue abusive co…Continue Reading
Human Rights Commission ‘struggling’
The ACT Human Rights Commission says a shortage of funding and resources means it cannot meet all its obligations.Continue Reading