The Hidden Victims of Human Trafficking
Being forced into domestic servitude is one of the most common forms of human trafficking. Yet it remains one of the most invisible, including meager media coverage and law enforcement efforts. On June 27, the US …Continue Reading
The Hidden Victims of Human Trafficking
Being forced into domestic servitude is one of the most common forms of human trafficking. Yet it remains one of the most invisible, including meager media coverage and law enforcement efforts. On June 27, the US …Continue Reading
Remove Malaysia from Human Rights Council, DAP tells UN
KUALA LUMPUR, June 29 — The United Nations (UN) should remove Malaysia as a member of the Human Rights Council (HRC) in light of the government’s crackdown on Bersih supporters, the DAP said.Continue Reading
Cluster Munition Coalition Delivers Statement on State Compliance with the Convention on Cluster Munitions
The Cluster Munition Coalition delivered a statement on compliance at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in Geneva.
Thank you Chairman.
As wou…Continue Reading
Mary Wareham Delivers Statement on National Implementation Measures for the Convention on Cluster Munitions
Mary Wareham, Senior Advisor for the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on national implementaiton measures at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Mu…Continue Reading
Clinton pushing human rights on 4-day Europe trip
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has begun a four-day trip to Europe to support international human rights and democracy.Continue Reading
Human Rights Advocates for Victims of Discrimination and Oppression Will Share $500K Gruber International Justice Prize
This year the Gruber Justice Prize honors five recipients who among them have challenged the world’s most common forms of intolerance: racial, ethnic, religious, political, economic and gender-based.Continue Reading
Group says Philippine President Aquino has done little to improve human rights
MANILA, Philippines – Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has done little during his first year in office to carry out his campaign promise to achieve justice for human rights victims, an activist group said Wednesday.Continue Reading
Group: Philippine president hasn’t improved rights
Philippine President Benigno Aquino III has done little during his first year in office to carry out his campaign promise to achieve justice for human rights victims, an activist group said Wednesday.Continue Reading
European human rights court says UK in breach of Convention if deports convicted Somalis
LONDON – Britain will be in breach of the Human Rights Convention if it deports two Somalis convicted of serious criminal offences in the U.K. to their homeland, the European Court of Human Rights ruled Tuesday.Continue Reading
Mark Hiznay Delivers Statement on Convention on Cluster Munitions Transparency Measures
Mark Hiznay, Senior Researcher in the Arms Division of Human Rights Watch, delivered a statement on transparency measures at the Intersessional Standing Committee meetings of the Convention on Cluster Munitions in…Continue Reading
Cyber bullying likened to human rights abuse
The Australian Human Rights Commission says in the world of the web, cyber bullying is an abuse of human rights.Continue Reading
Zimbabwe: Kimberley Process on the Brink
The decision on June 23, 2011, to allow exports from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields goes against the very spirit and purpose of the Kimberley Process. Governments and companies should repudiate the decision and…Continue Reading
Rights, trade to dominate Germany-China talks
Germany and China will hold their first joint cabinet meeting Tuesday and ink several lucrative business contracts, but human rights disputes were expected to cast a long shadow over the proceedings.Continue Reading
African Union: Press Senegal to Extradite Habré
(Dakar) – The African Union (AU) should press Senegal to extradite the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium, a coalition of his victims and human rights groups said today.
African heads of state will come together in Equatorial Guinea on …Continue Reading