Q&A: Convention on Cluster Munitions
Introduction
The Convention on Cluster Munitions seeks to end the significant humanitarian harm cluster munitions pose to civilians. It prohibits the use, production, stockpiling, and transfer of cluster munitions, as well as assistance with any of th…Continue Reading
Promoting the Prohibitions
Introduction
The Convention on Cluster Munitions, adopted in May 2008, seeks to prevent future civilian harm by establishing absolute prohibitions on a number of activities involving cluster munitions. It bans use of the weapons, which kill and injure…Continue Reading
Morocco: Court Delays Trial of Jailed Sahrawis – Again
(New York) – Morocco should end the delays in bringing three imprisoned Sahrawi activists to trial, Human Rights Watch said today. If the court is unable to proceed, it should release them from pretrial detention or drop the charges against them and th…Continue Reading
Obama Administration Gets Another Scolding — on Human Rights
Human Rights Council drags the U.S. over the coals on torture and other issues, but those criticisms will likely fuel Republican skepticism of the international bodyContinue Reading
NGO Letter to President Obama regarding waivers to the Child Soldiers Prevention Act
Dear President Obama,
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U.S. defends human rights record at U.N.
The United States defended itself against criticism of its human rights record from friend and foe alike on Friday in a United Nations forum that the former Bush administration had boycotted as hypocritical.Continue Reading
Khadr’s Plea Agreement and Sentencing
The Military Commissions Act of 2009, though an improvement over the Bush-era law governing military commission proceedings at Guantanamo, has a number of problematic provisions. A particularly important area is the rules it establishes regarding evide…Continue Reading
US: Status Quo Stance at First UN Rights Review
(New York) – The United States should take concrete steps to address serious failings in its human rights record, Human Rights Watch said today. Many of the issues were raised by UN member countries on November 5, 2010, during the United States’ first …Continue Reading
Syria urged to probe ‘assault’ of jailed rights lawyer
Leading international human rights groups have alleged a Syrian lawyer was assaulted in prison two weeks after he was due to have received an award in Geneva for his record as a rights defender.Continue Reading
U.S. report to UN Human Rights Council
(Reuters) – The United States under the scrutiny of the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council for the first time on Friday defended its human rights record as it faced criticism from foes including Cuba and Iran.Continue Reading
U.S. defends human rights record at U.N.
The United States weathered criticism of its human rights record from friends and foes alike on Friday in a United Nations forum that the former Bush administration had boycotted as hypocritical.Continue Reading
US defends human rights record before UN body
The U.S. stood accused Friday of human rights violations ranging from racial discrimination to prison overcrowding and abuses by its troops, as friends and foes lined up to chide Washington in a U.N. forum the U.S. has pledged to be an equal member of …Continue Reading
Top Syrian lawyer beaten in jail, rights groups say
International human rights groups said a leading Syrian lawyer was attacked in prison last week, and called on authorities in Damascus to guarantee his safety.Continue Reading
US weathers calls for torture probes at UN rights meet
The United States faced a barrage of calls to investigate allegations of torture and shut down Guantanamo Bay detention centre on Friday in its first review by the UN’s top human rights assembly.Continue Reading