Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Issues
By Doug Keillor Approximately 1.2 million children worldwide are victims of child trafficking each year. Children are trafficked primarily for purposes of domestic labor and sexual exploitation. Although the majority of countries where child trafficking occurs have outlawed the practice, they often lack the necessary resources and training to successfully enforce their laws. This gap [Read More...]
By Whitney Hayes Turkey’s decision to deport two Iranian refugees violated the European Convention, according to a recent decision by the European Court. Decided on September 22, 2009, Abdolkhani and Karimnia v. Turkey held that because the applicants, two former members of the Iranian People’s Mujahedin Organization, would likely have been tortured or killed if [Read More...]
By Andrea Gittleman* All eyes were on Cha-Am, Thailand on October 23, 2009, when Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders met to inaugurate the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). The Commission is fraught with serious problems such as a lack of independence from member states – Burma’s representative to the AICHR, for [Read More...]
By Shubra Ohri On September 17, 2009, the European Parliament passed a resolution demanding the release of Muhammad al-Hassni. Hassni, the president of the Syrian Organization for Human Rights, is known for monitoring the detention conditions and legal practices of the Syrian Supreme State Security Court (SSSC). The Syrian government arrested him on July 28, [Read More...]
By Gretchen Ellis, October 29, 2009 In the words of Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, the director and producer of New Muslim Cool, “we all have a chance to be our best selves.” The American University (AU) Center for Social Media and the Washington College of Law (WCL) Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law presented the [Read More...]
By Doug Keillor, October 30, 2009 DC screening of “At the End of Slavery.” Photo courtesey of Katherine Fan/International Justice Mission. Approximately 1.2 million children worldwide are victims of child trafficking each year. Children are trafficked primarily for purposes of domestic labor and sexual exploitation. Although the majority of countries where child trafficking occurs have [Read More...]
By Evan Wilson For the third time in three years, the state of Ohio’s execution team spent well over an hour trying to locate a suitable vein on an inmate through which to administer a lethal injection. Yet, Romell Broom’s attempted execution on September 15, 2009 is the first time the State has ever had [Read More...]
By Courtney Moran American University Washington College of Law (WCL) hosted the 14th Annual LatCrit Conference from October 1-4, 2009. LatCrit, or Latina & Latino Critical Legal Theory, Inc., highlights Latina/o interests in legal discourse and social policy. Each LatCrit conference addresses four central topics: the multidimensionality of Latina/o identity and its relationship to current [Read More...]
Sign in Zambia encourages HIV testing, Photo by Jon Rawlinson By Caitlin Shay, October 28, 2009 For the first time, a Zambian court is considering whether it is constitutional to exclude HIV-positive personnel from the military. On October 6, 2009, High Court Judge Elizabeth Muyovwe began to hear a case brought by Sergeants Stainley Kingaipe [Read More...]
By Annamaria Racota On September 3, 2009 a Kazakh court found Evgeniy Zhovtis guilty of manslaughter and sentenced him to four years in prison for a car accident that killed a young man. On appeal, the court upheld the sentence of the lower court. Zhovtis is the director of the Kazakhstan Bureau on Human Rights [Read More...]
