Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Issues
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ommissioner José de Jesús Orozco Henriquez, Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Human Rights Defenders
Petitioners: Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos de Guatemala (FAMDEGUA) / Centro de Análisis Forense y Ciencias Aplicadas (CAFCA) / Fundación Sobrevivientes / …
Commissioners: Tracey Robinson, Santiago Canton, Rodrigo Escobar Hill, Felipe Gonzalez, Catalina Botero
Participants: State of Venezuela, Centro de Derechos Humanos de la Universidad Católica Andrés Bello (UCAB), Asociación Civil Espacio Público, Colegio Nacional de Periodistas de Venezuela, …
On Wednesday, October 12, 2011 the United States Congress ratified Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. While support and opposition were voiced for each of the agreements, the issue of Colombia’s human rights record took center …
Volume 18, Issue 2 of the Human Rights Brief is now available! Articles include:
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José de Jesús Orozco-Henríquez fue elegido el 4 de junio para fungir como uno de los siete miembros de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, y es el tercer mexicano en ocupar dicho cargo. …
By Ri Yoo
Recently, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), with the cooperation of the Government of Mongolia, airlifted essential emergency supplies to children living in rural areas of Mongolia severely hit with extreme cold. Supplies included blankets, warm clothing, …
By Shubra Ohri
Thousands of protestors took to the streets in southeast Turkey hours after the Turkish Constitutional Court announced its decision to ban the Democratic Society Party (DTP) on December 11, 2009. The DTP was the only legally recognized …
By Andrew W. Maki, February 1, 2010
In its historic first judgment, rendered on December 15, 2009, judges of the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (Court) voted unanimously to dismiss a case for …
By Whitney Hayes, January 28, 2010
On December 16, 2009, Hafid Ouardiri, an Algerian-born Muslim living in Switzerland and former spokesman for the Geneva Mosque…
By Daniela X. Cornejo, January 25, 2010
On November 24, 2009, the Inter-American Court of Human Right (Court or IACtHR) presented its new rules of procedure, describing the reform process as “the product of constructive, participatory, and transparent communication …
As law students with ethics and procedural rules still fresh in our minds, we are outraged by laws … [Read More...]
