The Human Rights Brief http://hrbrief.org Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Issues Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:20:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Human Rights Situation of Women Victims of Internal Armed Conflict in Guatemala http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/human-rights-situation-of-women-victims-of-internal-armed-conflict-in-guatemala/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=human-rights-situation-of-women-victims-of-internal-armed-conflict-in-guatemala http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/human-rights-situation-of-women-victims-of-internal-armed-conflict-in-guatemala/#comments Sat, 28 Apr 2012 00:20:16 +0000 Molly Hofsommer http://hrbrief.org/?p=5936 Commissioners: Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Dinah Shelton
Petitioners: Coordinadora Nacional de Viudas de Guatemala (CONAVIGUA) / Asociación Campesina de Desarrollo Nebajense (ASOCDENEB) / Coordinadora de Víctimas de Alta Verapaz (CODEVI) / Centro de Análisis Forense de…

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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/human-rights-situation-of-women-victims-of-internal-armed-conflict-in-guatemala/feed/ 0 15.783471 -90.23075915.783471-90.230759 Case 12.794 – Wong Ho Wing, Peru http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/case-12-794-%e2%80%93-wong-ho-wing-peru/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=case-12-794-%25e2%2580%2593-wong-ho-wing-peru http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/case-12-794-%e2%80%93-wong-ho-wing-peru/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:32:58 +0000 Anna Taylor http://hrbrief.org/?p=5929 Commissioners: José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Felipe González, Tracy Robinson, and Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Deputy Executive Secretary)
Petitioners: Wong Ho Wing
State: State of Peru
Topic: contentious case between Peru and Wong Ho Wing

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (Commission)…

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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/case-12-794-%e2%80%93-wong-ho-wing-peru/feed/ 0 -9.189967 -75.015152-9.189967-75.015152 Argentina Decriminalizes Abortion in Cases of Rape http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/argentina-decriminalizes-abortion-in-cases-of-rape/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=argentina-decriminalizes-abortion-in-cases-of-rape http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/argentina-decriminalizes-abortion-in-cases-of-rape/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:26:55 +0000 Christina M. Fetterhoff http://hrbrief.org/?p=5923 In Argentina, the case of a 15-year old girl who was raped by her stepfather drew nationwide attention after she and her doctor were held criminally responsible for terminating the resulting pregnancy. The central issue in the case was the…

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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/argentina-decriminalizes-abortion-in-cases-of-rape/feed/ 0 -38.416097 -63.616672-38.416097-63.616672 The UN’s Ongoing Struggle to Address Restrictions on Basic Freedoms in the “West” http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/the-un%e2%80%99s-ongoing-struggle-to-address-restrictions-on-basic-freedoms-in-the-%e2%80%9cwest%e2%80%9d/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-un%25e2%2580%2599s-ongoing-struggle-to-address-restrictions-on-basic-freedoms-in-the-%25e2%2580%259cwest%25e2%2580%259d http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/the-un%e2%80%99s-ongoing-struggle-to-address-restrictions-on-basic-freedoms-in-the-%e2%80%9cwest%e2%80%9d/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:21:59 +0000 Marie Soueid http://hrbrief.org/?p=5919 Over the past year and a half, peaceful demonstrations that quickly devolved into government violence and repression across the Middle East and North Africa necessitated UN involvement and international alarm over restrictions on basic human rights. However, recently the UN…

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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/the-un%e2%80%99s-ongoing-struggle-to-address-restrictions-on-basic-freedoms-in-the-%e2%80%9cwest%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 Sexual Violence Against Adolescent Girls in Bolivia http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/sexual-violence-against-adolescent-girls-in-bolivia/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sexual-violence-against-adolescent-girls-in-bolivia http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/sexual-violence-against-adolescent-girls-in-bolivia/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:11:28 +0000 Shubra Ohri, Special Contributor http://hrbrief.org/?p=5910 Commissioners: Commissioner Felipe Gonzalez Morales, Commissioner Rodrigo Escobar Gil
Petitioners: American University Washington College of Law’s International Human Rights Law Clinic, the Child and Family Advocacy Clinic at Rutgers School of Law, the Centro una Brisa de Esperanza based in…

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Petitioners: Red Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Personas Trans (the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Trans People, Redlactrans)
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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/trans-persons%e2%80%99-right-to-identity/feed/ 0 Human Rights Situation of Persons Deprived of Liberty in Uruguay http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/human-rights-situation-of-persons-deprived-of-liberty-in-uruguay/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=human-rights-situation-of-persons-deprived-of-liberty-in-uruguay http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/human-rights-situation-of-persons-deprived-of-liberty-in-uruguay/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:12:36 +0000 Claire Grandison http://hrbrief.org/?p=5894 Commissioners: Tracy Robinson, Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Felipe González, Rosa María Ortiz
Petitioner: Instituto de Estudios Legales y Sociales del Uruguay (IELSUR)
State: Uruguay

On Tuesday, March 27, 2012, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR, Commission) held a thematic hearing…

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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/human-rights-situation-of-persons-deprived-of-liberty-in-uruguay/feed/ 0 -32.522779 -55.765835-32.522779-55.765835 Land Rights of the Kaliña and Lokono Indigenous Peoples of Suriname http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/land-rights-of-the-kalina-and-lokono-indigenous-peoples-of-suriname/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=land-rights-of-the-kalina-and-lokono-indigenous-peoples-of-suriname http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/land-rights-of-the-kalina-and-lokono-indigenous-peoples-of-suriname/#comments Mon, 09 Apr 2012 02:06:30 +0000 Molly Hofsommer http://hrbrief.org/?p=5889 Commissioners: Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, Dinah Shelton, Rosa María Ortiz, Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Assistant Executive Secretary)
Petitioners: Fergus McKay (Association of Indigenous Village Leaders in Suriname (VIDS)), Captain Richard Pené (Village Chief)
State: Suriname
Topic: Case 12.639 Regarding the Kaliña and Lokono…

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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/land-rights-of-the-kalina-and-lokono-indigenous-peoples-of-suriname/feed/ 0 3.919305 -56.0277833.919305-56.027783 Situation of Judicial Independence in El Salvador http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/situation-of-judicial-independence-in-el-salvador/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=situation-of-judicial-independence-in-el-salvador http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/situation-of-judicial-independence-in-el-salvador/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:17:59 +0000 Anna Naimark http://hrbrief.org/?p=5885 Commissioners: Tracy Robinson, Rosa Maria Ortiz, Dinah Shelton, Rose-Marie Antoine, E. Abi Mershed

Petitioners: Fundación de Estudios para la Aplicación del Derecho and Mirte Postema,  Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal

State: El Salvador

Topics: Rule of Law, Independence of…

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]]> http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/situation-of-judicial-independence-in-el-salvador/feed/ 0 13.794185 -88.8965313.794185-88.89653 Legal Restrictions to Freedom of Association in the Americas http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/legal-restrictions-to-freedom-of-association-in-the-americas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legal-restrictions-to-freedom-of-association-in-the-americas http://hrbrief.org/2012/04/legal-restrictions-to-freedom-of-association-in-the-americas/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 23:28:20 +0000 Kyle Bates http://hrbrief.org/?p=5880 Commissioners: Jose de Jesus Orozco Henriquez (President), Rosa Maria Ortiz, Felipe Gonzalez, Rodrigo Escobar Gil, Santiago Canton (Executive Secretary)

Petitioners: Alianza Ciudadana Pro Justicia, Fundación para el Debido Proceso Legal (DPLF), Fundación Andina para la Observación y Estudio de Medios…

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