Human Rights and Humanitarian Law Issues
Commissioners: Tracy Robinson and Felipe González
Petitioners: Asociación de Jueces por la Democracia (AJD); Colectiva de Mujeres Hondureñas (CODEMUH); Comité de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos en Honduras (COFADEH); Equipo de Reflexión, Investigación y Comunicación …
Commissioners: Dinah Shelton, Luz Patricia Mejía Guerrero, Rodrigo Escobar Gil.
Petitioner: International Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission
State: State of Haiti
Update: The January 2010 earthquake in Haiti resulted in the deaths and injuries of 300,000 …
Recently, Russian policy has become increasingly strict on individuals’ rights to assemble and to protest, narrowing the interpretation of these fundamental rights. Article 31 of the Russian Constitution and Article 11, of the European Convention on Human Rights (Convention) protect …
Participants: State of Venezuela, Foro por los Derechos Humanos y la Democracia (Forum for Human Rights and Democracy (Civil Control Ciudadano para la Seguridad y Defensa de la Nación [Association for Citizen Control for the Security and Defense of the …
On September 17, 2010, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) submitted the unprecedented case of Chilean judge Karen Atala to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (“Inter-American Court”). In her petition, Atala alleges discrimination based on sexual orientation in …
Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), Centro Nicaragüense de Derechos Humanos (CENIDH), Centro de Investigación y Promoción de Derechos Humanos (CIPRODEH), Asociación LGBT Arco Iris, Centro para la Educación y Prevención del SIDA (CEPRESI), Centro de Investigación y
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Petitioners: Global Rights / Society Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination / Jamaica Forum for Lesbians All-Sexuals and Gays (J-FLAG) / Coalition Advocating Inclusion of Sexual Orientation / Movement Against Discrimination Action Committee
Countries: Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, other Caribbean
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Participants: Center for Justice and International Law (CEJIL), State of Brazil, Rede Nacional de Negros e Negras LGBT, Grupo Ativista de Travestis e Transexuais e Amig@s (GATTA) , Identidade
Countries: Brazil
Topics: Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation
As law students with ethics and procedural rules still fresh in our minds, we are outraged by laws … [Read More...]
