News Clips- November 18, 2016

The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context has asked the Nigerian government for an explanation for the recent mass evictions that have resulted in four deaths and many displaced. [UN News Centre]
The Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment celebrated its 10-year anniversary this week. [IJRC]
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights published the schedule for its upcoming sessions in Panama on December 1, 2, 5, 6, and 7 and in the United States on December 9. [IACHR Press Release]
The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights scheduled to deliver its judgment in Association pour la Protection des Droits de I’Homme (Association for the Protection of Human Rights) v Côte d’Ivoire on Friday. [AfCHPR Press Release]
The new United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea started his first country visit this week to the Republic of Korea. [OHCHR Press Release]

Due to violence in Myanmar, Rohingya Muslims are leaving for neighboring Bangladesh. [Al Jazeera]
Kenya has announced that it will delay the closure of the Dadaab refugee camp for six months. [Al Jazeera]

Joseph Kabila, the president of the Democratic Republic of Congo, has delayed elections, remaining in his role as president, and following a deal between the government and the opposition, Kabila named Samy Badibanga, an opposition politician, as prime minister. [Guardian]
In response to an old tweet from now president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, a representative of the Chinese government announced that climate change is not a hoax created by China. [Washington Post]

Twitter has recently revealed new policies and measures for users to report hate speech and drop out of or mute conversations. [Guardian]
A farmer in Hebei, China was executed this week after he killed a village chief in response to an illegal demolition of his home. [Guardian]
Google and Facebook have adopted policies to eradicate fake news sites from their platforms after many have said they believe that fake news stories were responsible for swaying the presidential election of the United States. [NY Times]

Russia has withdrawn its signature of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. [Guardian]
German prosecutors have charged a Syrian man with war crimes based on allegations of imprisonment and torture of residents in Aleppo. [Washington Post]
The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court published the annual report on preliminary examinations this week. [ICC Press Release]
The Netherlands extradited two individuals suspected of involvement in the Rwandan genocide to Rwanda. [ABC News]

The South Sudanese army and rebels broke out into fighting this week, killing at least 15. [Al Jazeera]
Air strikes on Aleppo, Syria this week killed at least 20 people and hit a children’s hospital and a blood bank. [Guardian]