Credit: CIDH
International Criminal Law
- The Colombian Senate voted to approve the establishment of a court with jurisdiction over war crimes, fulfilling one part of the recent peace deal with the FARC. [VOA]
- A court in Poland issued an arrest warrant for a man living in the United States for war crimes committed during World War II. [Washington Post]
Civil Society
- After reaching an agreement that doctors in public hospitals in Kenya will only work 40 hours a week, the doctors’ strike in the country ended this week after three months. [Al Jazeera]
- An activist in Thailand was arrested for stating online that citizens do not trust the military government. [Al Jazeera]
- A Jamaican activist, who works on LGBT and gender-based violence issues, made public the identities of alleged sexual predators, resulting in her arrest this week. [Guardian]
International Human Rights Bodies’ Activities
- After the resignation of Commissioner Enrique Gil Botero from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Commission redistributed his rapporteurships to other Commissioners. [IACHR Press Release]
- The United Nations Human Rights Committee reviewed the State reports of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Italy, and Thailand this week. [OHCHR Press Release: Bosnia and Herzegovina; OHCHR Press Release: Italy; OHCHR Press Release: Thailand]
- The European Committee of Social Rights published a merits decision this week that found Italy discriminated against certain teachers from obtaining specialized training in support teaching for students with disabilities. [ESCR Press Release]
Migrants & Refugees
- The International Organization for Migration announced that 525 refugees have drowned in the Mediterranean this year so far. [Al Jazeera]
- United States President Trump’s revised executive order temporarily banning the admission of certain migrants and refugees was set to go into effect this week, but two federal courts blocked several provisions from taking effect. [New York Times]
Transgender Rights
- The first census in Pakistan to include transgender persons started this week. [Dunya News]
- The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights expressed its concern this week over the decision from the Department of Education and Department of Justice in the United States to rescind previous protections for transgender persons in schools. [IACHR Press Release]