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News Clips- June 23, 2017

June 23, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, European System, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, LGBTI rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society On Thursday, several civil society organizations urged for the prompt and independent investigation into the “barrage of assaults and threats” against human rights lawyers in Pakistan. [ICJ] On Saturday, thousands of protesters in Madrid, Spain marched to demand that the government fulfill its pledge to take in 17,000 refugees. [Al Jazeera] Violence & Humanitarian Crises On Thursday, the

News Clips- May 26, 2017

May 26, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, crime & impunity, discrimination, Inter-American System, international human rights, LGBTI rights, migrants, News Clips, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system

Civil Society On Wednesday, after eight weeks of protests, the death toll in Venezuela rose to 56 people. [LA Times] On Wednesday, anti-government protesters in Brazil set fire to a ministry building, and in response, President Michel Temer gave the army policing power to restore order. [Reuters] Violence & Humanitarian Crises On Wednesday, a bombing in Somalia, claimed by al-Shabaab,

News Clips – May 5, 2017

May 5, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil society, democracy & political rights, economic, social & cultural rights, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, thought, expression & association, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Civil Society Hundreds of people protested in Belarus on Monday in opposition to the current government, despite officials banning the demonstration. [Washington Post] On Tuesday, an estimated 2,000 students demonstrated outside of the West Rand campus in Johannesburg, South Africa in protest of alleged nepotism, racism, and intimidation tactics on campus. [IOL] On Monday, May Day marches took place all

Dutch Businessman Convicted of War Crimes Committed in Liberia and Guinea

May 3, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, corporate accountability, crime & impunity, domestic courts, international criminal law

On April 21, 2017, a Dutch court of appeal ruled that Dutch national Guus Kouwenhoven, acting in his capacity as president and director of two timber companies, was an accessory to war crimes including, rape, pillage, inhumane treatment, and murder committed in Liberia and Guinea between August 2000 and December 2002. See Hof ‘s-Hertogenbosch 21 april 2017, RvdW 2017, 20-001906-10

News Clips- April 28, 2017

April 28, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, conditions of detention, discrimination, European System, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, Universal system

Civil Society On Thursday, Palestinians organized a strike, which closed down schools, institutions, and transportation, to demonstrate solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strikes in Israeli jails. [Al Jazeera] On Thursday, 30 people in Turkey were detained and charged with membership in an armed terror organization as a result of their ties to a newspaper that was run by a

News Clips- April 21, 2017

April 21, 2017 IJRC African System, armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, labor rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system

Civil Society On Wednesday, anti-government protesters marched in the streets of Caracas, Venezuela amid riot police while the government held counter-demonstrations. [Washington Post] On Tuesday, the Human Rights Commission in Ethiopia reported 669 deaths resulting from anti-government protests in the country. [BBC News] On Saturday, a United States aid worker was released from pretrial detention in Egypt after three years.

News Clips – April 14, 2017

April 14, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil society, European System, immigration & asylum, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Security Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Civil Society This week, Thai authorities warned that the online dissemination of information from two academics and a journalist critical of the government could violate Thailand’s Computer Crime Act. [Guardian] On Wednesday, an Egyptian criminal court sentenced a human rights lawyer to ten years in prison for using Facebook to “harm national unity.” [Washington Post] Last week, a TV reporter

News Clips- April 7, 2017

April 7, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Security Council, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society This week, authorities in Chechnya, Russia initiated an anti-gay campaign that resulted in more than 100 detentions and three deaths. [Guardian] On Friday, two women’s rights activists in China, who were originally detained in 2014 for supporting pro-democracy protests, were convicted of inciting subversion of state power. [Washington Post] Thousands participated in protests in Serbia this week to

News Clips- March 31, 2017

March 31, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, democracy & political rights, discrimination, European System, human rights defenders, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, Universal system

Civil Society This week, hundreds of people in Johannesburg, South Africa protested recent xenophobic attacks. [Al Jazeera] On Tuesday, 17 anti-deportation protesters locked themselves to an aircraft due to remove asylum seekers from the United Kingdom to Nigeria and Ghana. [Guardian] Lawyers and activists allege Russian authorities in Crimea are detaining and abusing human rights activists in psychiatric hospitals. [Guardian]

News Clips- March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017 IJRC African System, armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, LGBTI rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, Universal system

Civil Society On Thursday, a civil society organization called for an end to the targeting, prosecuting, and detention of journalists in Belarus. [Committee to Protect Journalists] On Wednesday, activists, politicians, and religious leaders protested unfair elections in Zimbabwe. [Fox News] This week in Macedonia, an estimated 50,000 individuals protested a potential coalition government, which includes Social Democrats and ethnic Albanians. [DW