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News Clips- March 10, 2017

March 10, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil litigation, civil society, discrimination, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society On Wednesday, to mark International Women’s Day, women demonstrated around the world for equality. [Reuters] On Tuesday, in Argentina tens of thousands joined in a march protesting job cuts and other policies initiated under President Mauricio Macri. [Al Jazeera] On Monday, Israel passed a law denying entry visas to foreign nationals who support boycotts against Israel or its

News Clips- March 3, 2017

March 3, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, children, civil society, discrimination, domestic courts, family, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, LGBTI rights, migrants, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, Universal system

Civil Society On Wednesday, Russian security officials raided the home of well-known journalist and human rights defender Zoya Svetova. [Committee to Protect Journalists] On Tuesday, hundreds protested the evacuation of settlers from homes in the West Bank settlement of Ofra, after courts found the homes were built on Palestinian land in violation of the law. [CNN] Last Friday, United States

News Clips- February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, equal protection, freedom of religion, health, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, Universal system

Civil Society This week, civil society reported that journalist Shamael Al-Bur has been attacked and threatened by radical Islamists in response to her column criticizing Sudan’s spending on health and education. [Reporters Without Borders] On Wednesday, ten protesters in the United States were arrested during the closure of the Dakota Access pipeline central camp. [Guardian] On Thursday, eight demonstrators were

European Court: Syrian Migrant Faces Threat to Life Upon Return

February 22, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, due process & judicial protection, European System, immigration & asylum, liberty & security of person, migrants, regional human rights protection, right to life, torture

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a unanimous decision on Tuesday, February 14 preventing Russian authorities from removing a Syrian national to his home country because the security and humanitarian situation in Syria poses a threat to the rights to life and prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment. [ECtHR: Press Release] In addition to finding violations of

Yemeni Civilians Suffer Famine, Mass Casualties in Ongoing War

February 21, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, children, crime & impunity, economic, social & cultural rights, education, health, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, right to life, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system, women's rights

Due in large part to an ongoing civil war as well as high levels of poverty, civilians in Yemen face a worsening food crisis, death and injury due to direct targeting in the conflict, and other human rights abuses, including forced displacement, sexual abuse, child marriage, and harassment of journalists and human rights defenders. [UN News Centre; OHCHR Press Release]

New Clips- February 17, 2017

February 17, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system

Civil Society On Wednesday, the Court of Appeals in Kenya released seven imprisoned doctors’ union officials who had been jailed in relation to a strike demanding promised wage increases. [Washington Post] On Sunday, more than 60,000 Romanians protested for the 13th consecutive day in Bucharest, Romania, prompting the Romanian parliament to agree to a national referendum on anti-corruption reforms. [Al

News Clips- February 10, 2017

February 10, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil litigation, civil society, democracy & political rights, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, international human rights, migrants, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association

Civil Society On Wednesday, four protesters were arrested in the United States while protesting the Dakota Access pipeline at a bank in Chicago. [Chicago Tribune] On Wednesday, human rights groups in Israel petitioned a high court to block a law that enables the seizure of private Palestinian land for Jewish settlements. [Washington Post] Following recent mass protests in Romania, the

News Clips – February 3, 2017

February 3, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil litigation, civil society, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, freedom of religion, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, News Clips, thought, expression & association

Civil Society This week hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrated across Romania in response to an emergency ordinance that decriminalizes certain cases of misconduct of allegedly corrupt officials. [Guardian] Two human rights activists who were arrested last month and charged with terrorism for organizing peaceful protests to support Anglophone rights in Cameroon continue to be imprisoned, and may face the

News Clips – January 27, 2017

January 27, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, civil litigation, civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, economic, social & cultural rights, health, immigration & asylum, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, reproductive and sexual rights, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society Academics and activists warn that the “global gag rule,” which prohibits funding for organizations that provide abortion services and was implemented by United States President Trump on Monday, will have a chilling effect on civil society programs in Latin America offering family planning, contraception, HIV/Aids, and abortion services. [Guardian] This week, United Nations experts called for the release

News Clips- January 20, 2017

January 20, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil litigation, civil society, democracy & political rights, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, family, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, privacy, property, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society In Jordan this week, a military court arrested and charged eight activists with “insulting the King,” and “incitement to spread chaos,” through social media posts. [Al Jazeera] On Wednesday, Turkish authorities denied entry to New York Times correspondent Rob Nordland allegedly based on Nordland’s prior coverage of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. [Al Jazeera] In Mexico, environmental and land