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UN Human Rights Council Creates Special Rapporteur on Right to Privacy

April 22, 2015 IJRC civil society, democracy & political rights, human rights defenders, international human rights, privacy, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, UN Human Rights Council

On March 26, 2015, the UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution which establishes a mandate on the right to privacy in the digital age and creates a new Special Rapporteur on the Right to Privacy. See UN Human Rights Council, Resolution 28/L.27, Resolution on the right to privacy in the digital age, UN Doc. A/HRC/28/L.27, 24 March 2015. [OHCHR Press

IACtHR Publishes 2014 Annual Report

April 16, 2015 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, crime & impunity, death penalty, democracy & political rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, family, freedom of religion, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, judicial independence, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, massacres, military and humanitarian intervention, persons with disabilities, privacy, progressive development of law, property, reparations, reproductive and sexual rights, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, women's rights

Last month, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights issued its Annual Report 2014, summarizing the Court’s structure, jurisprudence, and activities throughout 2014. The Report discusses the Court’s functions, summarizes the status of cases before the Court, breaks down the Court’s budget, and describes additional activities the Court undertook in 2014. See Inter-American Court of Human Rights, Annual Report 2014. The

CRPD Considers 7 States’ Disability Rights Records

April 8, 2015 IJRC children, civil society, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, family, health, international human rights, persons with disabilities, reproductive and sexual rights, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) is holding its 13th session from March 25 to April 17 in Geneva, Switzerland to review the State reports of Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Germany, Mongolia, and Turkmenistan. During the session, representatives from each State will engage in a dialogue with Committee members based on

UN Human Rights Committee Reviews 6 States’ Civil and Political Rights Records

March 30, 2015 IJRC children, civil society, conditions of detention, democracy & political rights, discrimination, freedom of religion, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, international human rights, international humanitarian law, judicial independence, labor rights, LGBTI rights, persons with disabilities, privacy, thought, expression & association, torture, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

The UN Human Rights Committee is holding its 113th session from March 16 to April 2, to consider the State reports of Cambodia, Côte d’Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Monaco, and Russia on their implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). During the session, representatives from each State will engage in a dialogue with members of the Human

African Commission to Review Eight States’ Human Rights Records

March 25, 2015 IJRC African System, civil society, conditions of detention, death penalty, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, international human rights, judicial independence, liberty & security of person, persons with disabilities, reproductive and sexual rights, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, torture, women's rights

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) will open its 56th Ordinary Session on April 21, 2015 in Banjul, the Gambia. During this session, which continues through May 7, the Commission’s agenda includes discussion of the human rights situation in Africa, consideration of State reports, and hearing activity reports from members of the Commission and its special mechanisms. This

CSW Session Celebrates 20^th Anniversary of Beijing Platform for Action

March 17, 2015 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, Commission on the Status of Women, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, international human rights, women's rights

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is holding its 59th session from March 9 to 20 in New York. During this session, representatives of United Nations Member States, civil society organizations, and United Nations bodies will gather to discuss issues affecting women and the measures necessary to empower them. In this vein, they will be assessing the implementation

Inter-American Commission to Hold 55 Human Rights Hearings in March

March 11, 2015 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, death penalty, democracy & political rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, international humanitarian law, judicial independence, labor rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, persons with disabilities, property, reparations, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, transitional justice, women's rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is holding its 154th regular session from March 13 to 27, 2015 at IACHR headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agenda includes public hearings on March 16, 17, 19 and 20. [IACHR Press Release] The hearings allow both States and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide the IACHR with information and context on 55 human

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Reviews Armenia, Mexico, and Serbia

February 11, 2015 IJRC civil society, enforced disappearance, UN treaty bodies

The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) is holding its 8th session from February 2nd to 13th in Geneva, Switzerland. The CED is reviewing the State reports from Armenia, Mexico, and Serbia regarding their implementation of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (Convention). During this session, the CED engaged in a constructive dialogue

UN Working Group on Right to Peace Holds Informal Consultations

February 4, 2015 IJRC armed conflict, civil society, international humanitarian law, military and humanitarian intervention, security & rule of law, UN Human Rights Council

On January 30, 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group on the Draft United Nations Declaration on the Right to Peace held informal consultations with non-governmental organizations and Member States in preparation for the third session of the Working Group, which is scheduled for April 20 to 24, 2015. [Human Rights Centre of the University of

African Court Addresses Freedom of Expression in Burkina Faso, in Landmark Judgment

February 3, 2015 IJRC African System, civil society, due process & judicial protection, thought, expression & association

For the first time in its eight-year tenure, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) has directly considered the right to freedom of expression, and the validity of legislation that criminalizes defamation. The case, Lohé Issa Konaté v. Burkina Faso, involved a journalist’s conviction, imprisonment, and substantial fine in connection with his reporting. [AfCHPR Press Release] In