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News Clips – May 12, 2017

May 12, 2017 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association

Civil Society On Thursday, five LGBT activists in Russia were detained while trying to submit a petition, requesting an investigation into the crackdown against gay men in Chechnya. [Guardian] On Monday, Xie Yang, a human rights lawyer in China, was tried for inciting state subversion. [Guardian] This week, the President of Tunisia deployed the army to protect businesses from sit-ins,

Despite 10th Anniversary of Indigenous Rights Declaration, Challenges Remain

May 9, 2017 IJRC Asia, assembly and association, civil society, cultural rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, education, environmental rights, health, human rights defenders, ILO, indigenous communities, international human rights, labor rights, property, thought, expression & association, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

While celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) at the recently concluded sixteenth session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), participants also discussed the particular issues that continue to affect indigenous populations around the globe, including land dispossession and violence. During the recent session, regional and universal

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

Council of Europe Body to Monitor Turkey on Human Rights, Rule of Law

May 1, 2017 IJRC civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, European System, immigration & asylum, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association

Due to “serious concerns” about Turkey’s compliance with its human rights obligations and the erosion of democratic institutions and functions, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) decided in a resolution issued last week to reinstate Turkey into its monitoring procedure, a process by which PACE ensures Council of Europe Member States are in compliance with their human

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.

Cuba Welcomes First Visit from UN Special Rapporteur in Nearly 10 Years

April 19, 2017 IJRC children, civil society, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, UN Special Procedures, Universal system, women's rights

First the first time in nearly 10 years, a United Nations independent expert visited Cuba on an official country visit when the UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, toured the country from April 10 to 14, 2017. The purpose of the Special Rapporteur’s visit was to assess the situation of victims of

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 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