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New United Nations Report Details Human Rights Abuses by Militias in Libya’s Ongoing Armed Conflict

September 9, 2014 IJRC crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, extrajudicial executions, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, liberty & security of person, property, security & rule of law, torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Security Council

Last week, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) and the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) published a joint report providing an overview of human rights abuses committed in Libya from May through August 2014, amid ongoing fighting among militias for control of Benghazi and Tripoli. See UNSMIL & OHCHR, Overview of Violations of International Human Rights

September 2014 Newsletter: New IJRC Guides and Resources, and Our New Location

September 3, 2014 IJRC children, civil society, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, education, enforced disappearance, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

Women’s Human Rights Training: Videos and Summary Report Now Available

August 25, 2014 IJRC Commission on the Status of Women, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, family, IJRC Updates, Inter-American System, international human rights, LGBTI rights, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

In follow-up to the International Justice Resource Center’s most recent training, Protecting Women’s Rights: International Law & Advocacy, we are pleased to announce that the video recordings and summary report are now available online. The conference, held at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco on June 19, 2014, featured some of the most distinguished human rights and women’s rights

Hearing in Kuna de Madungandí and Emberá de Bayano Indigenous Communities and Their Members v. Panama

Inter-American Court of Human Rights: Extrajudicial Killings, Indigenous Land Rights, Racial Profiling, and Extradition Under Review at 104th Regular and 51st Special Sessions

August 20, 2014 IJRC children, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, property

Over the next three weeks, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights will hold two sessions, one at its seat in Costa Rica and the other in Paraguay, to continue its review of six pending cases and one advisory opinion request. These cases challenge a range of human rights problems, including lack of due process in immigration and extradition proceedings, failure

New Inter-American Commission Report Analyzes “Extreme Vulnerability” of Migrants in Mexico

August 18, 2014 IJRC children, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, education, health, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, security & rule of law, women's rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has released a report on the human rights of migrants, migrants’ rights advocates, victims of human trafficking, displaced persons, and others who experience “extreme vulnerability” in Mexico. [IACHR Press Release] The report, Human Rights of Migrants and Other Persons in the Context of Human Mobility in Mexico, details the acts of violence, denial of due process

European Court of Human Rights: Poland Responsible for Secret Detention, Torture, and Rendition of Two Guantánamo Detainees

July 30, 2014 IJRC death penalty, due process & judicial protection, European System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, regional human rights protection, security & rule of law, torture, Uncategorized

In its first judgment concerning the human rights of current Guantánamo detainees, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found that Poland failed to uphold its international obligations by allowing the secret detention, torture, and extraordinary rendition of a Saudi Arabian national and a stateless Palestinian, both suspected of terrorist acts. See ECtHR, Al Nashiri v. Poland, no. 28761/11, Judgment of 24

European Court Finds Georgia Plea Bargain Procedure Compatible with Human Rights Convention, Despite “Shady Factual Circumstances”

May 13, 2014 IJRC due process & judicial protection, European System

In a judgment released on April 29, the European Court of Human Rights examined the compatibility of a plea bargain procedure with the fair trial protections of the European Convention on Human Rights. See ECtHR, Natsvlishvili and Togonidze v. Georgia, no. 9043/05, Judgment of 29 April 2014. This Chamber decision marks the first case in which the European Court has analyzed in detail any

UN Human Rights Committee Invites Feedback on Draft General Comment No. 35 on the Rights to Liberty and Security of Person

April 14, 2014 IJRC civil society, due process & judicial protection, international human rights, international humanitarian law, liberty & security of person, security & rule of law, UN treaty bodies

During its 110th session last month, the United Nations Human Rights Committee concluded its first reading of Draft General Comment No. 35 on Article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), which protects the right to liberty and security of person, including the freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention. The Committee invites interested stakeholders to submit

African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights Issues Judgment in Killing of Investigative Journalist

April 8, 2014 IJRC African System, due process & judicial protection, labor rights, liberty & security of person, right to life, thought, expression & association

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights recently delivered four judgments, including a noteworthy decision in the case of the Beneficiaries of the Late Norbert Zongo and others v. Burkina Faso. [AfCHPR] The Court rendered its decisions during its 32nd Ordinary Session, held in from March 10 to 28 at the Court’s seat in Arusha, Tanzania.

IACtHR Hears Cases involving Forced Disappearance, Indigenous Land Rights, Torture, and Violence Against Women in its 50th Special Session

April 7, 2014 IJRC children, crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, enforced disappearance, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, interim measures, liberty & security of person, property, torture, women's rights

From March 31 to April 4, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights celebrated its 50th Special Session at its headquarters in San José, Costa Rica. The Court held public hearings on three pending cases concerning forced disappearance, indigenous land rights, and torture in arbitrary detention. The Court also conducted private deliberations to prepare its judgment in a case concerning the