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News Clips – December 23, 2016

December 23, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international criminal law, international human rights, internationalized criminal tribunals, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, privacy, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Security Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Civil Society This week, Human Rights Watch reported that police officers regularly mistreat prisoners in India through the use of torture and the failure to bring detainees before a judge soon after arrest. [Washington Post] On Wednesday, a civil society organization reported escalated violence against human rights defenders in Guatemala, including 14 murders and seven attempted murders this year. [FIDH]

News Clips- December 16, 2016

December 16, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil society, cultural rights, democracy & political rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, health, human rights defenders, indigenous communities, international human rights, judicial independence, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Civil Society Canada issued guidelines this week on supporting human rights defenders. [ISHR] Two UN Special Rapporteurs noted this week that the human rights defenders in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are frequently arbitrarily arrested and detained. [OHCHR Press Release] Protesters at a film festival in south India were arrested this week after refusing to stand for the national anthem. [Guardian]

IACHR Publishes Standards on Rights in Context of Human Mobility

November 22, 2016 IJRC children, conditions of detention, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, family, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, property, regional human rights protection, torture

On November 4, 2016, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) published a report that seeks to address the practical realities of those in the context of human mobility and lay out the legal standards that should govern Member States’ policies concerning migrants, asylum seekers, refugees, persons in need of complimentary protection, stateless persons, victims of human trafficking, and internally

UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary

November 16, 2016 IJRC civil society, due process & judicial protection, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, torture, UN treaty bodies

The Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (SPT) will host a conference celebrating its 10-year anniversary on Thursday November 17, 2016 from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in Geneva, Switzerland. See OHCHR, 10th Anniversary of OPCAT. At the conference, stakeholders are set to discuss the SPT’s added value and examples of

ECtHR: Russia Violated Prominent Activist’s Rights in Airport Detention

October 18, 2016 IJRC assembly and association, due process & judicial protection, European System, human rights defenders, international human rights, liberty & security of person, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association

On October 11, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) unanimously held that the government of Russia violated the rights of Garri Kasparov, a political activist and well-known chess player, to liberty and security of person and to freedom of assembly under articles 5 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights. See ECtHR, Kasparov v. Russia, no.

Inter-American Commission: Funds Secured to Temporarily Mitigate Financial Crisis

October 12, 2016 IJRC civil society, due process & judicial protection, Inter-American System, international human rights

After a severe financial crisis threatened to effectively shut down major operations at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) this year, the IACHR recently announced that the immediate crisis is now over. Many States and other entities have agreed to donate funds, allowing the IACHR to salvage its budget and continue operating. Because the IACHR has overcome the crisis,

News Clips- October 7, 2016

October 7, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Human Rights Council, UN Security Council, Universal system

Civil Society After demonstrators in Poland protested a new law to ban abortion early this week, a parliamentary committee recommended parliament vote against the bill. [Guardian] Anti-government protests continued in Ethiopia this week after tear gas and shots from the police instigated a stampede at a religious festival last weekend, trampling between 55 and over 100 people. [Al Jazeera] The authorities

Inter-American Commission Refers Four Cases to Inter-American Court

October 4, 2016 IJRC assembly and association, children, crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, health, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, massacres, regional human rights protection, right to life, women's rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has referred four cases over the last two months to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) involving Mexico, Chile, Nicaragua, and Guatemala. Two of the cases, against Mexico and Nicaragua, involve sexual violence against women and girls. The case against Chile concerns the need to obtain informed consent prior to medical proceedings

September 2016 News from IJRC

October 3, 2016 IJRC African System, due process & judicial protection, European System, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international criminal law, international human rights, internationalized criminal tribunals, migrants, regional human rights protection, right to life, UN treaty bodies

Read our September 2016 newsletter for the latest human rights news, details of our recent training, new additions to the Online Resource Hub, and more.

ECtHR: Police Violated Due Process Rights of London Bombing Suspect

September 26, 2016 IJRC due process & judicial protection, European System, international human rights, regional human rights protection, security & rule of law

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held last week that the United Kingdom did not violate the rights to access to counsel and to a fair trial when, without an attorney present, authorities questioned three men suspected of involvement in the July 21, 2005 London bombing attempt; the State did violate those rights, the ECtHR