IJRC Updates – International Justice Resource Center

Announcing a New Home for IJRC’s Work

October 24, 2024 IJRC IJRC Updates, international human rights

Dear IJRC Community, We are writing to share some important – and exciting – news about the future of the International Justice Resource Center and the informational materials we have developed since 2010. In short: we are thrilled to announce that the newly-established Center for Global Law and Justice (CGLJ) at Northeastern Law will become the new home and steward

New Tools Expand Access to Inter-American Human Rights Doctrine

January 12, 2022 IJRC IJRC Updates, Inter-American System, international human rights, publications and resources

Last month, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) formally announced the availability of a new online database of its decisions and other documents. [IACHR Press Release: Repository] The database, hosted by the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS), is the first such tool created with the IACHR’s involvement. The new site adds to a list of recent efforts by the IACHR

Human Rights Day 2020

December 10, 2020 IJRC IJRC Updates, international human rights

On this day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, recognizing the inherent dignity and fundamental rights of all human beings. In May of that year, the countries of the Americas adopted a similar text, the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man. Both instruments reflect an understanding that life lacks

New Report: Civil Society Access to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

May 20, 2019 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, Inter-American System, international human rights, publications and resources, regional human rights protection

The International Justice Resource Center (IJRC) has published its second report in an ongoing series examining the barriers to civil society’s engagement with supranational human rights oversight bodies. See IJRC, Civil Society Access to International Oversight Bodies: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (2019). This edition analyzes the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), a principal autonomous organ of the Organization

Forced Sterilization as a Human Rights Violation: Recent Developments

March 21, 2019 IJRC Commission on the Status of Women, equal protection, health, IJRC Updates, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, reproductive and sexual rights, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

In recent years, international advocacy has contributed to increased awareness of forced sterilization as a human rights violation, including as a result of our work at the International Justice Resource Center (IJRC). Around the world, healthcare providers and others continue to sterilize people without their informed consent, most often targeting those who are Indigenous, living with HIV, are persons with

Human Rights Day 2018: Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70

December 10, 2018 IJRC human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, international human rights, regional human rights protection, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the seminal proclamation adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. See UN General Assembly, Resolution 217 A(III), Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948. The UDHR’s adoption followed that of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, making it

Help Us Improve: A Four-Question Survey for Our Readers

July 25, 2018 IJRC IJRC Updates, publications and resources

As the International Justice Resource Center (IJRC) works to build an Online Resource Hub that is useful to our global audience, our readers’ feedback is invaluable. We would appreciate it if you took a moment to answer the four questions in the below form or at this link. Loading… Thank you for sharing your thoughts with the IJRC team, and check

IJRC Newsletter: May 2018

May 2, 2018 IJRC African System, civil society, environmental rights, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, reproductive and sexual rights, UN Special Procedures, women's rights

We are pleased to share our latest newsletter. It details the newest additions to the Online Resource Hub, recent engagement with the universal and Inter-American human rights systems, and upcoming events. If receiving this update via email, you can also read the May 2018 newsletter online, or open the PDF directly. For the latest in human rights developments, visit the News

IACHR Holds Colombia Responsible for Unsolved Killing of Human Rights Defender

February 27, 2018 IJRC children, crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, Inter-American System, international human rights, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) recently published its merits report in a case concerning the 1988 extrajudicial killing of Colombian human rights defender Valentín Basto Calderón, which has gone unsolved. See IACHR, Merits Report No. 45/17, Case 10.455, Valentín Basto Calderón et al. (Colombia), 25 May 2017. Bystanders Pedro Vicente Camargo, who was also killed, and his daughter