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Inter-American Court: State Inaction on HIV Violated Progressive Realization Obligation

November 6, 2018 IJRC discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, Inter-American System, international human rights, progressive development of law, regional human rights protection

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) for the first time held a State responsible for violating the progressive realization principle, determining that Guatemala’s inaction to extend healthcare services to people with HIV/AIDS contravened its duty to progressively achieve the full realization of the right to health, among other violations. [IACtHR Press Release] In Cuscul Piraval et al v. Guatemala,

November 2018: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

November 1, 2018 IJRC African System, civil society, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system

In November, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, and the review of individual complaints. Five United Nations treaty bodies will meet to review States’ progress with regard to civil and political rights, women’s rights, enforced disappearances, torture,

Australia Urged to Act as Health Conditions of Asylum Seekers Worsen

October 23, 2018 IJRC children, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants

International pressure on Australia is mounting as concerns grow regarding the conditions in its offshore facilities in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, where thousands of asylum seekers and refugees have been detained since 2012. Those monitoring the situation at the facilities warn of a dire health emergency as people, many of them children, remain without access to the critical physical

Peruvian Supreme Court Overturns Fujimori Pardon

October 16, 2018 IJRC crime & impunity, Inter-American System, international human rights

On October 3, 2018, the Supreme Court of Peru overturned the pardon granted to former President Alberto Fujimori and ordered him to complete his sentence for crimes against humanity committed by his administration in the 1990s. [Reuters] Pursuant to a request submitted by massacre victims’ family members, the Supreme Court found that the humanitarian pardon lacked a legal basis and

IACHR Launches Report on Children and Adolescents in the United States Adult Criminal Justice System. Credit: IACHR

Children’s Rights Violated in U.S. Criminal Justice System, IACHR Reports

October 10, 2018 IJRC children, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, Inter-American System, international human rights

In a new report and interactive website, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has detailed flaws in the United States’ prosecution and incarceration of children, urging reforms to ensure that minors are not tried or sentenced as adults. IACHR, The Situation of Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System in the United States (2018). The report, released in September

Ethiopia: Mass Arrests Seen as Setback Amid Recent Progress

October 3, 2018 IJRC assembly and association, international human rights, liberty & security of person, security & rule of law

In recent weeks, the Ethiopian government has retreated from democratic reforms by arresting more than 1,200 individuals, killing several dozen, sending arrestees to “rehabilitation” camps, and shutting off mobile internet access as violence and protests reached the capital. [NYTimes: Arrests; Quartz] Among other reforms, new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed had welcomed previously-outlawed opposition groups to return to Ethiopia and reopened

October 2018: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

October 1, 2018 IJRC children, economic, social & cultural rights, equal protection, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, judicial independence, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

In October, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, interactive dialogues, and the review of individual complaints. Four United Nations treaty bodies will meet to review States’ protection of the rights of children; economic, social, and cultural rights;

European Court: UK’s Mass Interception of Online Communications Violated Rights

September 26, 2018 IJRC European System, international human rights, privacy, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association

On September 13, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the United Kingdom’s bulk collection of online communications and its collection of data from communication service providers (CSPs) violated the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. See ECtHR, Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 58170/13, 62322/14, 24960/15, ECHR 2018, Judgment of 13

African Child Rights Committee Decides First Complaint Involving Sexual Violence

September 19, 2018 IJRC African System, children, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, international human rights, reproductive and sexual rights, torture, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

On September 10, 2018, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC or Child Rights Committee) published its first decision involving sexual violence against a minor, finding that Cameroon had failed to adequately investigate, punish, and redress the rape of a 10-year-old girl. [ACERWC] The Child Rights Committee found that the State’s lack of