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Following Three Decades of Isolation, Morocco Rejoins African Union

February 6, 2017 IJRC African System, assembly and association, civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, international human rights, LGBTI rights, privacy, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture, women's rights

After more than 30 years of separation, Morocco has officially been admitted back in to the African Union (AU), the continent’s largest intergovernmental organization. [New York Times; Reuters] Morocco quit the African Union’s predecessor, the Organization of African Unity, in 1984 after the regional bloc officially recognized Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara) as a member. [BBC: Morocco] After a

News Clips – February 3, 2017

February 3, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil litigation, civil society, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, freedom of religion, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, News Clips, thought, expression & association

Civil Society This week hundreds of thousands of protesters demonstrated across Romania in response to an emergency ordinance that decriminalizes certain cases of misconduct of allegedly corrupt officials. [Guardian] Two human rights activists who were arrested last month and charged with terrorism for organizing peaceful protests to support Anglophone rights in Cameroon continue to be imprisoned, and may face the

February 2017: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

February 1, 2017 IJRC children, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, European System, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, right to life, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, women's rights

In the month of February 2017, various universal and regional bodies will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through interactive dialogues, the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, and the review of individual complaints. Four United Nations treaty bodies will meet this month to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related to economic, social,

Rights Protests Continue Across the U.S. as Immigration Ban Implemented

January 30, 2017 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, environmental rights, equal protection, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, LGBTI rights, migrants, reproductive and sexual rights, U.S. courts, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, women's rights

Protesters in the United States and around the world demonstrated last week and over the weekend, calling for the protection of the rights of migrants and refugees, women, and other vulnerable groups, as a new administration assumed power in the United States following a bitterly divisive campaign in which now-President Trump denied sexual assault allegations and promised to enact a

News Clips – January 27, 2017

January 27, 2017 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, civil litigation, civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, economic, social & cultural rights, health, immigration & asylum, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, News Clips, reproductive and sexual rights, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society Academics and activists warn that the “global gag rule,” which prohibits funding for organizations that provide abortion services and was implemented by United States President Trump on Monday, will have a chilling effect on civil society programs in Latin America offering family planning, contraception, HIV/Aids, and abortion services. [Guardian] This week, United Nations experts called for the release

UNODC Publishes First Handbook on Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners

January 25, 2017 IJRC conditions of detention, international human rights, liberty & security of person, security & rule of law, Universal system

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launched a Handbook on the Management of Violent Extremist Prisoners and the Prevention of Radicalization to Violence in Prisons on January 16 aimed at strengthening prison management of violent extremist prisoners while upholding prisoners’ human rights. [UN News Centre] The handbook, one in a series of UNODC resources meant to help

ECtHR: U.K. “Whole Life Sentences” Now Compatible with ECHR

January 23, 2017 IJRC European System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, regional human rights protection

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held on January 17 that a United Kingdom prisoner’s “whole life” sentence does not violate Article 3 (the prohibition of inhuman or degrading treatment) of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) where the Secretary of State’s discretion to reduce the sentence is bound by domestic law that recognizes

News Clips- January 20, 2017

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Civil Society In Jordan this week, a military court arrested and charged eight activists with “insulting the King,” and “incitement to spread chaos,” through social media posts. [Al Jazeera] On Wednesday, Turkish authorities denied entry to New York Times correspondent Rob Nordland allegedly based on Nordland’s prior coverage of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party. [Al Jazeera] In Mexico, environmental and land

ECtHR: Mandatory Co-ed Swim Class Does Not Violate Religious Freedom

January 18, 2017 IJRC children, European System, freedom of religion, international human rights, regional human rights protection

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) unanimously held last week that requiring two Muslim girls below the age of puberty to participate in a school’s compulsory mixed gender swim class did not violate their parents’ right to religious freedom under Article 9 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention). See ECtHR, Osmanoǧlu and Kocabaş v. Switzerland, no.

News Clips- January 13, 2017

January 13, 2017 IJRC assembly and association, children, civil litigation, civil society, corporate accountability, cultural rights, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, equal protection, European System, freedom of religion, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, migrants, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, privacy, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, right to life, thought, expression & association, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society On Thursday, Human Rights Watch launched its World Report 2017, a 687-page report that chronicles the situation of human rights and identifies impediments to human rights protections, such as the rise of demagogues. [Human Rights Watch] In Israel, Palestinian citizens launched a nationwide strike in response to government demolitions of Palestinian homes on Tuesday. [Al Jazeera] This week,