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ECtHR: Refusal to Authorize Gender Reassignment Surgery Violates Convention

March 23, 2015 IJRC discrimination, European System, family, international human rights, LGBTI rights, privacy, reproductive and sexual rights

On March 10, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) released its judgment in Y.Y. v. Turkey, where it unanimously held that the State’s refusal to authorize gender reassignment surgery for the transsexual applicant violated the right to respect for private life under the European Convention of Human Rights. See ECtHR, Y.Y. v. Turkey, no. 14793/08, Judgment of 10

CSW Session Celebrates 20^th Anniversary of Beijing Platform for Action

March 17, 2015 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, Commission on the Status of Women, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, international human rights, women's rights

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is holding its 59th session from March 9 to 20 in New York. During this session, representatives of United Nations Member States, civil society organizations, and United Nations bodies will gather to discuss issues affecting women and the measures necessary to empower them. In this vein, they will be assessing the implementation

March 2015 Newsletter: New Team Members, Human Rights News

March 16, 2015 IJRC economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, regional human rights protection, security & rule of law, Universal system, women's rights

Inter-American Commission to Hold 55 Human Rights Hearings in March

March 11, 2015 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, death penalty, democracy & political rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, international humanitarian law, judicial independence, labor rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, persons with disabilities, property, reparations, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, transitional justice, women's rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is holding its 154th regular session from March 13 to 27, 2015 at IACHR headquarters in Washington, D.C. The agenda includes public hearings on March 16, 17, 19 and 20. [IACHR Press Release] The hearings allow both States and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to provide the IACHR with information and context on 55 human

UN Human Rights Experts Summarize Recent Complaints against States

March 10, 2015 IJRC death penalty, international human rights, liberty & security of person, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures

On February 19, 2015, the special procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council submitted to the Human Rights Council a joint report summarizing all communications concerning alleged human rights abuses that the special procedures sent to States between June and November 2014, as well as State replies to these communications received from August 2014 through January 2015. See Human

Human Rights Council Addresses Discrimination, Conflict, and Children

March 3, 2015 IJRC children, discrimination, international human rights, international humanitarian law, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal Periodic Review

From March 2 to 27, the United Nations Human Rights Council is holding its 28th regular session in Geneva, Switzerland. The agenda includes high-level panel discussions, interactive dialogues with special procedures, debates on racial discrimination and on the rights of persons with disabilities, and the consideration of Universal Periodic Review (UPR) outcomes. The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner

UN Launches International Decade for People of African Descent

January 27, 2015 IJRC discrimination, international human rights, UN General Assembly, Universal system

January 1, 2015 marked the beginning of the International Decade for People of African Descent, a United Nations-initiated framework for strengthening national, regional, and international cooperation in pursuit of the full enjoyment of civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, and equal participation in all aspects of society by people of African descent. [UN: Plan of Action] The UN General

Universal Review of 14 Countries’ Human Rights Records Underway

January 26, 2015 IJRC civil society, international human rights, Universal Periodic Review

The human rights records of 14 States are under review during the 21st session of the Human Rights Council’s (HRC) Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group, being held in Geneva, Switzerland from January 19 to January 30, 2015. [OHCHR Press Release] Through this peer review process, United Nations Member States review one another’s overall human rights record every four and

Landmark Arms Trade Treaty Enters into Force

December 29, 2014 IJRC armed conflict, international human rights, international humanitarian law, military and humanitarian intervention, security & rule of law, Universal system

On December 24, 2014, the watershed United Nations Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) entered into force. The treaty, which is the first international instrument regulating the trade in conventional arms, creates a human rights framework to govern transfers of conventional arms, with the goal of curbing the flow of weapons that may be used to perpetrate human rights violations and crimes

Happy Human Rights Day 2014!

December 10, 2014 IJRC IJRC Updates, international human rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Today, the international community is celebrating Human Rights Day, commemorating the 66th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The UDHR enumerates fundamental rights and freedoms that are considered to be the foundation of international human rights law, and has since inspired the creation of over 60 human rights instruments that protect human