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News Clips- August 5, 2016

August 5, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, conditions of detention, corporate accountability, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Security Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society & Human Rights Defenders After a video revealed the harassment of aboriginal boys in detention in an Australian jail, Australians protested, demanding an investigation. [Al Jazeera] A human rights lawyer in China, Wang Yu, who was in detention for over a year, made a public confession this week that appeared scripted. [Washington Post] A court in Bahrain postponed

News Clips- July 29, 2016

July 29, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, children, civil society, conditions of detention, economic, social & cultural rights, Inter-American System, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, regional human rights protection, reparations, right to life, torture, UN General Assembly, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, Maina Kiai, recently stated that the rights to freedom of association and of assembly are hindered by racial inequality in the United States. [OHCHR Press Release] Experts on freedom of expression from both the United Nations and the Organization for

Human Rights Council Establishes SOGI Expert, Renews Eight Others

July 28, 2016 IJRC assembly and association, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, international human rights, LGBTI rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system, women's rights

The United Nations Human Rights Council adopted 33 resolutions during its 33rd session, including to create one new independent expert mandate to monitor violence against LGBT persons and extending or renewing the mandates of eight other expert bodies. [OHCHR] The Human Rights Council, an intergovernmental group that tracks human rights conditions in the UN Member States, is responsible for creating

News Clips- July 15, 2016

July 15, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil litigation, civil society, corporate accountability, crime & impunity, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, European System, health, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, UN Security Council, Universal system

Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society Civil society organizations called for the release of Bahraini Human Rights defender, Nabeel Rajab, ahead of the start of his trial this week. [FIDH Press Release] Evan Mawarire, the organizer of recent protests in Zimbabwe, has been charged with inciting public disorder. [The Guardian] A pride parade scheduled to take place in Beersheba, Israel was

ECtHR: States Must Recognize Equal Eligibility, Vulnerability of LGBT Migrants

July 12, 2016 IJRC discrimination, European System, family, immigration & asylum, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, regional human rights protection

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found violations of the rights to non-discrimination and liberty in two recent cases involving applicants who identify as homosexual. In Taddeucci and McCall v. Italy, the ECtHR held Italy’s rejection of a family-based residence permit for an Italian man’s same-sex partner amounted to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation because while same-sex

News Clips- June 24, 2016

June 24, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, civil society, conditions of detention, economic, social & cultural rights, freedom of religion, human rights defenders, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, internationalized criminal tribunals, labor rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, Universal system

Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Nobel Laureate, Auun San Suu Kyi, arrived in Thailand on Thursday where she is expected to lobby for the rights of migrant workers. [The Guardian] Over 2,000 police have been deployed in Paris in preparation of protests over new labour legislation. Extra precautions have been taken in light of the last set of protests on

Human Rights Bodies Address Homophobia, Gun Violence after Orlando Attack

June 20, 2016 IJRC European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, LGBTI rights, right to life, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Security Council

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), UN Security Council, and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) have urged States to address homophobia, gun violence, and terrorism in the wake of the recent nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida. [OHCHR Press Release; UN Press Release; IACHR Press Release] Early Sunday morning on June 12, 2016 Omar

News Clips- June 17, 2016

June 17, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, discrimination, domestic courts, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, ICTY, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, labor rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, military and humanitarian intervention, regional human rights protection, right to life, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) heard from civil society organizations on adherence to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights by the United Kingdom, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Angola. [OHCHR Press Release] As the French government debated a new labor bill that would ease restrictions on

Inter-American Court: Colombian Same-Sex Partners Entitled to Equal Social Benefits

April 25, 2016 IJRC discrimination, family, Inter-American System, LGBTI rights

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights has condemned Columbia’s failure to provide a gay man with equal access to public benefits following the death of his partner, as prohibited discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. See I/A Court H.R., Duque v. Colombia. Preliminary Objections, Merits, Reparations and Costs. Judgment of 26 February 2016. Series C No. 310 (Spanish only).

ECtHR: Same-Sex Couples Must Be Equally Eligible for Family-Based Migration

March 8, 2016 IJRC discrimination, European System, family, immigration & asylum, international human rights, LGBTI rights

In a recent decision regarding family reunification for a same-sex couple, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Croatia to have violated a non-citizen’s human rights by denying her application for a residence permit to join her partner in Croatia. See ECtHR, Pajić v. Croatia, no. 68453/13, Judgment of 23 February 2016. The ECtHR unanimously held that Croatia’s Aliens Act,