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July 2018: UN Treaty Bodies, Human Rights Council, and Regional Bodies in Session

July 2, 2018 IJRC civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, European System, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

In the month of July, various universal and regional bodies 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. Three United Nations treaty bodies will meet in July to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related to civil and political rights, the

May 2018: UN Treaty Bodies, UPR, and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

April 30, 2018 IJRC African System, armed conflict, children, civil society, corporate accountability, discrimination, enforced disappearance, equal protection, European System, health, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, right to life, torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system

In the month of May, several universal and regional bodies will be in session to 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 throughout May to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related

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

April 2, 2018 IJRC African System, children, civil society, conditions of detention, corporate accountability, cultural rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, equal protection, European System, freedom of religion, health, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

In the month of April, several 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 throughout April to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related to civil and political

European Court Delivers Landmark Judgment on Universal Jurisdiction & Torture

March 27, 2018 IJRC due process & judicial protection, European System, international human rights, regional human rights protection, torture, UN treaty bodies, universal jurisdiction

On March 15, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a landmark decision finding that States are not required to allow victims of torture to sue perpetrators in civil proceedings, in the absence of criminal proceedings, for compensation when the act of torture occurred outside of the territory of the State and the perpetrators are not nationals and are

Committee Against Torture Issues New General Comment on Non-Refoulement

March 13, 2018 IJRC immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, torture, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

The United Nations Committee Against Torture (CAT) recently published its General Comment 4 on the implementation of Article 3 (non-refoulement, or not deporting or extraditing an individual to a country where they are at risk of torture) of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (Convention against Torture), replacing the CAT’s first general comment

ACERWC: Mauritania Failed to Protect Against and Punish Child Labor

February 7, 2018 IJRC African System, children, crime & impunity, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, education, international human rights, regional human rights protection, torture

The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) recently published its holding that Mauritania violated the rights to protection from child labor and from child abuse, among other rights and obligations, established in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (African Children’s Charter), due to the enslavement of two children.

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

January 30, 2018 IJRC armed conflict, children, civil society, conditions of detention, corporate accountability, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, enforced disappearance, equal protection, European System, human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, right to life, torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

In February 2018, 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 hearings on individual complaints. Four United Nations treaty bodies will be holding sessions throughout February on issues related to children’s rights, prevention of torture, the

Pardon of Former Peruvian President Fujimori Raises Legal Questions

January 10, 2018 IJRC civil litigation, crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, Inter-American System, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, regional human rights protection, right to life, torture, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), two United Nations special rapporteurs, and one UN working group recently condemned Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s decision to issue a humanitarian pardon on December 24, 2017 to former President Alberto Fujimori, who was convicted and sentenced in 2009 to 25 years in prison for murder, kidnapping, and crimes against humanity during his

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

November 28, 2017 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, corporate accountability, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, European System, extrajudicial executions, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

In December, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State reports, country visits, and thematic and contentious hearings. Two United Nations treaty bodies will continue their sessions that began in November on issues concerning racial discrimination and torture. Ten United Nations special procedures mandate holders

OAS Examines Situation in Venezuela for Possible Crimes Against Humanity

November 7, 2017 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, extrajudicial executions, international criminal law, liberty & security of person, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture

In the last two months, the Organization of American States (OAS) held unprecedented hearings to gather witness testimony on the situation in Venezuela to determine whether to refer the State to the International Criminal Court (ICC). [OAS Press Release: First Session; OAS Press Release: Second Session] In the sessions of hearings held so far, the OAS has heard testimony from