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Ten Human Rights Standards Implicated by U.S. Immigration Policy Changes

June 27, 2018 IJRC children, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, family, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, right to life, U.S. courts, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies

Recent changes in the United States’ immigration policies have drawn fresh condemnation from human rights experts and civil society, particularly as news spread that authorities had separated approximately 2,000 children from their parents at the country’s southern border. [IACHR Press Release; OHCHR Press Release; UNHCR Press Release] These changes include automatic criminal prosecution and detention of adults – including asylum

Qatar to Become Party to Two UN Human Rights Conventions

June 5, 2018 IJRC economic, social & cultural rights, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

On May 21, 2018, Qatar acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which will both come into force for the State in August. [HRW: Treaties] Qatar’s accession to these conventions included both formal reservations on articles to which Qatar will not consider itself bound by

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

International Community Questions Fairness of Election As Hungary Re-elects Orbán

April 17, 2018 IJRC civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, European System, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, UN treaty bodies

International election observers, civil society, and protesters have raised concerns over the fairness of Hungary’s April 8 parliamentary elections in which the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and his Fidesz party secured a strong majority, winning 133 of 199 parliamentary seats; media bias and intimidation of independent journalists as well as xenophobic and intimidating rhetoric, civil society and election observers

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

CEDAW Committee Recommends a Gender-Based Approach to Environmental Disasters

March 20, 2018 IJRC children, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, education, environmental rights, health, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) recently published a general recommendation on the adoption of a gender-based approach on the prevention of and response to climate change and environmental disasters. See Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, General Recommendation No. 37: Gender-related dimensions of disaster-risk reduction in the context of climate change, UN

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

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

January 2018: Universal Periodic Review and Regional Bodies in Session

January 2, 2018 IJRC assembly and association, children, civil society, discrimination, equal protection, European System, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, right to life, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system, women's rights

In January 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, interactive dialogues, country visits, and hearings. One United Nations treaty body will meet throughout January to assess States’ compliance with their treaty obligations related to the rights of the child.

IACHR Recommends a Human Rights-Based Approach to Address Poverty

December 27, 2017 IJRC discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, education, health, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented a report on December 5, 2017 that, for the first time in the region, details Member States’ human rights legal obligations to address the situation of poverty and extreme poverty in the Americas through a human rights perspective. See IACHR, Poverty and Human Rights in the Americas (2017), para. 18 (in Spanish