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News Clips- November 25, 2016

November 25, 2016 IJRC African System, Asia, assembly and association, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, discrimination, European System, freedom of religion, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society Following protests over the weekend and statements from the United Nations, Turkey withdrew a bill that would have granted amnesty to some perpetrators of child sexual assault. [Guardian] Thousands of protesters in Malaysia demonstrated against the prime minister, resulting in 15 arrests. [Washington Post] Authorities have started using tear gas and water cannons against refugee protesters in Bulgaria.

News Clips- November 18, 2016

November 18, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, Asia, children, civil society, corporate accountability, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, freedom of religion, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

Activities of Human Rights Bodies and Experts The Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context has asked the Nigerian government for an explanation for the recent mass evictions that have resulted in four deaths and many displaced. [UN News Centre] The Subcommittee

News Clips- November 11, 2016

November 11, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, LGBTI rights, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

Politics Beijing issued new guidelines on taking an oath of office in an effort to remove pro-democracy legislators from Hong Kong’s Legislative Council. [NY Times] This week, Donald Trump was voted the next president of the United States, with some suggesting his anti-establishment campaign is linked to similar movements around the world. [Washington Post] China is expected to pass the

News Clips – November 4, 2016

November 4, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, civil litigation, civil society, corporate accountability, cultural rights, death penalty, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, health, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, international human rights, LGBTI rights, migrants, News Clips, persons with disabilities, right to life, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Civil Society Two girls in Morocco are facing charges of homosexual conduct after they were seen kissing. [Guardian] Thousands protested this week against the United Nation’s peace proposal to end the conflict in Yemen. [Al Jazeera] Several UN experts called on the Democratic Republic of the Congo to put an end to the ban on protests that has been in

News Clips – October 28, 2016

October 28, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, death penalty, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, persons with disabilities, reproductive and sexual rights, right to life, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society After recent protests in Argentina over the murder and rape of a teenage girl, two women who participated in the protest were murdered this week, causing civil society to argue that femicides and gender-based violence are on the rise. [Guardian] The police in South Africa this week used water canons, tear gas, and stun grenades against students protesting

News Clips- October 21, 2016

October 21, 2016 IJRC African System, assembly and association, civil litigation, civil society, conditions of detention, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system, women's rights

Activities of International Bodies The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights started its 59th Ordinary Session this week and will review draft guidelines on the rights to freedom of association and assembly, as well as conduct reviews of States parties and hold additional discussions. [IJRC: Guidelines; IJRC: Sessions] The United Nations General Assembly recognized the 50th anniversary of the

News Clips- October 14, 2016

October 14, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, migrants, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, Universal system, women's rights

Civil Society The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed concern over intimidation of human rights defenders in Kyrgyzstan. [United Nations in the Kyrgyz Republic] Demonstrators in Colombia are demanding that the peace deal between the government and FARC is upheld. [BBC] The Ethiopian government this week denied the use of extreme force against protesters in the country.

News Clips- October 7, 2016

October 7, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, assembly and association, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Human Rights Council, UN Security Council, Universal system

Civil Society After demonstrators in Poland protested a new law to ban abortion early this week, a parliamentary committee recommended parliament vote against the bill. [Guardian] Anti-government protests continued in Ethiopia this week after tear gas and shots from the police instigated a stampede at a religious festival last weekend, trampling between 55 and over 100 people. [Al Jazeera] The authorities

News Clips- September 30, 2016

September 30, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil society, cultural rights, death penalty, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, News Clips, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

Civil Society A court in China sentenced three activists to three years imprisonment in one case and over a year for the other two individuals. [Jurist] The Facebook accounts of Palestinian journalists who work in occupied Palestinian territories were frozen last week. [Al Jazeera] United Nations Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association called

News Clips- September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil society, conditions of detention, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, enforced disappearance, environmental rights, human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Refugees and Migrants The UN held the Summit for Refugees and Migrants on Monday and the United States President Barack Obama hosted the Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis on Tuesday. [IJRC; UN News Centre: Bold; UN News Centre: Integration] The International Justice Resource Center and the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies are hosting a training on the