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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

September 2016: Three Regional Courts Hold Hearings, UN Reviews States

August 31, 2016 IJRC African System, children, civil society, Commission on the Status of Women, corporate accountability, death penalty, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, education, enforced disappearance, European System, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, judicial independence, labor rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, right to life, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system, women's rights

During the month of September 2016, several supranational bodies will review States’ implementation of their treaty obligations, regional judicial bodies will conduct hearings, and four UN special procedures mechanisms will conduct country visits. Four United Nations treaty bodies will hold interactive dialogues with more than 20 States regarding their implementation of treaty obligations related to economic, social, and cultural rights and

News Clips – August 26, 2016

August 26, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, domestic courts, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, freedom of religion, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Civil Society A member of the United Democratic Party, an opposition political party in Gambia, died while in detention last Saturday, prompting the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to condemn the death and conditions of detention. [UN News Centre] The Ethiopian government announced this week that it will not prosecute the Olympic athlete who publically

News Clips- August 19, 2016

August 19, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, assembly and association, ATCA litigation, children, civil litigation, civil society, conditions of detention, corporate accountability, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

Civil Society Ahead of a constitutional referendum scheduled for September, Azerbaijani authorities have arrested several activists critical of the government within the last week. [RSF] In order to make room for civil society members arrested after the coup, Turkey announced that it will release inmates convicted of nonviolent offenses from its prisons. [NYT] Following the recent re-election of Zambia’s president,

News Clips- July 22, 2016

July 22, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil society, domestic courts, economic, social & cultural rights, environmental rights, European System, extrajudicial executions, family, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international criminal law, international human rights, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Security Council, Universal system

Human Rights Defenders and Civil Society A car bomb in Kiev killed a journalist who was often critical of the government leaders in Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine. [The Guardian] Four Kenyan police officers were charged with the murder of human rights defender, Willie Kimani. [The Jurist] In the midst of anti-government demonstrations, several armed men have been holding policemen as

Attacks on South Sudanese Civilians, Humanitarian Workers Prompt International Response

July 20, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, children, extrajudicial executions, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, military and humanitarian intervention, property, regional human rights protection, right to life, torture, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

In South Sudan, opposing armed forces backing President Kirr and Vice President Machar may have committed war crimes by attacking civilians and humanitarian personnel and facilities in recent weeks, according to UN representatives, prompting a decision by the African Union to send additional troops to join the UN peacekeeping force there. [NPR; UN News Centre: Juba; OHCHR Press Briefing] Renewed

News Clips – July 8, 2016

July 8, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, Asia, civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, domestic courts, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, internationalized criminal tribunals, massacres, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, regional human rights protection, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Security Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, universal jurisdiction

Human Rights Bodies’ Activities The UN Human Rights Council has adopted a resolution supporting online users’ human rights and criticizing internet shutdowns. [Access Now; TechCrunch] The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women met with civil society representatives from the Philippines, Myanmar, and France ahead of those States’ interactive dialogues with the CEDAW Committee, which also took place this week as it

ACHPR Finds Botswana’s Secret Hanging of Prisoner Was Cruel Treatment

July 6, 2016 IJRC African System, conditions of detention, death penalty, due process & judicial protection, interim measures, international human rights, progressive development of law

A recent case involving capital punishment in Botswana required the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) to consider the adequacy of appointed counsel and clemency procedures, hanging as a method of execution, the death row phenomenon, and whether notice is required prior to imposition of the death penalty. See ACommHPR, Interights & Ditshwanelo v. Botswana, Communication No. 319/06,

AfCHPR: Gaddafi’s Son’s Rights Violated by Secret Detention in Libya

June 22, 2016 IJRC African System, due process & judicial protection, International Criminal Court, international human rights, liberty & security of person, right to life

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (AfCHPR) has held that Libya violated the rights to liberty and fair trial by holding Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former leader Muammar Gaddafi, in secret detention since 2011. See AfCHPR, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights v. Libya, App. No. 002/2013, Judgment of 3 June 2016. These breaches, the Court

East African Court: Community Must Investigate Tanzania’s Expulsion of Migrants

May 9, 2016 IJRC African System, migrants, regional human rights protection

The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) recently held that the East African Community (EAC) breached its duties to effectively investigate and redress possible violations of the principles in the EAC Treaty that arose from the allegedly illegal expulsion of Rwandan and Burundian immigrants from Tanzania in 2013. See East African Court of Justice, East African Law Society v. Secretary