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Human Rights Committee Deplores Executions in Belarus

March 30, 2010 IJRC interim measures, right to life, UN treaty bodies

Following the conclusion of its 98th session, held in New York earlier this month, the Human Rights Committee issued a press release deploring the execution of two individuals whose cases are pending before the Committee and on whose behalf the Committee had issued interim measures. During its session, the Committee had requested clarification from Belarus, which was not forthcoming. The

This Week at the ECHR

March 24, 2010 IJRC discrimination, due process & judicial protection, European System, liberty & security of person, privacy, property, right to life

The European Court of Human Rights issued Chamber judgments in a diverse group of cases this week, finding: Russia responsible for violating, inter alia, article 6.2 (presumption of innocence) for a politician’s public comments about a defendant who had been criminally charged with rape and was pending trial at the time (Kuzmin v. Russia); Moldova responsible for violating article 2

Deaths and Harassment of Honduran Activists Lamented

March 9, 2010 IJRC democracy & political rights, Inter-American System, right to life

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights today condemned the acts of violence and harassment in recent months against individuals involved in the resistance to the coup d’etat which took place in Honduras last June. Such acts included the deaths of three individuals and the torture and arbitrary detention of others. See the Commission’s statement here, and its report on human

ECHR Finds Violation in British Transfer of Detainees to Iraqi Custody

March 9, 2010 IJRC due process & judicial protection, European System, right to life

Last Wednesday, the European Court of Human Rights issued its decision in Al-Saadoon & Mufdhi v. the United Kingdom, finding that the U.K. had violated its international human rights obligations when it transferred two Iraqi nationals to Iraqi custody because there was a real risk they would face the death penalty. See the press release and judgment. The application was

The Week's News

February 28, 2010 IJRC democracy & political rights, European System, ICTY, Inter-American System, international criminal law, liberty & security of person, right to life, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Special Procedures

Human Rights Conditions * President Bachelet declares state of catastrophe following powerful earthquake in Chile. [Washington Post] * Interim government organized following Niger coup. [BBC] * Ceasefire signed in Sudan. [Guardian] * Waterboarding defended by former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. [New York Times] * Russia pushed for details on investigation of Chechen human rights defender’s murder in July