Category: Universal system

Mandatory HIV/AIDS and Drug Testing Violates Rights to Privacy & Equal Protection

discrimination, equal protection, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, privacy, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

During its 123rd Session, the United Nations Human Rights Committee issued its first decision on the privacy and equal protection implications of mandatory HIV/AIDS and drug testing for individuals seeking a visa extension. See Human Rights Committee, Vandom v. Republic of Korea, Communication No. 2273/2013, Views of 12 July 2018, UN Doc. CCPR/C/123/D/2273/2013. The case concerned an American English teacher,

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Conflicts in Cameroon Escalate, Human Rights Experts Respond

African System, assembly and association, children, civil society, conditions of detention, crime & impunity, discrimination, extrajudicial executions, international human rights, liberty & security of person, massacres, regional human rights protection, right to life, Universal system

In the past month, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights have called on Cameroon to launch an investigation into persistent reports of a deteriorating human rights situation in the English-speaking Northwest and Southwest regions of Cameroon, including to investigate a video showing the alleged extrajudicial executions of a

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Consequences of the U.S. Departure from the Human Rights Council

civil society, human rights defenders, international human rights, UN Human Rights Council, Universal system

Civil society and other stakeholders warned of consequences to human rights defenders and victims of rights abuses when the United States formally announced last month its decision to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council. [HRW: Blame; HRW: Oppose; OHCHR Press Release: Dialogue] The decision – effective June 19, 2018, over a year before the end of the State’s

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

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

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

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

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