On Monday, the Philippine Senate ratified the International Labor Organization’s Domestic Workers Convention (DWC), paving the way for the DWC to enter into legal force next year. The Convention concerning decent work for domestic workers (No. 189), is the first international treaty to address the specific vulnerabilities and rights of the estimated 50 to 100 million domestic workers worldwide, most of
Read moreLast week the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) debated a key concern of its subsidiary NGO Committee’s work to review and recommend NGO applications for ECOSOC consultative status. According to the UN Department of Public Information, Cyprus speaking on behalf of the European Union highlighted concerns that: over the past few years, the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations continued
Read moreThe International Justice Resource Center is pleased to announce the release of a five-part educational video on the Inter-American System for the protection of human rights, which monitors, promotes and enforces the human rights commitments of all 35 independent countries in the Americas. IJRC’s aim in producing the video and accompanying manual is to contribute to greater understanding and effective use
Read moreThe Secretariat of the United Nations Human Rights Council* is seeking all governments, national human rights institutes, and non-governmental organizations in consultative status to nominate persons to serve as the Chairperson of the upcoming Forum on Business and Human Rights.
Read moreDaniel E. Rodríguez Infante, abogado argentino y defensor de los derechos humanos, contribuye la siguiente nota, la cual urge a la sociedad civil que actúe para defender el Sistema Interamericano de protección de los derechos humanos, el cual se encuentra en riesgo de que su independencia sea comprometida o que se disminuya su rol esencial en la promoción y protección
Read moreThe United States government’s program of targeted killings has come under close scrutiny in recent days, during the United Nations Human Rights Council* twentieth regular session (ongoing through July 6). The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) Human Rights Program (HRP) staff attended the session to raise concerns about human rights in the United States, and specifically the targeted killing policy.
Read moreDeputy Legal Advisor, International Committee of the Red Cross Regional Delegation for the U.S. and Canada. Deadline: April 30, 2012. See application requirements. Human Rights Defenders Rapporteurship Fellow, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. Location: Washington, D.C. Deadline: April 30, 2012. See application requirements. Executive Director, Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy, Northeastern University School of Law. Deadline: open until filled. Location:
Read moreThis year marks the tenth anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute and the creation of the International Criminal Court. An upcoming conference, ICC Turns Ten: Reviewing the Past, Assessing the Future, will gather a number of leading scholars and practitioners to examine the impact of the ICC’s first decade and discuss the challenges ahead. The conference will be
Read moreThe Inter-American Commission on Human Rights assigned thematic and country rapporteurships to each of the seven Commissioners at the end of January. [Press Release] In addition to their responsibilities for deciding the admissibility and merits of petitions, granting precautionary measures, and referring cases to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, the Commissioners individually lead the IACHR’s promotion and monitoring duties
Read moreThe Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights is hearing arguments today (video here) in Catan and Others v. Republic of Moldova and Russia (nos. 43370/04, 43370/04, 8252/05 and 18454/06). The Court’s press release describes the applicants as “Moldovan nationals who live in the ‘Moldovan Republic of Transdnistria’ (‘MRT’), a non-recognised separatist entity which split from the Republic of Moldova in September
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