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Employment Opportunities in Human Rights – October 11, 2011

October 11, 2011 IJRC Employment & Scholarship Opportunities

Director, Child Soldiers International. Deadline: October 16, 2011. Location: London, UK. See application requirements. Child Protection Officer, Juvenile Justice and Legal Protection, UNICEF. Deadline: October 14, 2011. Location: Yangon, Burma. See application requirements. Three-month funded internship on LGBT human rights in Europe, INTERIGHTS. Deadline: October 16, 2011. Location: London, UK. See application requirements (also accepting speculative applications for human rights

News Clips – October 11, 2011

October 11, 2011 IJRC civil society, democracy & political rights, domestic courts, due process & judicial protection, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association

In the wake of the killing of Al-Qaida militant and U.S. citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in late September by a U.S. drone strike in Yemen, many have questioned the Obama Administration’s legal justification for killing U.S. citizens and others outside combat zones, as discussed by IJRC Board member Jamil Dakwar in “State Sanctioned Killings”, published in the ezine Jadaliyya last Friday.

Overview of the Human Rights Framework

WHAT ARE HUMAN RIGHTS? Every human being is entitled to protection of, and respect for, their fundamental rights and freedoms. Human rights are those activities, conditions, and privileges that all human beings deserve to enjoy, by virtue of their humanity. They include civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. Human rights are inherent, inalienable, interdependent, and indivisible. This means we

Trainings

IJRC offers trainings to organizations and groups on general and specific areas of international human rights protection. Training sessions are designed to build advocates’ capacity to incorporate relevant international legal standards into their public education, litigation, and advocacy campaigns, and to enable them to effectively engage with regional and international human rights monitoring bodies and courts. Trainings are tailored to

Middle East Protests Draw Focus to Freedom of Expression and Political Rights

February 17, 2011 IJRC democracy & political rights, liberty & security of person, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

In the ongoing wake of pro-democracy demonstrations that has swept through Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya, the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Yemen, Iran, Bahrain and Jordan, and which have affected other countries in the region – including Syria and Kuwait – the United Nations and human rights organizations are focusing on freedom of expression, political rights, and the role of democracy in the

News Clips – October 3, 2010

October 3, 2010 IJRC children, civil litigation, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, internationalized criminal tribunals, massacres, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures

In Ecuador, a state of emergency remains in place following last week’s uprising of members of the military against President Correa’s government, prompting human rights defenders to call for a quick restoration of full civil liberties. [CEJIL] The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights condemned the attack against Correa. [IACHR] Germany today commemorates 20 years of reunification and will use its

News Clips – through Sept. 14, 2010

September 14, 2010 IJRC ATCA litigation, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, ICJ, ICTR, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, interim measures, International Criminal Court, internationalized criminal tribunals, liberty & security of person, massacres, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Syria welcomes its first visit from a UN special rapporteur, the Special Rapporteur on the right to food, in a showing of increased participation with the UN Human Rights Council’s monitoring mechanisms, including its upcoming Universal Periodic Review. [The National; OHCHR] The Special Rapporteur estimates that 2 to 3 million people face food insecurity in

News Clips – May 23, 2010

May 23, 2010 IJRC civil litigation, discrimination, domestic courts, environmental rights, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, internationalized criminal tribunals, security & rule of law, torture, U.S. courts, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Protests continue in Thailand as Asian Centre for Human Rights decries international community’s silence and the EU Parliament and Human Rights Watch express concern over violence, emergency provisions, and censorship. The BBC has provided a detailed overview of the situation. Human Rights Watch urges new British government to reform counterterrorism strategies and investigate British agents’ complicity in torture and rendition. [HRW] Related cases decided by the

Civil Society Actors

The websites of NGOs and law school clinics can be very useful for keeping tabs on news, current scholarship, advocacy campaigns and ongoing litigation. The following list is by no means exhaustive, but includes some of the most active and relevant entities. NGOs with an International or Regional Focus With its headquarters in London and offices around the world, Amnesty

Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council

THE HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S SPECIAL PROCEDURES The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council serves several functions, one of which is to promote and monitor human rights worldwide through the establishment of special procedures. Special procedures are independent human rights experts who work individually or in groups to report and advise on human rights issues. They are referred to by many