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Iain Byrne

Iain Byrne is an international human rights lawyer with over 25 years of experience of working in the field. He is a founding member of the IJRC Board of Directors. Since November 2011 he has worked at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International in the Economic and Social Justice (previously the Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ESCR)) team. For four

2010 in Review: IACHR Merits Reports

November 1, 2010 IJRC crime & impunity, due process & judicial protection, European System, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, right to life, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts, UN treaty bodies

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has published two merits reports so far this year, having to do with deportation of non-citizens without consideration for humanitarian factors (against the United States) and impunity in the death of a journalist (against Brazil). In addition to the two merits reports, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has published thirty-six favorable admissibility decisions,

News Clips – October 25, 2010

October 25, 2010 IJRC African System, civil litigation, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, discrimination, domestic courts, European System, ICTR, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, interim measures, International Criminal Court, labor rights, liberty & security of person, regional human rights protection, right to life, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, torture, U.S. courts, UN Special Procedures, Uncategorized

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights begins holding hearings today in its 140th Period of Sessions. Issues to be discussed today include the Situation of Environmentalists in Mesoamerica, and Discrimination against the Transsexual, Transgender, and Transvestite Population in Brazil. See the week’s schedule of hearings here. Webcast of some hearings is available here. The role of humanitarian aid in contributing

News Clips – October 15, 2010

October 15, 2010 IJRC corporate accountability, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, massacres, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, torture, transitional justice, U.S. courts, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies

The loss of leading international human rights scholar Louis Henkin is mourned, while the legal community remembers his long career dedicated to the development of international law and the protection of human rights. [Human Rights First] Moldova has ratified the Rome Statute to become the newest State Party to the International Criminal Court, bringing the total to 114. [UN] Canadian

Book Review – Preventing Irreparable Harm: Provisional Measures in International Human Rights Adjudication

September 21, 2010 IJRC book reviews, interim measures, regional human rights protection, UN treaty bodies

Eva Rieter, Preventing Irreparable Harm: Provisional Measures in International Human Rights Adjudication (Intersentia, Antwerp, 2010, xl + 1200 pp., €129.00) ISBN 978-90-5095-931-5 (pb) This year, Eva Rieter, assistant professor in public international law and international human rights at Radboud University Nijmegen, has authored an extensive volume which is the result of years of research on provisional measures in the international

News Clips – September 20, 2010

September 20, 2010 IJRC ATCA litigation, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, environmental rights, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, massacres, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, U.S. courts, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Special Procedures

In a heartbreaking blow to Afghan hopes for peace, several U.S. soldiers are under investigation for murdering at least three Afghan civilians last year as part of a rogue “kill team” that was allegedly formed when a staff sergeant who had served in Iraq in 2004 joined the platoon stationed in Kandahar province. [Washington Post] The French Senate has approved

News Clips – July 18, 2010

July 19, 2010 IJRC discrimination, European System, Inter-American System, interim measures, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, labor rights, liberty & security of person, massacres, security & rule of law, U.S. courts

Argentina legalizes same-sex marriage, becoming the second country in the Western Hemisphere to do so. [Washington Post] The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC has issued a second arrest warrant for Sudan’s President Al Bashir, who is wanted to face charges of genocide against the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups. The first warrant was based on charges of war

IACHR Presents 2009 Annual Report

April 17, 2010 IJRC Inter-American System

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Thursday presented its 2009 Annual Report to the Committee on Juridical and Political Affairs of the Organization of American States. See the press release, IACHR President Felipe Gonzalez’ speech before the Committee, and a video of the presentation and discussion. The most controversial part of the report is its Chapter 4 which describes,

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

Analysis: Books, Articles, Etc.

Although traditional, paid databases generally contain the most comprehensive collections of journals and other secondary sources, a number of sites provide useful content for free. Book, Article, and Working Paper Databases The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Library is a library catalog that includes links to many free, downloadable PDF versions of articles and books, searchable through the Electronic Journals