On Tuesday, November 22, the European Court of Human Rights will hold a Chamber hearing in the case Fernández Martínez v. Spain (Application no. 56030/07) and release a number of decisions in applications against Georgia, Malta, Turkey, Azerbaijan, the United Kingdom, Spain, Montenegro and Estonia. The Fernández Martínez v. Spain case concerns the decision not to renew a Spanish priest’s
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African Court Judge Ouguergouz Reviews History of African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights at 30th Anniversary
In commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights, one of the first judges of the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights and a participant in the Charter’s drafting, Judge Fatsah Ouguergouz gave a thoughtful and illuminating speech reviewing the document’s history and its place among other regional and international human rights instruments. With regard
Read moreIACHR, ACHPR, HRC, UNGA in Session this Week
In Geneva, the 103rd Session of the Human Rights Committee (the treaty body charged with monitoring compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights) is underway; it will examine the compliance of Jamaica, Kuwait, Norway, Iran, Malawi (no report submitted), and convene Country Task Forces regarding Armenia, Lithuania, Kenya, Cape Verde (no report submitted), Uruguay, Cameroon, Monaco, Denmark,
Read moreNews Clips – October 11, 2011
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.
Read moreUN Rapporteur on Housing Concerned by World Cup and Olympics Preparations in Brazil
Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, expressed concern about Brazil’s ongoing and planned displacement of many thousands of families and individual residents to make way for beautification and development projects for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games. [UN News Centre] In particular, she signaled that the hasty evictions and “very limited compensation
Read moreHRW: Hungarian Court Authorizes Gay Pride March Extension
Human Rights Watch has reported that the Budapest Metropolitan Court decided on February 1 “to allow an extended route for a gay pride march” planned by the Rainbow Mission Foundation for June 18, 2011. The extended route will bring the 2011 Budapest Gay Pride March past the Hungarian parliament building. The Budapest police had denied the extension earlier this month.
Read moreECHR Judgment: Aydin v. Germany
In Aydin v. Germany, the ECHR held that there was no violation of Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention on Human Rights when a Turkish national was convicted for supporting the Workers’ Party of Kurdistan (PKK), which is banned in Germany, and ordered to pay a fine of 1,200 Euros. Aydin v. Germany, App. No. 16637/07 (Jan.
Read moreNews Clips – October 3, 2010
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
Read moreBook Review – Preventing Irreparable Harm: Provisional Measures in International Human Rights Adjudication
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
Read moreNews Clips – September 20, 2010
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
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