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November 2018: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

In November, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts 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. Five United Nations treaty bodies will meet to review States’ progress with regard to civil and political rights, women’s rights, enforced disappearances, torture,

Australia Urged to Act as Health Conditions of Asylum Seekers Worsen

October 23, 2018 IJRC children, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants

International pressure on Australia is mounting as concerns grow regarding the conditions in its offshore facilities in Papua New Guinea and Nauru, where thousands of asylum seekers and refugees have been detained since 2012. Those monitoring the situation at the facilities warn of a dire health emergency as people, many of them children, remain without access to the critical physical

August 2018: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

July 30, 2018 IJRC African System, children, civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, Inter-American System, international human rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

In the month of August, various universal and regional bodies will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through interactive dialogues, the consideration of State and civil society reports, and the review of individual complaints. Three United Nations treaty bodies will meet in August to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related to the prevention of torture, the

OHCHR Issues First UN Report on Human Rights Abuses in Kashmir

July 3, 2018 IJRC assembly and association, crime & impunity, economic, social & cultural rights, education, international human rights, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system, women's rights

In June, the United Nations Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued the first ever UN report detailing human rights abuses in Kashmir. [OHCHR Press Release] See OHCHR, Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Kashmir (2018). The report seeks to draw attention to the victims of the human rights violations created by the political situation

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

June 27, 2018 IJRC 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

April 2018: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

April 2, 2018 IJRC African System, children, civil society, conditions of detention, corporate accountability, cultural rights, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, equal protection, European System, freedom of religion, health, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

In the month of April, several universal and regional bodies will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through interactive dialogues, the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, and the review of individual complaints. Four United Nations treaty bodies will meet throughout April to engage with States regarding their treaty obligations related to civil and political

December 2017: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

November 28, 2017 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, corporate accountability, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, European System, extrajudicial executions, immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, labor rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

In December, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State reports, country visits, and thematic and contentious hearings. Two United Nations treaty bodies will continue their sessions that began in November on issues concerning racial discrimination and torture. Ten United Nations special procedures mandate holders

OAS Examines Situation in Venezuela for Possible Crimes Against Humanity

November 7, 2017 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, crime & impunity, democracy & political rights, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, extrajudicial executions, international criminal law, liberty & security of person, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture

In the last two months, the Organization of American States (OAS) held unprecedented hearings to gather witness testimony on the situation in Venezuela to determine whether to refer the State to the International Criminal Court (ICC). [OAS Press Release: First Session; OAS Press Release: Second Session] In the sessions of hearings held so far, the OAS has heard testimony from

November 2017: UN Treaty Bodies, UPR, and Regional Bodies in Session

October 30, 2017 IJRC African System, civil society, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, European System, IJRC Updates, Inter-American System, international human rights, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system, women's rights

In November, several universal and regional bodies will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations, through the consideration of State and civil society reports, country visits, dialogues, and hearings on individual complaints. Six United Nations treaty bodies will be holding sessions in the month of November on issues related to civil and political rights, women, racial discrimination, and torture.

IACHR Applauds Bolivia’s Efforts to End Impunity Through Truth Commission

September 26, 2017 IJRC extrajudicial executions, Inter-American System, regional human rights protection, reparations, reproductive and sexual rights, torture, transitional justice

On September 14, 2017, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a press release, applauding the Bolivian government’s establishment of a Truth Commission on August 21, 2017. [IACHR Press Release: Bolivia] The Truth Commission will investigate allegations of grave human rights violations and crimes against humanity that occurred between November 4, 1964 through October 10, 1982, during the military