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UN Finds Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity in Ituri, DRC

January 16, 2020 IJRC armed conflict, crime & impunity, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

In a new report, a United Nations entity asserts that violent attacks, including sexual violence, between members of the Lendu and Hema community in the Democratic Republic of Congo since late 2017 may constitute crimes against humanity and war crimes. In January 2020, the Human Rights Division of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the

Recent Developments Highlight Increased Collaboration Among Human Rights Bodies

November 14, 2019 IJRC African System, civil society, discrimination, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, regional human rights protection, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Universal system

Over the past several months, supranational human rights bodies have announced a flurry of joint events and agreements, highlighting some specific rights challenges and the increasing importance of technical collaboration. Between September and November 2019, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Inter-American

IACHR Publishes Guidelines on Internal Displacement in the Northern Triangle

August 28, 2019 IJRC immigration & asylum, Inter-American System, international human rights, migrants, regional human rights protection

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has launched a report on internally displaced people in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras; it analyzes a years-long increase in internal migration due to violence and the forceful expulsion of Indigenous and farming communities, details the rights of internally displaced people, and provides human rights-based guidelines for essential policy reforms. See IACHR, Internal

Inter-American Court to Determine State Responsibility for Trans Woman’s Murder

June 6, 2019 IJRC discrimination, due process & judicial protection, Inter-American System, international human rights, LGBTI rights, regional human rights protection

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has, for the first time, referred a case involving an alleged extrajudicial killing of a transgender woman to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR). The IACHR’s referral, filed on April 30, 2019, indicates that trans activist Vicky Hernández was killed – likely by State agents – during a government-imposed curfew in 2009, amid

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June 2019: UN Treaty Body, Human Rights Council, and Regional Bodies in Session

May 28, 2019 IJRC African System, children, European System, international human rights, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

In June, several universal and regional human rights bodies and experts will review States’ compliance with their human rights obligations through the consideration of State and civil society reports and country visits. One United Nations treaty body will hold a session to assess States’ progress regarding the prevention of torture, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child Pre-Sessional

U.S. Resists International Oversight, Reduces IACHR Funding over Reproductive Rights

April 8, 2019 IJRC Commission on the Status of Women, Inter-American System, International Criminal Court, international human rights, LGBTI rights, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, women's rights

In another effort to both curtail international human rights oversight and advance a regressive view of reproductive rights, the United States Department of State indicated in late March 2019 that it would reduce its financial support for the region’s human rights bodies, which have urged States to repeal laws that criminalize abortion without any exceptions. [Washington Post; PAI] U.S. Secretary

Rajić

This case summary is part of a collection of summaries describing the cases before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). See the Online Resource Hub pages on the ICTY and International Criminal Law, and the table of ICTY case summaries for additional information. Rajić (IT-95-12) “Stupni Do” Trial Judgment: 8 May 2006 Ivica Rajić, a commander of

Forced Sterilization as a Human Rights Violation: Recent Developments

March 21, 2019 IJRC Commission on the Status of Women, equal protection, health, IJRC Updates, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, reproductive and sexual rights, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

In recent years, international advocacy has contributed to increased awareness of forced sterilization as a human rights violation, including as a result of our work at the International Justice Resource Center (IJRC). Around the world, healthcare providers and others continue to sterilize people without their informed consent, most often targeting those who are Indigenous, living with HIV, are persons with

Human Rights Day 2018: Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70

December 10, 2018 IJRC human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, international human rights, regional human rights protection, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the seminal proclamation adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948. See UN General Assembly, Resolution 217 A(III), Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948. The UDHR’s adoption followed that of the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, making it