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Human Rights Experts Condemn Continuing Internet Shutdowns in African Countries

February 6, 2019 IJRC African System, civil society, international human rights, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association

A number of African countries have drawn international criticism amid a wave of internet shutdowns aimed at restricting access to information and discourse on social, economic, and political issues. Between December 2018 and January 2019, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Gabon, and Zimbabwe cut off access to the internet in response to protests. [ACHPR Press Release: Shutdowns] Human

February 2019: United Nations and Regional Human Rights Bodies in Session

February 1, 2019 IJRC children, economic, social & cultural rights, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system, women's rights

In February, various 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, country visits, and the review of individual complaints. Four United Nations treaty bodies and one pre-sessional working group will hold sessions to assess States’ progress regarding children’s rights; the prevention of

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

November 1, 2018 IJRC African System, civil society, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system

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,

European Court: UK’s Mass Interception of Online Communications Violated Rights

September 26, 2018 IJRC European System, international human rights, privacy, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association

On September 13, 2018, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the United Kingdom’s bulk collection of online communications and its collection of data from communication service providers (CSPs) violated the rights to privacy and freedom of expression. See ECtHR, Big Brother Watch and Others v. the United Kingdom, nos. 58170/13, 62322/14, 24960/15, ECHR 2018, Judgment of 13

Council of Europe Moves to Protect Children in the Digital Age

July 17, 2018 IJRC assembly and association, children, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, education, European System, international human rights, privacy, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association

This month the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe (COE) adopted guidelines and recommendations on the rights of children in the digital environment for all Member States of the Council of Europe. See Committee of Ministers, Recommendation CM/Rec(2018) 7 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on Guidelines to respect, protect, and fulfil the rights of 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

OAS Elects Three Judges to Inter-American Court of Human Rights

June 19, 2018 IJRC Inter-American System, international human rights, regional human rights protection

On June 5, 2018, the Organization of American States (OAS) elected three judges to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR), consisting of Judge Humberto Sierra Porto (Colombia), Eduardo Ferrer Mac-Gregor (Mexico), and Ricardo Pérez Manrique (Uruguay). [OAS Press Release] Judges Sierra Porto and Ferrer Mac-Gregor were re-elected after serving one full term on the IACtHR, while Judge-elect Pérez Manrique

Qatar to Become Party to Two UN Human Rights Conventions

June 5, 2018 IJRC economic, social & cultural rights, international human rights, labor rights, migrants, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

On May 21, 2018, Qatar acceded to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), which will both come into force for the State in August. [HRW: Treaties] Qatar’s accession to these conventions included both formal reservations on articles to which Qatar will not consider itself bound by

Nicaragua’s Response to Protests Raise Human Rights Concerns

May 8, 2018 IJRC assembly and association, civil society, democracy & political rights, economic, social & cultural rights, extrajudicial executions, Inter-American System, international human rights, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and United Nations experts have expressed concern over Nicaragua’s response to protests that began in opposition to President Ortega’s proposed social security reforms and led to violence, deaths, and the suppression of media attention. [NY Times: Protests; OHCHR Press Release; IACHR Press Release: Concern] The demonstrations started in Managua after President Ortega proposed changes

International Community Questions Fairness of Election As Hungary Re-elects Orbán

April 17, 2018 IJRC civil society, democracy & political rights, discrimination, European System, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, international human rights, migrants, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association, UN treaty bodies

International election observers, civil society, and protesters have raised concerns over the fairness of Hungary’s April 8 parliamentary elections in which the incumbent prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and his Fidesz party secured a strong majority, winning 133 of 199 parliamentary seats; media bias and intimidation of independent journalists as well as xenophobic and intimidating rhetoric, civil society and election observers