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Human Rights Bodies: Schedule & Procedural Changes Amid COVID-19 Pandemic (June 2020)

June 1, 2020 IJRC international human rights, monthly overview

Universal and regional human rights oversight bodies have postponed or cancelled their upcoming sessions and suspended some procedural deadlines as a result of the developing COVID-19 pandemic, while striving to maintain other activities. Beginning in mid-March 2020, almost all human rights bodies have suspended their meetings and travel through at least June, with the United Nations treaty bodies postponing all

Human Rights Committee Finds Russia Responsible for Torture of Chechens

May 13, 2020 IJRC due process & judicial protection, international human rights, liberty & security of person, torture, UN treaty bodies, Universal system

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has found Russia responsible for violating the rights to fair trial and to be free from torture of six Chechen men who were unlawfully detained and tortured, in the North Caucasus region, between September 2004 and February 2005 before being convicted of terrorism related charges. See Human Rights Committee, Taysumov et al. v. Russia,

COVID-19 Guidance from Supranational Human Rights Bodies

This webpage collects the resolutions, press releases, and other statements from human rights bodies and their parent intergovernmental organizations on States’ obligations to respect human rights in mitigating COVID-19. The “Thematic Overview” section organizes the most significant of these statements by issue area. Statements are then organized by body or organization, beginning with United Nations entities and then regional human

Portugal Factsheet

Portugal is a Member State of the Council of Europe (COE) and of the United Nations (UN), and has human rights obligations at the regional and universal levels. Regional: European System As a Member of the COE, Portugal has ratified the European Convention on Human Rights and is subject to the jurisdiction of the European Court of Human Rights. Portugal

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

African Commission Finds Violations in Cameroon’s Denial of Broadcasting License

September 26, 2019 IJRC African System, international human rights, regional human rights protection, thought, expression & association

On September 18, 2019, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) published a decision finding Cameroon responsible for violating the rights to freedom of expression, non-discrimination, and property of a media company and its director, when it failed to create an independent licensing authority that could grant the company’s radio station a broadcasting license. See ACommHPR, Open Society

OAS Elects Four Commissioners to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

July 4, 2019 IJRC civil society, Inter-American System, international human rights, regional human rights protection

On June 28, 2019, the 49th General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) re-elected Commissioners Margaret May Macaulay (Jamaica) and Esmeralda Arosemena de Troitiño (Panama) to serve a second full term on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), and elected two new commissioners, Julissa Mantilla Falcón (Peru) and Edgar Stuardo Ralón Orellana (Guatemala). [OAS Press Release] By

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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

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