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As Hunger Strike Continues, International Human Rights Experts Urge U.S. to Close Guantanamo Detention Center

As Hunger Strike Continues, International Human Rights Experts Urge U.S. to Close Guantanamo Detention Center

In response to the hunger strike carried out by detainees […]

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Issues its First Concluding Observations, on State Reports from Uruguay and France

Committee on Enforced Disappearances Issues its First Concluding Observations, on State Reports from Uruguay and France

The United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) held its fourth […]

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Takes Action on Access to Information, Reproductive Health during 53rd Session

African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights Takes Action on Access to Information, Reproductive Health during 53rd Session

The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) is […]

In I.K. v. Austria, ECtHR Prohibits Deportation of Russian National Due to Risk of Collective Punishment against Those with Ties to Alleged Chechen Separatists

In I.K. v. Austria, ECtHR Prohibits Deportation of Russian National Due to Risk of Collective Punishment against Those with Ties to Alleged Chechen Separatists

Last week, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced […]

UN Human Rights Council Concludes 22nd Session with Resolutions on North Korea, Mali, Syria, and Human Rights Defenders

UN Human Rights Council Concludes 22nd Session with Resolutions on North Korea, Mali, Syria, and Human Rights Defenders

The United Nations Human Rights Council concluded its twenty-second regular […]

UN Special Rapporteur Addresses Possible Torture in Healthcare

UN Special Rapporteur Addresses Possible Torture in Healthcare

UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr. Juan Méndez, presented last […]

Extraordinary African Chambers: Hybrid Court to Try Former Chad Dictator Hissène Habré

February 13, 2013

Extraordinary African Chambers: Hybrid Court to Try Former Chad Dictator Hissène Habré

The Extraordinary African Chambers, a special criminal court, opened on […]

IACtHR Swears in New Judges, Hears Cases on Range of Issues during Ongoing 98th Session

February 06, 2013

IACtHR Swears in New Judges, Hears Cases on Range of Issues during Ongoing 98th Session

The Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) is holding its […]

International Human Rights Experts, States Call for Inquiry into Human Rights Abuses in North Korea

January 29, 2013

International Human Rights Experts, States Call for Inquiry into Human Rights Abuses in North Korea

The United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human […]

Guatemala Abrogates Attempt to Limit the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Jurisdiction

January 23, 2013

Guatemala Abrogates Attempt to Limit the Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ Jurisdiction

On January 17, 2013, Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina announced the derogation […]

UK Exercises Universal Jurisdiction to Prosecute Nepalese Colonel for Torture

January 09, 2013

UK Exercises Universal Jurisdiction to Prosecute Nepalese Colonel for Torture

On Thursday, January 3, 2013, British Metropolitan Police arrested Colonel […]

November 06, 2012

Death Penalty & Human Rights: Comments of UN Special Rapporteurs

Although a growing number of countries have abolished the death […]

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