Human Rights
- Fri May 16 2008
Colombia: extradition of paramilitary chiefs - a blow to truth
Fourteen former paramilitary chiefs were quietly extradited from Colombia to the United States on drug trafficking charges, in a move that drew criticism from human rights experts.
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Human Rights
- Fri May 16 2008
The Kenya Army is responsible for mass torture in Mount Elgon
FIDH and its member organisation, the Kenya Human Rights Commission, condemn the violations of human rights committed by Kenya army members in Mount Elgon.
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Human Rights
- Thu May 15 2008
Africans ashamed at Zimbabwe decline and call for greater action
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance throughout Africa have come out strongly against the lack of democracy and rampant abuse of human rights in Zimbabwe since the undeclared elections on March 29th.
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Human Rights
/World Peace and Security
- Fri May 09 2008
Israeli forces kill Gaza mother in front of her children
The PCHR strongly condemns the killing of a mother in front of her children yesterday, during an IOF incursion into New Abasan town, east of Khan Yunis.
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Human Rights
- Wed May 07 2008
Call for papers on the future of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Sur – Human Rights University Network and the International Service for Human Rights invite contributions to be published in a Special Issue on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of Sur – International Journal on Human Rights.
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Human Rights
- Mon May 05 2008
Peru: government lashes out at human rights groups
The Peruvian government, with the backing of the parliamentary bloc that supports former President Alberto Fujimori, has unleashed a campaign against non-governmental organisations that defend human rights, according to activists and lawyers.
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Human Rights
- Mon Apr 28 2008
Africa: AU to merge human rights courts
African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights and the Court of Justice of the African Union (AU) are to be merged in a move to integrate justice.
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Human Rights
- Mon Apr 28 2008
FIAN open letter on world food crisis
It is unacceptable that 850 million human beings still have to live and daily go to sleep hungry, FIAN International said.
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Human Rights
- Tue Apr 22 2008
Breakthrough for universal social justice
After five years of difficult negotiations, UN member states approved the text of a complaints mechanism to guarantee the rights of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Human Rights
- Fri Apr 18 2008
Lack of cooperation prompts UN to close Angola human rights office
The United Nations will close its human rights office in Angola, after authorities in the southern African nation decided not to sign an agreement that would have formally established the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in the country.
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