Human Rights
/Media
- Mon Jun 30 2008
Israelis assault award winning IPS journalist
Mohammed Omer, the Gaza correspondent of IPS, and joint winner of the 2008 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism, was strip-searched at gunpoint, assaulted and abused by Israeli security officials at the Allenby border crossing between Jordan and the West Bank.
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Human Rights
- Tue Jun 24 2008
UN Human Rights Council approves Optional Protocol to the ICESCR
The United Nations Human Rights Council approved by consensus an Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). The momentous decision brings one step closer the possibility of an international remedy mechanism for violations of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR).
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Human Rights
/World Peace and Security
- Mon Jun 23 2008
On humiliation, and Gaza's dying children
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, "as of 26 May, 64 children had been killed in the conflict since the beginning of the year, more than the total child death toll for all of 2007."
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Human Rights
- Tue Jun 17 2008
Human rights situation in Palestinian territories 'remains grave'
The United Nations human rights chief said today that the situation in the occupied Palestinian territories “remains grave,” with Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Hamas all breaching international law.
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Human Rights
- Tue Jun 17 2008
International Criminal Court suspends case against Congolese rebel militia chief
The ICC has suspended proceedings against the Congolese rebel militia leader Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, accused of recruiting child soldiers, after finding that prosecutors had failed to disclose more than 200 documents to the defence that have the potential to prove Mr. Lubanga’s innocence.
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Human Rights
/Gender
- Fri Jun 13 2008
Woman murdered by relatives to "mantain family honor"
The Palestinian Centre for Human (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of a woman in Rafah on Tuesday 3 June, allegedly to maintain “the honor” of her family.
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Human Rights
/Sexual diversity
- Fri Jun 13 2008
OAS adopts resolution to protect sexual rights
The General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) has unanimously adopted a resolution condemning human rights violations based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Human Rights
/Indigenous Peoples
- Thu Jun 12 2008
Mexico: Murder of indigenous reporters fuels hatred, division
No one has been brought to justice for the murders of two young indigenous reporters in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca in April, a case that has mobilised social activists and drawn condemnation from UNESCO.
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Human Rights
- Fri Jun 06 2008
Ghana: "We condemn the industry propaganda and demand that it ends!"
The purpose of this press release is to condemn the propaganda of the Chamber of Mines and to demand of it and its membership to end violence and human rights abuses perpetuated against people living in communities affected by mining.
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Human Rights
- Thu May 29 2008
Amnesty International report 2008
World leaders owe an apology for failing to deliver on the promise of justice and equality in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted 60 years ago says the new report by Amnesty International on the state of world's human rights.
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