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Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, Richard Falk

beyondtheborder wrote 3 months ago: The graph below, based on Israeli sources, shows the number of Palestinian rockets and mortar shells … more →

Tags: Operation Cast Lead, publications, Official Publications, War crimes, Gaza, Richard Falk, hamas, cast lead, White Phosphorus

Rights envoy takes new approach on Burma1 comment

Awzar Thi wrote 4 months ago: A week or so from now the representative of the United Nations to Burma on human rights will presen … more →

Tags: Army, Burma, Dictatorship, Human Rights, military, Myanmar, Rule of Law, UN, UPI

Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Welcomes the Interim Report by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture

hymes wrote 9 months ago:   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Date: September 24, 2008   For Further Information: Tina Minkowitz C … more →

Tags: Accountability, activism, Alternatives, Civil Rights, commitment, Disability, Disability Rights, "Forced Interventions", health

Labour Day (& Thoughts Back to a Dark and Stormy Night)

alexfelipe wrote 10 months ago: Family members of the people who are thought to have been taken by government agents. Have you ever … more →

Tags: Balikbayan Stories, The Philippines, Philippines, corruption, Human Rights, Government, extrajudicial killings, Spying, wire tapping

James Anaya Special Rapporteur Report on UN Declaration1 comment

Matthew L.M. Fletcher wrote 10 months ago: James Anaya, the new Special Rapporteur on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenou … more →

Tags: Research, Author: Matthew L.M. Fletcher, international law, UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

I Need a Soma for the SONA...1 comment

alexfelipe wrote 11 months ago: by alex On 28 July Pres Arroyo will be delivering her eighth SONA (State of the Nation Address). M … more →

Tags: Commentary, Events, GMA, Philippines, Arroyo, Human Rights, migrante, Canada, alex felipe

Rocky roads1 comment

Awzar Thi wrote 1 year ago: The latest report of a United Nations independent expert has rightly inferred that the deepening p … more →

Tags: Rule of Law, Human Rights, Army, military, Burma, Myanmar, UN, Courts, Economy

"I can't read the thoughts of the government"

Awzar Thi wrote 1 year ago: “I don’t know. I can’t read the thoughts of the government. The only thing that t … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Burma, Myanmar, UN, pinheiro, Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro

U.N. criticizes U.S. immigration laws and policies2 comments

gstaadblog wrote 1 year ago: By Andreas Sandre von Warburg The United Nations has “serious concerns” about the situation of migra … more →

Tags: by the Gstaad Project, commission on human rights, deportation, detention, HRC, Human Rights, Human Rights Council, Immigrants, Immigration

RI needs 'political will' to combat torture and ill-treatment

lovelli wrote 1 year ago: The Jakarta Post | National Jakarta The United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture and cruel, inhu … more →

Tags: The Jakarta Post, Torture, ill treatment, Violence, UN, Manfred Nowak, anti-torture, conflict area, "habeas corpus"

SERIOUS MONDAY: UN SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON RIGHT TO FOOD REPORT

Aurelien wrote 1 year ago: According to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Jean Ziegler, there was enough food on … more →

Tags: Serious Monday, UN, Production, Food, Right to food, Jean Ziegler, Hunger, malnutrition, Refugees

A duck, six prisoners & human rights in Burma

Awzar Thi wrote 1 year ago: Six men in Burma have been jailed on account of a duck. Anyone wanting to appreciate the real natu … more →

Tags: police, Human Rights, Burma, Myanmar, UN, Crime, human rights groups, Courts, UPI

The pretence of legality

Awzar Thi wrote 1 year ago: On July 17 the government of Thailand renewed a state of emergency over the southern border provinc … more →

Tags: Army, Dictatorship, Disappearance, extrajudicial killing, Human Rights, military, police, Rule of Law, Thailand

A wedding video & an injustice system

Awzar Thi wrote 2 years ago: The wedding video of a Burmese general’s daughter has proved a surprise hit. Footage of Thand … more →

Tags: Burma, Courts, Crime, Human Rights, human rights groups, Myanmar, police, Rule of Law, UN


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