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World community urges response to human rights violations facing Indigenous peoples in Canada1 comment

lara/trace wrote 2 weeks ago:                     Joint News Release. April 29, 2013              Amnesty International Canad … more →

Tags: Indian Country, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Canada, First Nation, indigenous, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council, united states

BANGLADESH: Government suppressed truth to the UPR Session

BD Watch 2013 wrote 2 weeks ago: A Joint Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and Odhikar on Universal Periodic Review on Ban … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Bangladesh, UN human rights council

Bangladesh’s LGBT Community and the UPR 2013

Rainer Ebert wrote 3 weeks ago: “Ever since I was in first grade, I was teased by my classmates for my girlish behavior. Back then, … more →

Tags: Bangladesh, LGBT rights, Human Rights, Society, Section 377, Homosexuality, Gay Rights, Homophobia, LGBT

UN reviewing Canada's treatment of indigenous people1 comment

Michael Woods wrote 3 weeks ago: OTTAWA – Canada’s treatment of indigenous peoples was expected to be a central topic as the country’ … more →

Tags: National, United Nations, First Nations, pn, AFN, Human Rights Council, Indigenous peoples, UPR

US Blockade Main Human Rights Violation to Cuba

cubasol wrote 3 weeks ago: Havana, Apr 23 (Prensa Latina) – The main human rights violation in Cuba is the U.S. blockade, … more →

Tags: News, U.S. blockade, Double Standards, human rights violation in cuba, cuban foreign affairs, promotion and defense of human rights, aggressions and terrorist acts, indivisibility and interdependence, Extrajudicial executions

Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: non-cooperation should not pay!

Hans Thoolen wrote 4 weeks ago: Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan’s highly repressive policies are coming up for rare international scruti … more →

Tags: Human Rights, UN, HRW, Human Rights Defenders, Uzbekistan, Geneva, Human Right, Human Rights Watch, Political Prisoners

A refreshing UN seminar on the State of Palestine, but still no solutions in sight

juliablocher wrote 2 months ago: IDMC’s Country Analyst for Palestine discusses a recent United Nations Conference on Palestine … more →

Tags: Humanitarian, IDPs, Israel-Palestine, Politics 2, Guillaume Charron, Human Rights, Israel, Israel-Palestine-Conflict, Palestine

Malaysian NGO uses UN review to accuse government of harassing human rights defenders

Hans Thoolen wrote 2 months ago: In the lead up to the Malaysia’s Universal Periodic Review, a delegation from Suaram (Suara Inisiati … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Malaysia, Geneva, Human Rights Defenders, United Nations Human Rights Council, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights def, UPR, Freedom of Religion, aliran

The UN Human Rights Council compares well to its predecessor the Commission, say Geneva academic

Hans Thoolen wrote 2 months ago: In a lengthy interview with ‘Geneva International Cooperation’ published on 13 March 201 … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Andrew Clapham, commission on human rights, Geneva International Cooperation, Human Rights Council, Security Council, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, United Nations, United Nations Human Rights Council

Malaysia's record on human rights up for review

yinghooi wrote 2 months ago: Every year on December 10, the international community celebrates Human Rights Day. This year, it ma … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Civil Society and Social Movements

Muslims Must Lead the Future

Azril Mohd Amin wrote 3 months ago: This letter was published in the New Straits Times today. Malaysia has managed to escape the ravages … more →

Tags: Islam, Fascism, United Nations, Apostasy, unbridled freedom of religion, Anwar Ibrahim, Muslim, Malaysia, united states

Coming soon: 11-15 February on-line conversation on the UN Human Rights Council

Hans Thoolen wrote 3 months ago: You can join the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) and the New Tactics online community … more →

Tags: Human Rights, Countries, UN, United Nations Human Rights Council, Human Rights Education, ISHR, non-governmental organization, International Service for Human Rights, special procedures

UNHRC: Binyamin Netanyahu, Either Shit or get off the pot2 comments

elcidharth wrote 3 months ago: Foreign Policy Magazine Israel — Blogs, Pictures, and more on WordPress en.wordpress.com/tag/israel/ … more →

Tags: Syria, Libya, Israel, George W. Bush, Binyamin Netanyahu, Pakistan, Human Rights Council, UNHRC, Sudan

Israel spurns UNHRC as U.S. politicises human rights4 comments

ameenizzadeen wrote 3 months ago: By Ameen Izzadeen (This article first appeared in the Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka) The biggest enemies o … more →

Tags: Political Analysis, Ameen Izzadeen, Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka), Human Rights, Israel, Sri Lanka, Susan Rice, UNHRC, United Nations Human Rights Council

Q:What do Israel and Rio Ferdinand have in common?

Manuel Shafir wrote 3 months ago: By Manuel Shafir A: They have both failed to turn up when summoned by authorities. On Tuesday 29 Jan … more →

Tags: Israel, Human Rights, United Nations, UNHCR, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Politics

RT: Israel blows off UN review, buying time to whitewash human rights record

Jean wrote 3 months ago: Published: 30 January, 2013, 03:19 AFP Photo / Fabrice Coffrini Israel has boycotted the UN human ri … more →

Tags: Financial/economic information, Political, Illuminati/Terrorism/Corruption, Israel, Tel Aviv, United Nations, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, United Nations Human Rights Council

France's UPR (Part II)

Juliette wrote 3 months ago: A few days ago, I blogged (here) about France’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR), which took pl … more →

Tags: Human Rights, United Nations, France, Human Rights Council, Israel, United Nations, UPR

France's UPR, National Policies & Foreign Relations

Juliette wrote 3 months ago: On 21 January 2013, France underwent its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the first having be … more →

Tags: Human Rights, United Nations, Cambodia, Discrimination, Headscarf Ban, human rights, Human Rights Council, Minority Rights, UPR

NO JUSTICE WITHOUT LIFE! The Advocates for HUMAN RIGHTS PUBLISHED ...JAPAN´S DEATH PENALTY UNDER SCRUTINY1 comment

curi56 wrote 6 months ago: Human Rights Council Japan’s death penalty under scrutiny Article by The Advocates for Human Rights … more →

Tags: capitalpunishment, united states, death row, Japan, tokyo, Daiyo-Kangoku, Community of Sant'Egidio


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