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UN Commission Urges Security Council Referral of Eritrea to ICC

November 9, 2016 IJRC assembly and association, children, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, freedom of religion, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN Security Council, Universal system, women's rights

The United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea has again called on the UN Security Council to refer the situation in Eritrea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for adjudication of possible crimes against humanity committed by State officials since 1991. Speaking on behalf of the former three-member commission, whose mandate ended in June 2016, Sheila Keetharuth

Colombians Reject Peace Deal Heralded by International Community, Negotiations Continue

October 11, 2016 IJRC armed conflict, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, human rights defenders, Inter-American System, international human rights, international humanitarian law, massacres, security & rule of law, torture, transitional justice, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

On Sunday, October 2, 2016 Colombians headed to the polls to vote on a peace agreement to end the 52-year war with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerillas. [The Guardian: Voters] Contrary to what the polls had predicted, the peace deal referendum was rejected by a 0.4 percent margin. [The Guardian: Voters] The deal was the result of

October 2016: UN Treaty Bodies, UPR, Regional Bodies in Session

October 3, 2016 IJRC African System, children, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, enforced disappearance, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, monthly overview, regional human rights protection, right to life, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system, women's rights

During the month of October 2016, numerous universal and regional human rights bodies will assess States’ compliance with their human rights obligations, visit countries, and hold hearings on individual complaints. Five UN treaty bodies meeting this month will engage in dialogues with States regarding their implementation of treaty obligations related to civil and political rights; economic, social, and cultural rights;

UN Investigation Confirms Rights Abuses in Burundi, Recommends Increased Accountability

September 27, 2016 IJRC African System, assembly and association, conditions of detention, democracy & political rights, economic, social & cultural rights, education, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, family, health, human rights defenders, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN Security Council, Universal system

In response to the ongoing crisis in Burundi, the United Nations Independent Investigation on Burundi (UNIIB) presented its final report to the Human Rights Council on September 27, 2016, which documented evidence of gross human rights abuses perpetrated by the government and its affiliates. [OHCHR Press Release] UNIIB was formed in light of increasing instability in Burundi, which was prompted

News Clips- September 23, 2016

September 23, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, Asia, assembly and association, children, civil society, conditions of detention, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, enforced disappearance, environmental rights, human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, News Clips, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, Universal system

Refugees and Migrants The UN held the Summit for Refugees and Migrants on Monday and the United States President Barack Obama hosted the Leaders’ Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis on Tuesday. [IJRC; UN News Centre: Bold; UN News Centre: Integration] The International Justice Resource Center and the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies are hosting a training on the

September 2016: Three Regional Courts Hold Hearings, UN Reviews States

August 31, 2016 IJRC African System, children, civil society, Commission on the Status of Women, corporate accountability, death penalty, discrimination, economic, social & cultural rights, education, enforced disappearance, European System, human rights defenders, immigration & asylum, indigenous communities, Inter-American System, international human rights, judicial independence, labor rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, right to life, UN General Assembly, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system, women's rights

During the month of September 2016, several supranational bodies will review States’ implementation of their treaty obligations, regional judicial bodies will conduct hearings, and four UN special procedures mechanisms will conduct country visits. Four United Nations treaty bodies will hold interactive dialogues with more than 20 States regarding their implementation of treaty obligations related to economic, social, and cultural rights and

News Clips – August 26, 2016

August 26, 2016 IJRC African System, armed conflict, assembly and association, civil society, corporate accountability, democracy & political rights, domestic courts, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, freedom of religion, immigration & asylum, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, LGBTI rights, liberty & security of person, migrants, military and humanitarian intervention, News Clips, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Civil Society A member of the United Democratic Party, an opposition political party in Gambia, died while in detention last Saturday, prompting the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to condemn the death and conditions of detention. [UN News Centre] The Ethiopian government announced this week that it will not prosecute the Olympic athlete who publically

Extraordinary African Chambers Grants Reparations to Victims in Habré Case

August 8, 2016 IJRC conditions of detention, crime & impunity, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, international criminal law, liberty & security of person, reparations, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture

Following a May 2016 conviction for crimes against humanity, the Extraordinary African Chambers (EAC) issued an order on July 29 for Hissène Habré to pay monetary reparations to thousands of victims. The former president of Chad was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes including murder, summary executions, kidnapping, rape, and sexual slavery committed during his 1982 – 1990 rule. [Guardian] Although

August 2016: Four UN Treaty Bodies, Inter-American Court in Session

August 1, 2016 IJRC enforced disappearance, European System, Inter-American System, international human rights, migrants, monthly overview, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal system, women's rights

During the month of August 2016, four United Nations treaty bodies will review several States’ compliance with their treaty obligations, two regional judicial bodies in Europe and the Americas will hold public hearings, the UN Human Rights Council Advisory Committee will discuss research and developments in the area of human rights, and two UN Special Procedures mandate holders will conduct State

Argentine Court Convicts Former Dictator for Conspiracy in Operation Condor

June 7, 2016 IJRC domestic courts, enforced disappearance, extrajudicial executions, Inter-American System, international criminal law, liberty & security of person, right to life, thought, expression & association, torture

An Argentine court has convicted and sentenced former dictator Reynaldo Bignone and 14 other former Argentine military officers of crimes against humanity for their roles in Operation Condor, a transnational conspiracy behind the kidnapping, torture, killing, and forced disappearance of hundreds of political dissidents during the 1970s and 1980s. [NYT; CIJ] Bignone was convicted of participating in an illicit association,