Concern about the trial against judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni

Concern about the trial against judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni

The ICJ and other Human Rights groups today expressed their concern at the ongoing prosecution of Judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni.  

The organizations called on the Venezuelan authorities to ensure that the trial against the Venezuelan tenured criminal judge comply with all fair trial guarantees provided under international law and Venezuelan Constitution, and hearings be held in public, with access provided to national and international observers.

Venezuela-judge Maria Lourdes Afiuni trail-press release-2011

 

Kasha Jacqueline, an LGBT activist and human rights defender from Uganda, is the winner of the 2011 Martin Ennals award

Kasha Jacqueline, an LGBT activist and human rights defender from Uganda, is the winner of the 2011 Martin Ennals award

Kasha Jacqueline, a bold and courageous human rights defender, is a co-founder and Executive Director of Freedom and Roam Uganda, an LGBT rights organization.

Kasha has been at the forefront of the civil society campaign against the Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would impose the death penalty for certain acts of “aggravated homosexuality” and also criminalizes freedom of expression and association concerning promotion of homosexuality.

Uganda-winner of the 211 Matrin Ennals award-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)

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Syria : human rights council requests establishment of UN-led fact finding mission, international community must continue to act

Syria : human rights council requests establishment of UN-led fact finding mission, international community must continue to act

The United Nations Human Rights Council today convened a special session on the situation of human rights in the Syrian Arab Republic.

By affirmative vote of 26 of the 47 members, the Council adopted a resolution on the human rights crisis in Syria.

While welcoming the content of the resolution, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) expressed regret that the Human Rights Council was unable to adopt a resolution on such a critical situation without consensus. The ICJ had called on the Council to take strong and unanimous action in response to the ongoing gross human rights violations committed by the Syrian security forces, including members of the Presidential guard and pro-regime militia.

Syria-finding mission-UN-web story-2011 (full text, PDF)

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