Nombramiento de Corte Suprema debe respetar independencia
La CIJ y la Comisión Andina de Juristas, afiliada de la CIJ en la región, expresaron su profunda preocupación frente a la grave crisis judicial y política que vive Ecuador.
UN: monitor needed to protect rights in counter-terrorism
As the international community is poised to establish a special rapporteur of the United Nations on protecting human rights in counter-terrorism efforts, a small number of states – led by China, Russia and United States – are colluding to block the establishment of an effective mandate.
Algeria: amnesty law risks legalizing impunity for crimes against humanity
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s proposal of a general amnesty for human rights abuses committed in the country’s brutal internal conflict may permanently deprive victims or their families of their right to truth, justice and reparation, rights groups warned today.
Algeria-amnesty law-press release-2005-eng (full text, PDF)
Nepal: U.N. human rights field operation a step forward
The ICJ and other rights groups welcomed the MoU between the Government of Nepal and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights providing for deployment of an international human rights presence to Nepal.
United Nations: Establish new human rights body – human rights organisations support Secretary-General’s UN reform efforts
U.N. member states should move quickly to establish a stronger human rights body as recommended by U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, 15 leading human rights organizations said today.
Men ‘behaving like women’ face flogging – sentences imposed for alleged homosexual conduct violate basic rights
In sentencing over 100 men to imprisonment and flogging after unfair trials for reputed homosexual conduct, Saudi Arabia has shown its contempt for the basic rights to privacy, fair trials and freedom from torture.
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