Eminent Jurists hold hearing on Southern Cone
The “Eminent Jurists Panel on Terrorism, Counter-terrorism and Human Rights” holds a sub-regional hearing in Buenos Aires today. (more…)
Region and country Archives: Paraguay
Concluding Observations, CEDAW/C/PRY/CO/6, 8 November 2011: Paraguay
12. The Committee is concerned that, despite the prohibition contained in article 48 of the Constitution, the State party’s legislation does not provide a definition of discrimination in accordance with article 1 of the Convention. The Committee is further concerned that, despite the preparation of draft laws on equality and against all forms of discrimination […]
Paraguay: Proposed amendments to the criminal code include broad definition of terrorism
The lower House of Parliament adopted a bill amending the criminal code, which includes new terrorism related offences. The bill provides for broad definitions of terrorism and of what constitutes a terrorist association. The adoption of the bill is pending before the Senate.
Standing invitations to thematic human rights mechanisms
The ICJ welcomes the decisions of Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Liechtenstein, Paraguay, San Marino and Sierra Leone to extend standing invitations to all the thematic mechanisms of the UN Commission on Human Rights to visit their countries. (more…)
Attacks on Justice 2000 – Paraguay
Paraguay experienced a year of political instability that served as a framework for continuous attacks on the judiciary, especially on members of the Supreme Court. (more…)
ICJ protests Paraguay arrests
The ICJ has strongly protested the arrest by Paraguayan authorities yesterday of at least 18 opposition leaders just days before the 40th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. (more…)