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...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...
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.
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.