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7 May 2024, 5:12 am by Beatrice Yahia
Human Rights Watch said today an Israeli strike on a paramedic center in southern Lebanon that killed seven aid workers in March “was an unlawful attack on civilians. [read post]
7 May 2024, 4:30 am by jonathanturley
” They were joined by editors of five other law journals, including the Columbia Human Rights Law Review & A Jailhouse Lawyer’s Manual. [read post]
5 May 2024, 6:44 pm
In Hong Kong law itself, Basic Law Article 27 and the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance Articles 16, 17, and 18, respectively, guarantee the rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and association. [read post]
HRW highlighted that this approach to the conservation of human rights corresponds with Macron’s vision of European humanism – a model based on democracy and globally recognized human rights – which requires the continuous defense to evolve and remain existing. [read post]
Russian forces seem to have carried out the execution of Ukrainian soldiers as they were attempting to surrender and it has been happening since December 2023, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released Thursday. [read post]
3 May 2024, 11:00 am by Unknown
Short pieces: Explainer: UNHCR's Emergency Transit Mechanism Centre in Rwanda (UNHCR, April 2024) [text] "Ghana accused of expelling Fulani asylum seekers from Burkina Faso," The New Humanitarian, 18 April 2024 [text] Statement by principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Crushing levels of violence, displacement fuel unprecedented civilian suffering (IASC, April 2024) [text] Reports: Baobab Research… [read post]
Authorities should uphold human rights and press freedom and take credible steps to create a conducive environment where journalists can carry out their work safely and people are allowed to express critical opinions freely. [read post]
On March 21, 2024, the UN also adopted a draft resolution on AI, led by the U.S. and backed by more than 120 other member states, highlighting the “respect, protection and promotion of human rights in the design, development, deployment and the use of AI” and recognizing AI’s potential to accelerate the reaching of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. [read post]
3 May 2024, 6:30 am by Guest Blogger
  Pozen identifies and examines reformers’ few victories but observes that they were “overturned, minimized, or ignored” by subsequent courts even though most of the claims sought to enforce constitutionally exalted negative rights or the right to be let alone in instances where one’s conduct does not infringe upon the rights and freedoms of others.[7]  During this period, however, other drug makers – the producers of some licit… [read post]
3 May 2024, 3:42 am by Yosi Yahoudai
“She took someone from this earth that she had no right to take, and she played God when she didn’t have that right. [read post]
3 May 2024, 3:00 am by Yosi Yahoudai
“I’m fighting for the sheriff’s office’s life right now,” Warnke says in the video. [read post]
2 May 2024, 9:00 pm by Guest Contributor
It is increasingly recognized that many otherwise commensal organisms can become pathogens under right conditions, in a right host and, if consumed in sufficient quantities. [read post]
2 May 2024, 5:00 pm
Their client-centered approach, commitment to excellence, and track record of success in defending clients against criminal charges have earned them recognition from some of the world’s most prestigious publications, the most recent being Fortune and Forbes. [read post]
2 May 2024, 11:15 am by Unknown
Short pieces:Canada: All 10 Provinces to End Immigration Detention in Jails (Human Rights Watch, March 2024) [text]Child immigration detention must be prohibited following adoption of EU migration and asylum pact, UN experts say (OHCHR, May 2024) [text]Detaining migrants in prisons violates human rights and risks abuses (The Conversation, April 2024) [text]- Focuses on Canada.Detention Landscapes: Mapping Violence in Immigration Detention in Greece (Border… [read post]
The erosion of free expression frequently leads to the deterioration of other human rights, clearing an unimpeded path for repressive states to strangle human rights. [read post]
2 May 2024, 7:03 am by Daniel M. Kowalski
Co-sponsors: Cornell Law School Migration and Human Rights Program Cornell Migrations Initiative Cornell Latino Studies Program National Immigration Law Center (NILC) Migration Policy Center (MPI) FWD.us" [read post]