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23 Sep 2006, 4:29 pm
[JURIST] Human rights groups have called on the UN Human Rights Council [official website] to support an "independent international human rights monitoring mechanism" to guard against human rights violations and alleged disregard for civilian casualties in fighting between Sri Lanka government forces and the rebel Tamil Tigers that has claimed an estimated 1,500 lives since last November. [read post]
10 Oct 2006, 12:40 am
[JURIST] The US delivered a list of proposed sanctions against North Korea (DPRK) [JURIST news archive] to the UN Security Council [official website] Monday at a meeting to discuss North Korea's reported underground nuclear testing [JURIST report]. [read post]
26 Jun 2006, 12:33 pm
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has called for the Iraqi government to begin an independent investigation [press release] into the murder of Khamis al-Obeidi [JURIST report], a lawyer representing Saddam Hussein in his crimes against humanity trial [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
19 Jul 2005, 3:52 am
[JURIST] The African Union [official website] introduced its own plan for expansion of the UN Security Council on Monday, despite ongoing negotiations that would give Africa permanent representation on the council [JURIST report] and opposition by the US, Russia, and China [JURIST report] to the so-called G-4 plan. [read post]
8 Apr 2005, 9:06 am
[JURIST] Philip Alston [NYU faculty bio], a UN human rights investigator speaking in Geneva Friday, urged countries to remove their "cloak of secrecy" and disclose the numbers of prisoners executed and those waiting on death row. [read post]
23 Nov 2006, 9:54 am
[JURIST] The UN General Assembly's Third Committee [official website] on Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs approved draft resolutions [press release] Wednesday denouncing both Belarus and Myanmar [JURIST news archives] (formerly Burma) for human rights violations. [read post]
19 Sep 2005, 8:25 am
[JURIST] The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [official website] reported Monday that pre-trial detention conditions in South Africa "fall short of international guarantees. [read post]
29 Apr 2006, 10:25 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council Friday passed a wide-ranging resolution on duties to civilians in armed conflict that included a landmark affirmation of an international responsibility to protect [backgrounder] in the face of war crimes, genocide and ethic cleansing when their own countries refuse to take action. [read post]
28 Nov 2007, 1:46 pm
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Wednesday unanimously approved [press release] the appointment of Serge Brammertz [ICC profile; JURIST news archive] as the new chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) [official website]. [read post]
25 Jul 2006, 9:28 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Monday called for renewed efforts [press release] to protect children in areas of armed conflict to build on progress in implementing Resolution 1612 [PDF text], which requires international monitoring of children's rights in seven areas of armed conflict. [read post]
14 Aug 2006, 5:11 am
[JURIST] Leaders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) [BBC backgrounder] will not be arrested if they attend peace talks with the Ugandan government in Sudan, a UN Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) [official website] official said Monday. [read post]
8 Sep 2014, 11:07 am
[JURIST] Newly appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official website] called Monday on the international community to work to end the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. [read post]
22 Feb 2012, 5:45 pm
Les expongo muy brevemente mi problema... el caso es que tengo mas de un año sin pagarle a COPPEL y hasta el momento debo mas de 7,000 pesos pero no los tengo. [read post]
23 Feb 2016, 11:25 am
Hay Posibilidades de un Clima Extremo para Mañana 24th de Febrero. [read post]
31 Jan 2016, 1:08 pm
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official profile] on Saturday urged [UN News Centre report] African leaders to avoid using loopholes and undemocratic constitutional changes to "cling to power. [read post]
23 Feb 2016, 11:25 am
Hay Posibilidades de un Clima Extremo para Mañana 24th de Febrero. [read post]
29 Nov 2011, 9:21 am
Salvador, de 35 años, vivió la peor pesadilla de un padre: secuestraron a su hija Sofía, cuando ella tenía menos de 2 años. [read post]
31 Aug 2017, 10:41 am
[JURIST] Forces fighting Islamic State (IS) [Al Jazeera backgrounder] insurgents to regain lost territory in Syria must not sacrifice lives of civilians still trapped in the areas, UN High Commissioner Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] stated [UN press release] Thursday. [read post]
2 May 2015, 10:25 am
" The UN... [read post]
5 Oct 2016, 2:33 pm
A spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] said Tuesday that Zeid is "seriously concerned" about human rights violations in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir [UN News Centre report]. [read post]
