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1 Mar 2007, 4:52 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official profile] Wednesday criticized a US federal appeals court ruling [PDF text; JURIST report] supporting Congressional legislation denying "enemy combatants" the right to challenge their detentions in federal court. [read post]
31 Oct 2007, 2:46 pm
[JURIST] Sri Lankan Human Rights Minister Mahinda Samarasinghe Wednesday dismissed claims [press release] made earlier this week by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Manfred Nowak that torture was widespread and routine [JURIST report] throughout Sri Lanks. [read post]
8 Feb 2012, 8:16 am
[JURIST] The UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples James Anaya [official website] urged the Panamanian government on Tuesday to open a dialogue [press release, in Spanish] with the country's indigenous peoples in an effort to alleviate tension and reduce violence. [read post]
5 Feb 2016, 10:22 am
Judge Vernon Broderick for the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website] ruled on Thursday that suspended Deputy UN Ambassador Francis Lorenzo cannot claim diplomatic immunity on bribery charges. [read post]
31 Jan 2018, 10:03 am
The UN human rights office issued an update Wednesday of its report [text, PDF] on the human rights situation in Palestine. [read post]
27 Oct 2016, 12:34 pm
Government officials gathered in New York for the UN General Assembly meeting on Wednesday considered [press release] a report [materials] on the growing problem of violence and severe discrimination against people with albinism. [read post]
19 Apr 2004, 2:28 pm
ABC News is reporting that President Bush has appointed John Negroponte, currently the US ambassador to the UN (official profile page here), as the new US ambassador to Iraq whose local duties will begin after the June 30 sovereignty handover from current US administrator Paul Bremer. [read post]
28 Jul 2006, 10:06 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council adopted a Presidential Statement [text] Thursday saying it was "deeply shocked and distressed" at an Israeli attack on a UNIFIL [official website] military observer post in Lebanon Tuesday that killed four observers [UNIFIL press release, PDF] from Austria, Canada, China and Finland, and stressed that "Israel and all concerned parties must comply fully with their [read post]
16 Apr 2011, 11:44 am
[JURIST] The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) [official website] on Friday denounced a deadly Iraqi military raid [press release] on a camp housing Iranian exiles. [read post]
6 Jan 2014, 11:19 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official profile] on Monday welcomed [press release] last week's decision by Nepal's top refusing to grant amnesty [JURIST report] for serious human rights violations committed during Nepal's civil war. [read post]
6 Jan 2016, 10:19 am
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein [official profile] on Wednesday said that the Thai government should fully investigate [press release] the whereabouts of at least 82 people listed as disappeared, and criminalize forced disappearance through legislation. [read post]
18 Sep 2017, 12:57 pm
Jared Genser, lawyer for detained Baquer and Siamak Namazi, on Monday released the opinion [text, PDF] from the UN Working Group on arbitrary detention [official website], which concluded that Iran was illegally detaining the father and son without legitimate reason. [read post]
4 Apr 2018, 9:49 am
UN human rights experts on Wednesday urged France [press release] to provide adequate emergency shelter, access to drinking water and sanitation facilities, to thousands of migrants living in camps on the northern French coast. [read post]
5 Jul 2011, 11:44 am
[JURIST] A Lebanon opposition party demanded Tuesday that Prime Minister Najib Mikati announce full support for the UN-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) [official website] during debates leading up to a vote of confidence for the prime minister. [read post]
9 Apr 2015, 5:04 am
[JURIST] UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and hazardous substances and wastes [official website] Baskut Tuncak on Wednesday called on [press release] Kazakhstan [BBC backgrounder] to increase protections for individuals who live in toxic areas within the country. [read post]
20 Aug 2016, 10:55 am
The UN Security Council [official website] expressed [press release] regret on Friday regarding postponed elections in Somalia. [read post]
3 Nov 2016, 8:24 am
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) [official website] said [press release] Tuesday that the governments of France and the UK are failing in their obligation to protect refugee children in the Calais "Jungle" refugee camp. [read post]
25 Oct 2010, 11:08 am
Mi problema es que debo 2 tarjetas de credito a bancomer y un prestamo de nomina, así como a Fonacot el caso es que me ofrecen una reestructuración y no se que hacer pues no tengo trabajo fijo y no puedo ni pagar estas cantidades que aunque menores se me complica por no tener la solvencia, que me aconsejan que haga. [read post]
17 Sep 2010, 10:34 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Friday issued a condemned the recent mass rapes [text] in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], calling for justice for the victims. [read post]
28 Oct 2010, 1:11 pm
[JURIST] Secretary-General of Hezbollah [CFR backgrounder] Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah [BBC profile] called Thursday for all Lebanese to boycott the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) [official website; JURIST news archive], a probe into the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
