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12 Jul 2012, 10:35 am
[JURIST] Three UN experts on Thursday urged [press release] the Russian State Duma [official website] not to adopt a controversial bill [materials, in Russian] that will regulate the activities of non-commercial organizations (NCOs) that engage in political activity and receive foreign funding. [read post]
24 Mar 2009, 5:17 am
[JURIST] The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention [official website] said [press release and opinion, PDF] that the detention of Nobel Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] violates Myanmar's 1975 State Protection Law [text] and pressed for her immediate release in an opinion made public Monday. [read post]
16 Mar 2018, 6:04 am
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) released a report [executive summary, PDF] on Thursday detailing human rights violations that occurred during the early parts of the investigation into the kidnapping of 43 students from Ayotzinapa [BBC backgrounder] in Mexico. [read post]
11 Mar 2004, 12:38 am
Acting UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan, speaking from Geneva, said Thursday that the "monstrous and unconscionable" terrorist bombings of train stations in Madrid which earlier today killed over 170 people while injuring more than 500, "will not succeed in destroying the edifice of international law and human rights the international community has been building for so [read post]
30 Nov 2005, 7:36 am
[JURIST] Acting head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change [official website] Richard Kinley said Tuesday that parties to the Kyoto Protocol [text; JURIST news archive; BBC Q/A] mandating that industrialized nations cut greenhouse emissions in order to curb global warming will likely need up to 3-5 years to work out a successor to the pact, due to expire in 2012. [read post]
17 Oct 2023, 7:00 am
La representante Deborah Soto Arroyo radicó el Proyecto de la Cámara 1884 con el fin de enmendar la Ley de la Reforma Educativa y disponer que cada plantel escolar deba contar con un refrigerador para el almacenamiento de insulina y de cualquier otro medicamento termolábil de los estudiantes, docentes o empleados que requiera refrigeración para […] [read post]
5 Jan 2008, 8:20 am
[JURIST] UN rights investigators with the United Nations Human Rights Office in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (UNHRO) have documented serious human rights violations committed in the DRC following post-electoral violence in the capital Kinshasa in March 2007, including summary execution of civilians and excessive force leading to at least 300 deaths. [read post]
20 Apr 2006, 9:00 pm
[JURIST] A group of UN human rights experts on Thursday voiced grave concern [statement] "at the escalating wave of violence surrounding the pro-democracy demonstrations throughout Nepal in recent days," noting in particular several incidents where Nepalese police have fired on protesters [JURIST report] during ongoing demonstrations against the rule of King Gyanendra [official profile; BBC [read post]
8 Jun 2009, 2:16 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon [official website] on Friday called [transcript] on the government of Sri Lanka [JURIST news archive] to conduct a "proper investigation" of any "credible allegations of violations of humanitarian law" arising from the recent conflict between the government and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) [JURIST news archive] that ended last month with [read post]
30 Sep 2003, 1:48 pm
The UN has released a report examining the lawfulness of Israel's counter-terrorism actions. [read post]
29 May 2012, 8:32 am
[JURIST] UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed disappointment [official statement] Monday with Nepal [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive] for its failure to meet the Sundaydeadline to write a new constitution. [read post]
4 Dec 2005, 2:12 am
John Pace, human rights chief at the UN Assistance Mission in Iraq [official website], said there has been a "paralysis in the [read post]
9 Feb 2007, 1:56 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official profile] filed an amicus curiae or "friend of the court" brief [PDF text; press release] with the Iraqi High Tribunal [official website] Thursday arguing that imposing the death penalty on former Iraqi Vice President Taha Yassin Ramadan [Trial Watch profile; JURIST news archive] would be a violation of Iraq's obligations under [read post]
4 May 2021, 11:27 am
Por Daniel Rivera Vargas En el contexto de un caso de pena de muerte, hay diversos mecanismos que se activan, tanto para el ministerio público como para la defensa, siendo uno de ellos el del especialista en mitigación, una persona que tiene el trabajo de montar el rompecabezas social, físico y emocional de la persona […] [read post]
11 Nov 2006, 8:21 am
[JURIST] The United States Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution [draft text and explanations] condemning an Israeli attack on Beit Hanoun [BBC report] in the Gaza Strip on November 8 that resulted in the deaths of at least 18 civilians and calling on Israel "to scrupulously abide by its obligations and responsibilities under the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian [read post]
4 Aug 2011, 7:16 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council (UNSC) [official website] released a statement [press release] Wednesday condemning human rights violations and use of force against civilians in Syria. [read post]
10 Oct 2014, 10:57 am
[JURIST] Members of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances [official website] said Friday that Mexico's investigation of the forty-three missing Guerrero students and the deaths of six other students in the state is a test of the country's willingness and capacity to respond [press release] to allegations of human rights violations. [read post]
23 Nov 2007, 9:55 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour [official website] Thursday urged Pakistan to reinstate all of the judges dismissed under President Pervez Musharraf's November 3 declaration of emergency rule before parliamentary elections slated for January. [read post]
28 Nov 2006, 9:00 am
In a statement [text] from the UN [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 7:57 am
[JURIST] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay [official website] expressed concern on Friday about threats to rule of law [press release] in Papua New Guinea. [read post]
