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5 May 2024, 6:44 pm
While Hong Kong’s ratification to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) occurred in 1976 during the colonial era as the United Kingdom’s ratification was extended to the then dependent territory, Annex I, Section XIV of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration and Article 39 of Hong Kong’s Basic Law legally guarantee that the ICCPR remains in force in Hong Kong since the end of the colonial era on 1 July 1997. [read post]
9 Apr 2024, 3:52 pm
Fischlin of ETH Zürich 09/21/2021 Not Available Download Third Party Intervention by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 09/15/2021 Not Available Download Third Party Intervention by UN Special Rapporteurs and UN independent expert – M. [read post]
24 Feb 2024, 9:28 am
Experts Open Letter on Rafah by 22 Former United Nations Special Rapporteurs Alexei Navalny Russian Opposition Searches for Shreds of Hope After Navalny’s Death by Ekaterina Kotrikadze (@katyakotrikadze) Russia – Ukraine War Reparations Series Introducing Just Security’s Series on Reparations in Russia’s War Against Ukraine by Megan Corrarino (@megancorrarino) How to Make Russia Pay to Rebuild Ukraine by Maggie Mills,… [read post]
22 Feb 2024, 12:08 pm
(Editor’s Note: The statement below is collectively signed by 22 former United Nations Special Rapporteurs and former UN experts in the field of human rights on the situation in Rafah and the obligations of UN Member States.) [read post]
27 Jan 2024, 2:29 pm
Pix Credit hereEven though I do not find it plausible that the military operation is being conducted withgenocidal intent, I voted in favour of the measures indicated by the Court. [read post]
8 Jan 2024, 2:02 am
Lai’s lawyers have since filed an urgent appeal with the UN special rapporteur on torture raising evidence of the torture of a key prosecution witness. [read post]
29 Dec 2023, 10:57 am
Dick Durbin (D-IL), writing in Just Security in July, called on the Biden administration to take action in response to the special rapporteur’s report: “Rather than perpetuating the injustices that the Biden administration inherited, the administration should address the ongoing violations found by the special rapporteur and redouble its efforts to end this dark chapter of American history. [read post]
3 Nov 2023, 5:36 am
ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR – INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE A group of U.N. special rapporteurs called for a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza yesterday, saying Palestinians are at “grave risk of genocide” should the violence continue. [read post]
5 Sep 2023, 12:33 am
Article 14, the prohibition of discrimination, means that the rights in the Convention should be ‘secured without discrimination on any ground such as sex, race, colour, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status. [read post]
12 May 2023, 12:41 pm
The United States Government should consider imposing sanctions on judges to counter the erosion of democratic freedoms in Hong Kong. [read post]
24 Jan 2023, 5:56 am
In a 2022 report, former United Nations Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Diego García-Sayán noted “a global increase in practices that undermine, limit, restrict and hinder the practice of law. [read post]
23 Nov 2022, 5:04 pm
The report also includes a chapter on the PRC’s efforts globally to intimidate and silence U.S. citizens and others critical of the PRC’s human rights record, including at the United Nations and in other multinational fora. [read post]
22 Sep 2022, 6:06 am
Other States objected in their “explanation of position” documents, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Israel, and the European Union (joined by 22 additional States for a total of 50). [read post]
1 Jul 2022, 5:58 am
Dubbed a “Stephen Miller special” by one former Trump administration official, the Title 42 policy has since March 2020 allowed the use – or misuse, as public health experts have repeatedly concluded – of public health authority to block and expel people at the U.S. southwest border without due process, adherence to refugee law and treaties, or immigration law consequences. [read post]
11 Mar 2022, 4:29 pm
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13 Jan 2022, 8:35 am
The full text of the letter and list of signatories are below: December 22, 2021 H.E. [read post]
‘The Politics of Truth’: The U.K. Overseas Operations Act and Legislation on Northern Ireland Legacy
2 Sep 2021, 8:40 am
Special Rapporteurs. [read post]
10 May 2021, 4:54 pm
The Board referred to these arguments based on public international law, among them recently issued sources, such as the Rabat Plan of Action, and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the General Comment No. 34 of the Human Rights Committee (2011), and the UN Special Rapporteur’s report on freedom of opinion and expression A/HRC/38/35 (2018). [read post]
7 May 2021, 7:07 pm
As stated in a study by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the relationship between climate change and the full and effective enjoyment of the rights of the child: The negative impacts of climate change on children trigger obligations among all duty bearers to take action to protect all children from its actual and foreseeable adverse effects. [read post]
5 May 2021, 6:32 am
Trump—Facebook announced that its corporate human rights policy will be committed to the the United Nation’s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights:On March 16, 2021, Facebook announced its corporate human rights policy, where it commemorated its commitment to respecting rights in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs). [read post]
