Kidnapping in Afghanistan
Kidnapping in Afghanistan: We are human and every one of us has her or his rights. We should respect each other and our rights, we…
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The Lady of Myanmar
Photo Courtesy of MovieSpirit.com The Lady of Myanmar Written by Nikki Shaver Continuing with my research into Myanmar…
Amazing Women in Afghanistan: Susan Feroz
by Jasmine Davis Susan Feroz One of my favorite genres of music is rap - especially women rappers. Susan Feroz is one of the coolest…
Afghan Women
Women in Afghanistan are subject to many forms of violence and prejudice. In this country in which women’s rights are given…
Human Rights in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is a country that have been with long time crises and problems of social, political, economic, cultural and military.…
ARE SAUDI WOMEN LESS FREE THAN AFGHAN WOMEN?
Can you imagine a world in which, if you happen to be a woman, you are forced to have a "male guardian" - a father, brother or husband…
The Death Penalty vs. Abortion: When Does the Choice of Life Begin and End?
article by Keisha Douglas Whenever I see a headline for someone whom had committed a heinous crime given the death penalty, a part…
Serbia Gay Pride Parade Must be Allowed to Go on:
Serbian authorities (Ministry of Interior) have for second year running banned Gay Pride Parade in Belgrade on purportedly…
Making Informal Justice Systems Work
“The evidence in this Report illustrates the direct bearing such systems can have on women and children’s legal empowerment,…
Can Liberia Turn Corner & Now Aid West Africa Facing Growing Humanitarian & Political Crisis?
“As Liberia moves toward its tenth year of sustained peace, we can state with conviction that our country has turned the corner.…
Viet Nam Reverting to Less Freedom Even as Raising Real Economic Growth:
Facing off with China politically and seeking to become a driver in its own right of economic growth in Asia, Viet Nam (Vietnam) has…
Myanmar Political Prisoners
“Bold steps are needed now to overcome the legacy of the past and to ensure that no prisoners of conscience are left behind,”…
Concern Over Religious Minorities in Iran
Release of Christian pastor charged with apostasy has been welcomed; however, arrest and detention of many others continues to be…
Algeria: Restrictions & Impediments on Civil Society
“While recognizing that the driving force behind this state of affairs is rooted in security concerns, I encourage the Government…
Indigenous Challenges: Violence Against Women/Girls & Over-Exploitation of Nature
“A recurring issue that has come to my attention in various contexts is that of violence against indigenous women and girls,”…
UN Must Name Syria War Crimes Perpetrators & Urge Prosecution?
UN failing its own principles in Syria? Recently the UN offered a new set of guidelines for mediators in how to address evidence of…
Child Sexual Exploitation in Honduras
Addressing child victims of prostitution, pornography and abuse: “Weaknesses in the education system, poverty, socioeconomic…
Responsibility to Protect Needs Prompt Response
“Six weeks ago, in visiting the memorial at Srebrenica, I said I did not want my successors to apologize years from now for…
Death Penalty in Secrecy & Lacking Due Process
UNSG Ban Ki-moon should refuse to meet Gambia’s strongman Yahya Jammeh unless/until such heeds the plea of UN officials to halt…
Chile's Forced Disappearances Still Inadequately Sanctioned?
“Very few of the convicted perpetrators are effectively serving a sentence, due to the low penalties imposed or other benefits…
Should Women/Girls Fear Arab Revolutions
There is no guarantee that revolutions are exclusively progressive. Rather, they are a reshuffling of the status quo and all interests…
Australia Violates Human Rights & Loses Bid for UN Security Council?
Australia’s Parliament adopted an act that would allow the re-opening of offshore detention center for migrant asylum…
"Serious Human Rights Concerns" in Myanmar
In treatment of ethnic/religious minorities and political prisoners still held, UN Human Rights Special Rapporteur on the human…
Myanmar Security Forces: "Instigation of & Involement in Clashes"
“Reports indicate that the initial swift response of the authorities to the communal violence may have turned into a crackdown…
US to Execute Persons with Disabilities?
“It is a violation of death penalty safeguards to impose capital punishment on individuals suffering from psychosocial…
UN Presses to Terminate Death Penalty
“The taking of life is too absolute, too irreversible, for one human being to inflict on another, even when backed by…
UN Security Council Must Refer Syria to ICC says UN Human Rights Chiefs
“Those responsible for attacks against civilians must be held accountable, and so I reiterated my call on the Security Council…
Iran's "Dehumanizing" Execution Machine
“Given the lack of transparency in court proceedings, major concerns remain about due process and fairness of trials in cases…
Strengthening Human Rights Treaty Body
“Strengthening the Human Rights Treaty Body” is the title, but it assumes a broad evaluation and consequent recommendations.…
Boko Haram & Crimes Against Humanity
Attacks against churches and/or worshipers or even other Muslims in Nigeria who do not share Boko Haram’s extremist/violent…
Journalists as Enemy/Combatant
Journalists are seen increasingly as either asset or vulnerability. The conflict in Bosnia & Herzegovina was one of first…
Drones Guilty of Arbitrary/Summary Executions?
“I don't think we have a full answer to the legal framework and we certainly don't have the answer to the accountability…
UN Human Rights Chief Cites Duty to Refer Syria to ICC
“There is a need for prompt, independent and impartial international investigations into all serious human rights violations…
UN in Syria: Gross Human Rights Violations Continue Unabated
Most of the serious violations were committed by the Syrian army and security services as part of military or search operations in…
Venezuela to Quit Human Rights Group?
UN officials expressed their concern and encouraged Venezuela not to withdraw from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).…
China’s New Human Rights Headache
Blind Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng escaped from “house detention” after 7 years and promptly made his…
From Ethiopia to Venezuela Civil Society Under Assault!
“A dynamic and autonomous civil society, able to operate freely, is one of the fundamental checks and balances necessary for…
Rendition-US Court Fails Rule of Law
US court has refused freedom of information requests made by the United Kingdom’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on Extraordinary…
Harmonizing/Strengthening Human Rights Treaty Bodies
Although expected to be an ongoing process, we can expect the first Report to be delivered already in June 2012. There has been a…
No Arab Spring for Environmental Rights & Its Defenders
Our environment is part of our human right, for our health and the future of our planet. Defenders of our planet and environment…
