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U.N. Recommendations for Universal Voting Rights and Human Rights Monitoring in Response to First Human Rights Report (April 10, 2013) by Constance Johnson
On March 27, 2013, the Human Rights Committee (the Committee) of the United Nations, based in
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Germany
Decision Issued in Rendition Case (March 04, 2013) by Theresa Papademetriou
On December 13, 2012, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued a final judgment in a ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights
Compensation to Victims of Martial Law (February 28, 2013) by Constance Johnson
On February 25, 2013, President Benigno Aquino III of the
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Philippines
Government Ordered to Pay Local Community (February 26, 2013) by Constance Johnson
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Leaders Adopt Human Rights Declaration (November 21, 2012) by Constance Johnson
Leaders of the ten-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), during their annual summit held this year in
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: United Nations / United States
Ruling on Embryo Screening (August 31, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On August 25, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Italy's ban on embryonic screening violates article 8 ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: European Court of Human Rights / Italy
Challenge to Law on Homosexuality Permitted (August 27, 2012) by Constance Johnson
In an August 21, 2012, decision, the Court of Appeal of Singapore ruled that a constitutional challenge, lodged against the Penal ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Singapore
Recent Human Rights Assessments Identify Problems (August 08, 2012) by Constance Johnson
Two recent reports, one by the United Nations and one by the non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch (HRW), have pointed out ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Burma
House of Assembly Reduces Powers of Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (July 20, 2012) by Hanibal Goitom
On July 12, 2012, the 214-member Zimbabwe House of Assembly adopted the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill, 2011, aimed at putting ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Zimbabwe
Federal Court Imposes Harsh Sentences on Journalists, Opposition Members (July 17, 2012) by Hanibal Goitom
On July 13, 2012, the Ethiopian Federal Court handed down severe sentences, ranging from eight years to life imprisonment, against 20 ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Ethiopia
Right to Food Issues Raised (May 24, 2012) by Constance Johnson
Olivier De Schutter, who has been the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food since appointed to the post ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Canada
Human Rights Crisis (May 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
In the last few weeks, two prominent nongovernmental human rights organizations have released statements on the human rights crisis in Mali, ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Mali
New Law on Transgender Rights Approved (May 16, 2012) by Graciela Rodriguez-Ferrand
On May 9, 2012, the Congress of Argentina passed a law that ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Argentina
Senate Passes Bill on Establishing a National Commission on Human Rights (March 23, 2012) by Tariq Ahmad
On March 9, 2012, the upper chamber of Pakistan's Parliament unanimously passed the National Commission on Human Rights Bill, 2012, which ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Pakistan
Call for Amendment of Domestic Laws to Conform with Human Rights Covenants (March 15, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On March 9, 2012, it was reported that Taiwan legal experts and activists have called for government fast-tracking of amendments to ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Taiwan
Cases Before European Court of Human Rights on Lengthy Detentions to Be Addressed (March 06, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
Turkey's Minister of Justice, Sadullah Ergin, announced on March 1, 2012, that the government would establish a special commission to handle ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Turkey
Gay Advocacy Among Minors Can Be Prohibited (February 24, 2012) by Peter Roudik
On February 8, 2012, the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city and one of the constituent components of ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: Russian Federation
Prisoners' (January 11, 2012) by Clare Feikert-Ahalt
The High Court of England and Wales recently dismissed a case in which prisoners claimed that the practice of requiring them ...
Topic: Human rights
Jurisdiction: England and Wales
Last updated: April 10, 2013
