Marty, Indonesia supports the UN North Korea problem.
Marty, Indonesia supports the UN North Korea problem. According to the Foreign Minister, Marty Natalegawa, Indonesia supports the resolution of the Security Council and the UN Human Rights Council, the sanctions against North...Read more...
Comment by 'cdyfeoiz' on UN water vote seen as triumph for Bolivia’s Morales
Bolivia's President Evo Morales won praise July 28 when the United Nations General Assembly approved a groundbreaking Bolivian resolution on the right of all human beings to water and sanitation. The vote was 122 to 0, with 41...Read more...
UN expert group urges new Icelandic authorities to sustain gender empowerment efforts
24 May 2013 150 As the world's top performer on gender equality, Iceland needs to sustain its achievements and bridge remaining gaps on employment and gender based violence, a group of independent United Nations experts today...Read more...
Iran’s UN ambassador welcomes Geneva II conference on Syria
Iran “welcomes the convening of Geneva II” and is “ready to work within the framework set out in Geneva I to find a non-violent solution to the crisis,” according to Mohammad Khazaee, the ambassador and permanent representative...Read more...
African Civil Society Calls for AU Action On Eritrea
Pambazuka]In a petition, the organisations say the ongoing widespread and systematic nature of human rights violations in Eritrea underlines the need for continued and urgent action by the African UnionRead more...
Turkmenistan - Raids, deportation, visa denial, Government denies UPR complaints
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one's belief or religion The right to join together and express one's belief...Read more...
Wednesday Night News and Notes
No preliminaries. I'm friggin gargling nails and pissing gasoline tonight. -George W. Bush refused to place anyone on the UN Human Rights Council because A) it was a complete and utter farce and B) because he knew that such...Read more...
US, Turkey and Qatar call for UN rights debate on Syria
GENEVA — The United States, Turkey and Qatar called Friday for an urgent debate on Syria at the UN’s top human rights body next week, citing the escalating conflict and the regime’s assault on the central town of Qusayr. “We...Read more...
Thailand concedes rights abuses raised by UN rapporteur
Thailand has conceded to issues raised by a UN special rapporteur as alleged malpractice regarding freedom of expression and migrant labour, and to the fatal harassment of human rights defenders. The admission is in a document...Read more...
Amnesty International Annual Report 2013 - Brazil
Amnesty International, Amnesty International Annual Report 2013 - Brazil, 23 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519f51af1c.html [accessed 24 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible...Read more...
Stockholm Internet Forum Promotes Freedom and Openness
The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is hosting the Stockholm Internet Forum discussing how to foster freedom and openness on the Internet. The UN Human Rights Council confirmed a resolution that human rights also applies...Read more...
Who is Pakistan’s biggest victim?
Even though Pakistan is the smaller of the two countries, it is the aggressor vis a vis India. It captured PoK on the sly immediately after Independence. It encroached upon the Rann of Kutch in 1965 and subsequently waged an...Read more...
Killer Robots Campaign and the UN Human Rights Council
The Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots has today sent a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs regarding the forthcoming session of the UN Human Rights Council, which will consider the Report of the UN...Read more...
Thailand: Regularization of Crisis of Freedom of Expression
1. The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to bring the regularization of the crisis of freedom of expression in Thailand to the attention of the Human Rights Council. This statement is the sixth on this topic that the...Read more...
North America: Joint Statement On UN Declaration And The Doctrine Of Discovery
North America: Joint Statement On UN Declaration And The Doctrine Of Discovery Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Twelfth session New York, 20 - 31 May 2012 Agenda Item 7: Human Rights: Implementation of the UN Declaration on...Read more...
Killer Robots Campaign and the UN Human Rights Council
The Aotearoa New Zealand Campaign to Stop Killer Robots is supported by: the Human Rights Foundation, Pax Christi, Peace Movement Aotearoa, Quaker Peace and Service, The Peace Place, and the Women's International League for...Read more...
Ecuador - Slow progress on free expression in Ecuador one year after U.N. review
Exactly one year ago, on 21 May 2012, Ecuador submitted to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council of the UN, in Geneva, Switzerland. As a result of this second review 134 observations were received,...Read more...
TWO YEARS ON: SHOULD GOLDSTONE’S ‘HALF HEARTED MEA KULPA’ BE FORGIVEN……?
No. He needs to issue a full one. The damage Richard Goldstone created by his infamous UN sponsored report is reason enough to demand a full repudiation of that report by Goldstone himself. While waiting for his complete mea...Read more...
Sri Lanka's post Geneva progress being looked into by the US, says TNA
May 23, Colombo: Sri Lanka's Tamil National Alliance (TNA) says that the United States is looking into the progress made by the government following the resolution adopted at the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in March this year.Read more...
2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Switzerland
United States Department of State, 2012 Report on International Religious Freedom - Switzerland, 20 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519dd48618.html [accessed 23 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication....Read more...
Regularizing restrictions on free speech
As many readers will know, the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) is a non-governmental organization with general consultative status at the U.N.’s Human Rights Council. It makes regular reports to the HRC on Thailand. Find...Read more...
The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress
United States Congressional Research Service, The United Nations Human Rights Council: Issues for Congress, 30 April 2013, RL33608 , available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519cb55c4.html [accessed 22 May 2013] This is not...Read more...
Parliamentarians call on ASEAN member states to back OIC Human Rights Council resolution on...
The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) today backed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and its bid to raise the issue of anti-Muslim violence in Myanmar at the United Nations Human Rights Council,...Read more...
[Uruknet 97759 22-may-2013 19:03 ECT] Investigate Israel s killing of US teen, rights group tells...
May 20, 2013 - The Center for Constitutional Rights called on US President Barack Obama last week to break his three-year silence over Israel s 2009 killing of 18-year-old US citizen Furkan Doğan during its siege on the...Read more...
The proxy war against 13A
To mark four years since the end of the military conflict and the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, the ‘victorious’ Government of President Mahinda Rajapaksa held its annual Victory Day parade last Saturday (18)....Read more...
Government ensures that HR recommendations are being fulfilled
After that on last May 21, 2012, Ecuador submitted to the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) before the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Organization (UN), in which it received 134 observations -24 of them related to the...Read more...
Five Years of Challenging Power
RSS From: regjeringen.no/International relations Check against delivery Ladies and gentlemen, I am delighted to address the Oslo Freedom Forum. This Forum has evolved into a crucially important event, which is well reflected in...Read more...
Tamara Kunanayakam is back in Geneva
Geneva, 21 May, (Asiantribune.com): Tamara Kunanayakam, Sri Lanka’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva, was re-elected by acclamation last Monday as Chairperson-Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights...Read more...
Kerry in Oman to help ink $2.1 bln defence deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalise an estimated $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defence system to the Gulf nation. One of the main focuses of Kerry’s trip was to...Read more...
Independent UN expert stresses need to improve human rights situation in Eritrea
UN News Service, Independent UN expert stresses need to improve human rights situation in Eritrea, 14 May 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/519b32444.html [accessed 21 May 2013] This is not a UNHCR publication....Read more...
