Human Rights Violations

ICC Turns Ten: A Measure of Justice

Kip Hale | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, American Bar Association, International Criminal Law, Human Rights, International Human Rights, International Law, Diplomacy, International Relations, International Criminal Court, International Humanitarian Law, World News

In this tenth year of the ICC, it is an appropriate time to take stock of the Court's progress in its primary mission: end impunity through the just rule of law.

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Human Rights Crimes Still Taking Place In Syria, UN Reports

Reuters | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Video, Human Rights, Reuters, United Nations, Human Rights Abuses, Syria Violence, Syrian Uprising, Syria, Syria Conflict, World News

* U.N. investigators document latest violations * Syrian forces blamed for most killings, torture * Rebels also accused ...

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When the Human Rights Community Is Its Own Worst Enemy

Kip Hale | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Human Rights Violations Cambodia, Tuol Sleng Prison, Human Rights, Khmer Rouge, Cambodia, Khmer Rouge Tribunal, Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, World News

International human rights non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are often the vanguard in this global fight. So, it is perplexing when some of these NGOs undercut their own legitimacy by making public outcries that do little to help their overall causes, and in fact, undermine them.

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Last Living Founder Of Sandinista Movement Dies

AP | FILADELFO ALEMAN and MARJORIE MILLER | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Fidel Castrol, Miskito Indians, Ronald Reagan, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, Gioconda Belli, Sandinista Movement, Obituary, Rosario Murillo, Marcos Carmona, Tomas Borge Martinez, Jacinto Suarez, Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, Tomas Borge, World News

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Thousands of Sandinista militants on Tuesday bid goodbye to Tomas Borge Martinez, the last surviving founder of the guerril...

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Historic Transition in Libya Must Not Forget the Survivors of Sexual Violence

Margot Wallström | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Women, Sexual Violence, Libya, Abduction, UN Security Council, Impact News

It is now crucial that Libya's own role in the country's historic transition must give hope and translate into assistance also for survivors of sexual violence.

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Holding Iran's Supreme Leader Accountable

Reza Pahlavi | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Islamic Republic of Iran, Human Rights, Iran Protests, Ali Khamenei, Reza Pahlavi, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Protests 2009, Iran Nuclear Program, Crimes Against Humanity, Iran Nuclear Weapons, World News

It is my sincere hope that whatever political motivations have previously guided nations in the past vis-à-vis Iran, they will do what is clearly right and side with the people of Iran by voting to refer this case to the International Criminal Court at once.

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Rebels Launch Effort To Fight Crackdown In Syria

AP | ZEINA KARAM | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Russia, Human Rights Violations, Video, Human Rights, United Nations, UN Human Rights Council, Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, China, Cuba, World News

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Judge Garzón's Prosecution: Spain's Version of "Lo Pasado, Pasado Está"

Dorian de Wind | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: General Augusto Pinochet, Human Rights Violations, Bush Administration, Judge Baltasar Garzón, Justice, Gen. Francisco Franco, Spain, World News

Back in March 2009, a Spanish court took the first steps toward opening a criminal investigation into allegations that six former high-level Bush admi...

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Hans & Zoe Zimmer Take Over The WeHo Library (PHOTOS)

Posted 12.12.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, National Democratic Institute, Deserve Dignity, Los Angeles Photography, Roma People, La Impact, Zoe Zimmer, Roma Settlements, Pharrell Williams, La Around Town, Weho Library, Hans Zimmer, West Hollywood Library, Los Angeles News

Artists and Angelenos gathered at the West Hollywood Library on Saturday night for Fashion photographer Zoe Zimmer's "Deserve Dignity" -- a photo exhi...

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The Fraud of Authentic Leadership

Elise Lelon | Posted 01.09.2012

Leaders who describe themselves as "authentic" are like sentences that start with, "To be honest." Whenever big cheeses proclaim "authentic leadership" as their effective guiding principle, chances are they're not so authentic, and they may not be effective or principled either.

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Nationalism: A Kind Of Identity Crisis

Simran Jeet Singh | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Human Rights Violations, 1984, India, Sikhism, 1984 Sikh Pogrom, Indira Gandhi, Indira Gandhi Assassination, Operation Bluestar, 1984 Sikh Riots, Sikh-Americans, Sikh Identity, Sikh, Religion News

To be totally honest, I don't totally buy into the whole nationalism thing. While it allows us to connect with others who belong to the same group, it also causes us to distinguish ourselves from people of other groups.

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9th Circuit Widens Court Split Over Suing Corporations

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 12.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Supreme Court, US Supreme Court, Alien Tort Statute, Rio Tinto, Alien Tort Claims Act, Corporate Liability, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Papua New Guinea, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Corporations can be held liable in U.S. courts for human rights violations committed abroad, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circu...

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Remembering 9/11 and Reclaiming Accountability for Human Rights

Jamil Dakwar | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Decade After 9/11 - Lives Affected, Human Rights U.S., Decade After 9/11 - National Security, u.s. Human Rights, Politics News

The U.S.-led 'War on Terror' has resulted in the erosion of hard-fought human rights achievements, including the absolute prohibition on torture, and undermined accountability mechanisms against governmental abuses of power.

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Mass Grave In Kashmir Found: Report

AP | By AIJAZ HUSSAIN | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, India, Human Rights, Kashmir India, Mass Graves, Genocide, Kashmir Mass Graves, World News

SRINAGAR, India -- An international human rights group is urging India to allow an impartial investigation of hundreds of unmarked graves in Indian-ad...

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People Of Faith Rally Against Colombian Free Trade Agreement

Carol Howard Merritt | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Free Trade Agreements, Human Rights, Colombian Human Rights Violations, Colombia Free Trade, Presbyterian Peace Fellowship, Free Trade, Presbyterian Church, Labor Unions, Colombia Accompaniment Program, Columbia, Religion News

Free Trade Agreements have set up a system where large agro-business moves into a country, small farmers become devastated, indigenous citizens lose rights and the land becomes ravaged.

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Why Did Iran Say "NO" to the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights?

Omid Memarian | Posted 09.04.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Iran, Human Rights, UN Special Rapporteur, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran Human Rights, Mahmour Ahmadinejad, Ahmed Shaheed, World News

Considering the dire human rights situation in Iran, it seems that Tehran has found it politically very costly to let a foreign independent inspector visit the country.

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To the Mahatma, From a Stateless Indian

Dinkar Jain | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Corruption, Kapil Sibal, Washington, Bribes, Anna Hazare, Dc, Subcontinent, Gandhi, Manmohan Singh, Kiran Bedi, Black Money, Ramdev, Colonialism, Simon Commission, British Raj, Congress, Democracy, Indian Embassy, Anna, Human Rights Violations, Human Rights, Stateless Indian, Binayak Sen, Civil Activism, Protests, British, India, Pranab Mukherjee, Gandhian, Hazare, Chidambram, Kiran, Sibal, Bedi, World News

2nd April, 2011 Dear Mahatma Today I witnessed the Indian team lift the cricket world cup for the first time in my life. I have never felt so proud. ...

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A Matter of Civil Rights

Sarah Leah Whitson | Posted 06.15.2011

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Human Rights Violations, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestinians, Human Rights, Israel, Human Rights Watch, Settlement Building, World News

In a week when the U.S. paused to recall the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, President Peres might have considered King's message and why such a system of racial inequality remains in place.

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From Mexico to the Middle East: The Oppressed Oppressors

Karen Berg | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Karen Berg, Mexico, Mexico Drug War, Peace, Middle East, Kabbalah Centre, Human Rights Violations, Dignity, Mexico Drug Cartels, World News

The poverty and human rights violations we see are in fact a result of years of our collective and repeated lack of respect for human dignity. We need to change our ways, before they kill us.

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Eritrea: Africa's Human Rights Black Hole

Kathryn Cameron Porter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global Acute Malnutrition Rating, Human Rights Violations, Military, Ethiopia, Human Rights, European Commission on Humanitarian Aid, Ethiopian Border War, Conscription, Refugees, Eritrea, Isayas Afewerki, World News

Eritrea, one of the youngest countries on earth, is quickly emerging as one of the largest violators of human rights. The situation in Eritrea wasn't always this dire, but the future doesn't look bright.

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The World's Worst Human Rights Offenders

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Liu Xiaobo, Human Rights, Maplecroft, Human Rights Violations, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, Gay Rights, Slidepollajax, Nobel Peace Prize, International Human Rights Day, China, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Civil Rights, World News

In light of the ongoing controversy surrounding jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, China has the dubious distinction of joining the world's t...

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How Legalizing Marijuana Would Weaken Mexican Drug Cartels

Laura Carlsen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Calderon, Drug Cartels, Marijuana Legalization, Prop. 19, Mexican Drug War, Organized Crime, Prop 19, Politics News

Organized crime is a business. Reducing demand through providing legal sources hurts that business. Hardline rhetoric and wars of statistics cannot change that fundamental equation.

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On Human Rights, Send in the Experts

Ted Piccone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, UN Human Rights, Human Rights, Un, Un Experts, UN Human Rights Council, World News

Too many governments ignore or deny UN experts' allegations or block efforts to gain access to the country or to victims. The lack of state cooperation, however, is not the only challenge the independent experts face.

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Mini Conference and Fund Raiser Being Held This Weekend to Address Burmese Human Rights Issues

Brad Balfour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Violations, Amnesty International, Mynamar, Burma, New York News

While the successful rescue of the Peruvian miners offers heart and hope on the global stage, other regional crises continue. One such crisis often ob...

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DR Congo: War Criminal Ntaganda and Rwandan Security Agents Accused of Assassinations

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Murder, Human Rights Violations, Icc, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo Massacre Kiwanja, Rape, Bosco Ntaganda, War, Joseph Kabila, Assassinations, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, Laurent Nkunda, World News

Human Rights Watch has offered testimony that Bosco Ntaganda, a Congolese army general sought on an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court, is involved in the assassination of at least eight people.

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