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| 27.04.10 | Nepal: Committee for Social Justice proposes amendments to the Bill of Disappearances The organisation Committee for Social Justice (CSJ) has submitted to the government a list of amendments to the Bill of Disappearance. These changes would protect the victims and prevent new cases of disappearances in the future. Please continue reading the list of amendments proposed. read more | |
| 27.04.10 | Russia: ECHR finds Russia responsible for three disappearances According to the organisation Russian Justice Initiative, the European Court of Human Rights has found Russia responsible for the disappearance of three civilians detained by Russian military forces from various locations in Chechnya and Ingushetia in 2003 and 2004. read more | |
| 27.04.10 | Spain: Family member organisations complain against judges The family member organisations ARMH (Asociación por la recuperación de la memoria histórica) from Catalonia and Mallorca have filed a criminal complaint against judges Juan Saavedra and Juez Luciano Varela. Continue reading the public statement concerning this complain. Also see some articles over... read more | |
| 21.04.10 | Argentina ex-dictator Gen Bignone jailed for 25 years Argentina's former military ruler Reynaldo Bignone has been sentenced to 25 years for human rights abuses committed almost three decades ago- BBC read more | |
| 01.04.10 | St Vincent and Grenadines become 83d signatory of the Convention St Vincent and Grenadines signed the Convention on the 29th of March bringing the total to 83 signatories. Two ratifications are still needed for the Convention to enter into force. read more | |
| 23.03.10 | Benin signs the Convention against Enforced Disappearances Benin signed the convention against enforced disappearances last 19th of March. This is the State number 82 in signing the convention. The number of ratifications is presently at 18, still two ratifications more for the treaty to entry into force. read more | |
| 23.03.10 | Still waiting for justice in Sri Lanka Mr MCM Iqbal makes an analysis of the results achieved by the several Commissions of Inquiry into Disappearances of Persons (COIs) had been appointed by successive Sri lankan governments since 1990 read more | |
| 19.03.10 | New Manual: Using Law against Enforced Disappearances “Using Law against Enforced Disappearances” is the title of a practical guide for relatives of disappeared persons and NGO’s. This manual offers an easy-to read, step-by-step presentation of the legal dimensions of enforced disappearances, of the international law instruments and mechanisms, and of... read more |  |
| 16.03.10 | HR bodies apprised of latest IHK situation Geneva, March 16 (KMS): In Geneva, a Kashmiri delegation, during the 13th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations, held meetings with various rights organisations and apprised them of the deteriorating human rights situation in occupied Kashmir. read more | |
| 16.03.10 | China: Gao in Prison for ‘Subversion’ Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been sentenced to prison on charges of subversion, according to the Chinese foreign minister. Gao is well-known for the length of his state-enforced disappearance, his published account of torture at the hands of Chinese security forces, and the unusual... read more |