News Archive
| 03.07.09 | Nepal: International Coalition against Enforced Disappearances urges ratification of the Convention The International Coalition against enforced disappearances (ICAED) has organised a worldwide letter-writing campaign to call for the ratification of the International Convention against Enforced Disappearances. Every month a different country is targeted in this campaign. In the month of June,... read more | |
| 03.07.09 | Honduras: ACHR expresses concern over suspension of guarantees and amplifies precautionary measures. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) is deeply concerned over the executive decree 011-2009 adopted by the de facto authorities in Honduras, through which fundamental rights have been restricted, such as personal liberty, allowing incommunicado detention for more than 24 hours,... read more | |
| 03.07.09 | Asia: IACHR encourages ASEAN to create independent HR mechanism Yesterday 2nd of July, the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights welcomed in a press release, the progress made by the ASEA (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) toward establishing a regional human rights body. Continue reading the press release. read more | |
| 25.06.09 | Namibia: UN Wants Answers On Mass Graves 21st June was the deadline given to Namibia by the United Nations to shed more light on the alleged disappearance of people following the 2008 discovery of mass graves by the National Society for Human Rights. The NSHR submitted a dossier to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary... read more | |
| 25.06.09 | Turkey: ECHR has accepted the case of Gülmez The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has decided to hear the case of Nazım Gülmez, who has been missing for 15 years. read more | |
| 21.06.09 | Sri Lanka: Rising Threat of Post-War Disappearances and Injustice The Sri Lankan government’s failure to address serious human rights violations in the immediate post-war environment is leading to growing concerns of new disappearances, unlawful killings and unauthorised incarcerations, marked by attacks on persons reporting on these matters. read more | |
| 21.06.09 | Belarus: Zinaida Hanchar asks UN to find out what Lukashenka knows about missing politicians The wife of the disappeared Vice Speaker of the Supreme Soviet of Belarus has sent a letter to the secretary of the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance Giovanna Zucchelli. In the address to the international institution the wife of the missing politician Viktar Hanchar asks to... read more | |
| 21.06.09 | UNWGEID to visit and hold 88th session in Morocco The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances will visit Morocco from 22 to 25 June 2009. The purpose of the visit is to collect information which may lead to the clarification of outstanding cases of enforced disappearances in the country as well as to take stock the experience of... read more | |
| 18.06.09 | Sri Lanka: Commission of Inquires ended without renewal The Sri Lankan government has ended the special inquiry on human rights violations occurred during the armed conflict. The Presidential Commission of Inquires was established in 2006 and had a mandate to investigate 16 cases of killings, enforced disappearances and assassinations and other serious... read more | |
| 18.06.09 | Pakistan: Balochistan goes on strike against disappearances Last Monday 25th of May the Baloch Students Organisation (BSO) called for the strike against the alleged enforced disappearance of BSO Vice-Chairman Zakir Majeed Baloch. read more |