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| 30.06.08 | Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at end of official visit to Pakistan The UN Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour visited Pakistan last week and met with the President, Prime Minister, Foreign Minister and Minister of Law and Justice, between others. In her statement she praises the mobilization of Pakistani civil society, and mentions enforced disappearances... read more |  |
| 20.06.08 | Rabat Appeal adopted by unanimity During the Second Euromediterranean Meeting of Families of the Disappeared organised by FEMED in cooperation with FIDH, in Rabat, the participants adopted by unanimity the Rabat Appeal. read more |  |
| 20.06.08 | Opposition activist in Brest applies for permission to demonstrate on anniversary of Dzmitry Zavadski's disappearance Andrey Sharenda, an activist of Alyaksandr Milinkevich’s Movement for Freedom, applied Wednesday to the Brest City Executive Committee for permission to demonstrate in the city on July 7 in commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the disappearance of journalist Dzmitry Zavadski. read more |  |
| 19.06.08 | The goodbye of Louis Joinet The independent expert who has arguably the greatest history UN human rights has made his farewell yesterday to the Council human rights. And in presenting his last report Special Rapporteur for Haiti. read more |  |
| 19.06.08 | Advocacy groups urge Indonesia to join International Criminal Court A coalition of legal advocacy groups urged Indonesia Thursday to honor a promise to join the international Criminal Court by 2009. read more | |
| 19.06.08 | The Human Right Council adopts a resolution on the human rights situation in Myanmar In the action on the resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council calls for a full, transparent and impartial investigation into all reported human rights violations including enforced disappearances. read more | |
| 15.06.08 | The Chairperson of the Commission of Human Rights of the Philippines urges Philippines to adopt the Convention In her speech delivered at the Forum on Enforced Disappearances organized by the AFAD on the 30 May in Manila, Atty. Leila M. de Lima, Chairperson of the Commission of Human Rights of the Philippines, urges the state of the Philippines to ratify and adopt en International Convention Against... read more | |
| 13.06.08 | Chechnya: European Court Last Hope for Victims (Paris, June 9, 2008) – France should use its upcoming EU presidency to urge Russian compliance with European Court of Human Rights judgments on Chechnya, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Human Rights Watch, and the League for Human Rights (LHR) said today. Pushing for Russia... read more | |
| 12.06.08 | Relatives Seek Justice as Peru's Largest Mass Grave is Exhumed June 4, 2008, Putis, Peru: The exhumation of Peru's largest mass grave has opened a window on Peru's shadowy war against terrorism in the Andes, and encouraged indigenous families who lost relatives to demand justice and reparations. The exhumation was completed last Thursday at the remote village... read more | |
| 10.06.08 | Russian authorities ruled responsible for Chechen women's disappearance In a ruling made on 29 May 2008, the European Court of Human Rights has found the Russian authorities responsible for the May 2003 enforced disappearance of two young Chechen women, Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva. read more |