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| 04.04.08 | SRI LANKA: International experts pull out but government backs human rights inquiry COLOMBO, 4 April 2008 (IRIN) - The pull-out of an international expert group supervising a key human rights investigation has dented the credibility of the inquiry, said activists, but the government is confident the perpetrators will be brought to justice. [Leer más] | |
| 04.04.08 | Remove RP from UN rights body--activists MANILA, Philippines -- Human rights advocates are pushing for the removal of the Philippines from membership in the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNCHR) and the imposition of sanctions for what they called unabated extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances under the Arroyo... [Leer más] | |
| 04.04.08 | Niger: Executions and forced disappearances follow army reprisals Amnesty International is very concerned at the new wave of extrajudicial executions committed by the Niger army in the Agadez region, which for more than a year has been shaken by a rebellion led by an armed opposition group, the Mouvement des Nigériens pour la justice (MNJ), Niger People’s... [Leer más] | |
| 04.04.08 | Human Rights Council to examine human rights records of first group of states under UPR mechanism The first session of the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group will be held in Geneva from 7 to 18 April during which 16 States will have their human rights records examined under this new mechanism. The first group of States to be reviewed under the UPR are: Bahrain,... [Leer más] | |
| 03.04.08 | Phillipines: Region 8 peace advocates form regional mechanism for peace process Tacloban City (April 2) -- Peace Advocates from all provinces of Region 8 converged at the MacArthur Park Resort on April 1 to April 2 in order to tackle the creation of a regional quick response mechanism to address human rights violations such as extra judicial killings and enforced... [Leer más] | |
| 27.03.08 | Aim for human rights lanza centro de recursos en línea sobre las desapariciones forzadas El martes 25 de marzo la organización de derechos humanos Aim for human rights ha puesto en marcha un sitio web que facilita la lucha internacional contra las desapariciones forzadas. El evento tuvo lugar durante una reunión del Pakistan NGO Support Group en Ginebra. [Leer más] |  |