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| 11.03.10 | Afghanistan: Repeal Amnesty Law The Afghan government should urgently act to repeal a law that provides an amnesty to perpetrators of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch has said. read more | |
| 11.03.10 | HRC: Interactive dialogue on Arbitrary Detention, Enforced Disappearances and Internally Displaced Persons Last 9th of March the Human Rights Council held an interactive dialogue with with the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on enforced or involuntary disappearances, the Chairperson-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbitrary detention, and the Representative of the Secretary-General on the... read more | |
| 11.03.10 | Zimbabwe: Call on Government to ratify conventions Human Rights Forum Zimbabwe will hold a meeting on the 12th of March to call on the government to ratify both the Convention against Torture and the Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. The meeting is co-sponsored by Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum and will take... read more |  |
| 04.03.10 | FEMED: Press release at the occasion of 30 years UNWGEID The press release is entitled: "30 years after the WGEID's creation: stop enforced disappearances", and was released by the Euro-Mediterannean Federation against Enforced Disappearances. read more | |
| 01.03.10 | UNWGEID 30th Anniversary Source:UNWGEID read more |  |
| 25.02.10 | Colombia: Amnesty International release report on human rights violations Amnesty International released a report on human rights violations committed against indigenous people in Colombia. These include killings and enforced disappearances. read more | |
| 15.02.10 | Philippines: European Union grants the government 3.9 million Euros for a justice support programme The EPJUST (EU - Philippines Justice Support Programme) that supports the Philippine’s judicial system with a grant of 3.9 million euros, is expected to address the issue of extrajuditial killings and enforced disappearances in the country. read more | |
| 08.02.10 | Manuel Cordero extradited to Argentina The retired Uruguayan colonel Manuel Cordero Piacentini, who was allegedly responsible for ten enforced disappearances, among other crimes including torture and murder, was extradited on January 23 from Brazil to Argentina to face trial here. read more | |
| 08.02.10 | Morocco: Advanced Edition of UNWGEID mission report is available Courtesy of its mission to Morocco from 22 - 25 June 2009, the Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances, published its findings and sent them to the Human Rights Council. read more | |
| 02.02.10 | Morocco: NGO reaction to publication of the Consultative Council on Human Rights The "Comité de coordination des familles des disparus et des victimes de la disparition forcée" in Morocco published its reaction to the findings of the Consultative Council on Human Rights. read more |