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| 08.07.08 | French Foreign Affairs Committee drafts report on the Convention against disappearances On behalf of the French Foreign Affairs Committee of the senate, Ms Joëlle Garriaud-Maylam presented a report on the law for the ratification of the Convention against Enforced Disappearances in France. It will be put to a vote in the Senate on the 8th of July. read more |  |
| 07.07.08 | European Court of Human Rights Condemns Russia in Three Cases from Chechnya The European Court of Human Rights today unanimously condemned Russia for enforced disappearances in three cases from Chechnya, Russian Justice Initiative said today. The cases concern the disappearances of four men in different locations in Chechnya between 2000 and 2002. read more | |
| 02.07.08 | More than 30,000 people missing in Colombia, say NGOs The number of people that have “disappeared” in Colombia over the past years is much higher than earlier assumed. In 2000 the prosecution investigated 3500 “disappearances”. This year that number has risen to 15,600 investigations. NGOs say more than 30,000 people are missing, BBC Mundo... read more |  |
| 01.07.08 | Pro-Búsqueda Press Release on Serrano Cruz Case Former Salvadoran army chief of State testified in court about the Serrano Cruz Case read more |  |
| 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 |