News
| 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 | |
| 05.06.08 | Second Euro-Mediterranean Meeting of Families of Disappeared The Euro-Mediterranean Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED) will hold the Second Euro-Mediterranean Meeting of Families of Disappeared focussed on the theme: The Convention against Enforced Disappearances, the challange of Euro-Mediterratean countries. This meeting will take place in... read more | |
| 05.06.08 | The UNWGEID holds their second session in Argentina The UN Working Group against Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances will celebrate their second of the three annual session in Buenos Aires, Argentina. According to non-official sources this meeting will take place from the 23rd to the 26th of July. read more | |
| 03.06.08 | The Committee against Torture asks the Algerian State to investigate on the Disappeared The Collective of Families of the Disappeared in Algeria (CFDA) and the International Federation of Human Rights Leagues (FIDH) congratulate themselves on the firm reminder of today by the Committee against Torture addressing the Algerian State on its obligations to prosecute all imprescriptible... read more | |
| 02.06.08 | The 'Abuelas de la Plaza de Mayo' nominated for Nobel Peace Award After two unsuccessful attempts, the Norwegian Nobel Committee that evaluates the candidates of the Nobel Peace Prize accepted the nomination of 'Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo'. read more | |
| 26.05.08 | AFAD Commemorates the Week of the Disappeared The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances joins all families of the disappeared persons around the world in the commemoration of the International Week of the Disappeared from May 26 to June 1. This week of the desaparecidos was first commemorated by the Latin American Federation of... read more | |
| 26.05.08 | Sri Lanka fails to get re-elected to U.N. rights council The Mahinda Rajapaksa government suffered a set back on Wednesday night after Sri Lanka failed to get re-elected to the United Nations’s Human Rights Council following a campaign by human rights groups. read more |