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UN SG hails 'age of accountability' at ICC review conference
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday hailed the dawning of an "age of accountability" during the opening day of the review session of the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Ban described the first Review Conference of the Rome St (More) |
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Kyrgyzstan interim government approves draft constitution
The interim government of Kyrgyzstan on Thursday approved a draft constitution that will shift power from the president to the prime minister. The draft constitution defines Kyrgyzstan as a secular state and limits the president to one six-year ter (More) |
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Kazakhstan approves constitutional amendment to increase presidential powers
The upper house of the Kazakhstan parliament approved a constitutional amendment on Thursday to expand the powers of President Nursultan Nazarbayev . The bill, which was introduced to the parliament just last week, was approved by the lower house (More) |
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Kazakhstan lower house approves bill to increase president's power
The lower house of the Kazakhstan parliament approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday to expand the powers of President Nursultan Nazarbayev . The bill, which deems Nazarbayev "leader of the nation," grants immunity for acts carried (More) |
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Kazakhstan failing to prevent torture of detainees: rights group
Kazakhstan's government is failing to curb torture by law enforcement officers, according a report released Monday by Amnesty International (AI) . The report, which tracks Kazakhstan's progress in the area of human rights from the period o (More) |
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China chides US on rights record in report response
The Chinese government responded on Friday to the release of a US human rights report critical of China by issuing its own report criticizing the US human rights record. The report covered issues relating to crime, racial discrimination, and pove (More) |
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INDIA: Second Annual Gay Pride Parade
Silpa Swarnapuri, Pitt Law '12, attended the Second Annual Gay Pride Parade held in her home country of India...On the eve of New Jersey putting the issue of same-sex marriage to popular vote, I recalled India's Second Annual Gay Pride Parade (More) |
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Africa rights court refuses to take Habre case in first ruling
The African Court on Human and People's Rights (AfCHPR) issued its first decision Tuesday, finding that it lacks jurisdiction to hear a case against Senegal on whether charges against former Chadian president Hissene Habre [BBC profile; JURIST (More) |
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Libya making slow progress on human rights: HRW
Libya is making strides towards greater transparency and acknowledgment of human rights, but still has a long way to go, according to a report [text; press release] published Saturday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) . The report, entitled "Libya: T (More) |
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US should reverse current policy and sign treaty banning landmines
Susannah Sirkin [Deputy Director, Physicians for Human Rights]: "As a founding member of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) was alarmed and deeply disappointed by a Department of State spokesperson' (More) |
Georgia became first US state to ban lynching
On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison.
The statute was not particularly effective - read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.
