Calls and Statements
Palestine Retold: Palestine’s Tragic Anniversaries Are Not Only About Remembrance
Source: Countercurrents.org By: Dr. Ramzy Baroud For Palestinians, 2017 is a year of significant anniversaries. While historians mark May 15th as the anniversary of the date on which Palestinians were expelled from their historic homeland in […]
Tuesday 23 May 2017International Collaboration to End Violence:’ “People’s Charter to Create a Nonviolent World”
Source: Global Research By Robert J. Burrowes While much of the world is engulfed in violence of one sort or another (whether violence in the home or on the street, exploitation, ecological destruction or war), a […]
Tuesday 23 May 2017THE FLAME TREE PROJECT To Save Life on Earth
By: Robert J. Burrowes & Anita McKone A planetwide 15-year strategy for ordinary people to reduce consumption, increase self-reliance and achieve personal health and ecological security Launched: 1 July 2008. Updated: 1 July 2009, 1 January […]
Tuesday 23 May 2017BAHRAIN: Appeal to release Nabeel Rajab and Abdulhadi Al-Khawaja and concern over their deteriorating health
His Majesty Sheikh Hamad bin Issa Al Khalifa,King of BahrainFax: +973 176 64 587 CC. His Excellency Lieutenant General Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa Minister of InteriorEmail: info@interior.gov.bh His Excellency Sheikh Khaled Bin Ahmad Al […]
Tuesday 25 April 2017“Things that Money Alone Cannot Buy:” Defining Reparations in Cases of Sexual Violence
ICTJ Cristián Correa /Senior Associate, Reparative Justice Program In my work on reparations around the world, I have seen the suffering of victims of sexual violence committed during armed conflict, political violence, or state repression, as […]
Thursday 20 April 2017When No One Calls It Rape: Addressing Sexual Violence Against Men and Boys
ICTJ Author: Amrita Kapur and Kelli Muddell Sexual violence against men and boys in times of conflict or repression is alarmingly common— and takes a markedly consistent form across contexts in terms of how it […]
Thursday 20 April 2017Silent Shame Bringing out the voices of children caught in the Lake Chad crisis
UNICEF/ Human Wrongs Watch 12 April 2017 – The use of children, particularly girls, by the Boko Haram terrorist group in violent attacks in the Lake Chad region has seen an “alarming” surge in 2017, the […]
Thursday 20 April 2017Human rights groups call for the opening of an ICC investigation into the situation in Afghanistan
FIDH, OPEN ASIA/ Armanshahr, Transitional Justice Coordination Group (Afghanistan), Center for Constitutional Rights (USA) request ICC Prosecutor to open investigation into the situation in Afghanistan.
Friday 14 April 2017Human Rights Attorneys: Trump’s Latest Bombing Unlawful, Dangerous Escalation
Center for Constitutional Rights Jen Nessel, CCR, (212) 614-6480, press@ccrjustice.org April 13, New York – In response to the Trump administration dropping the 21,600-pound GBU-43/B bomb in Afghanistan, the Center for Constitutional Rights issued the following […]
Friday 14 April 2017Accountability for International Crimes in Afghanistan
Seminar,co-organised by FIDH (International Federation for Human Rights), Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA & Research Centre of Leiden University College The Hague, civil society and legal experts shed light on alleged crimes & victims of wartime violence of the Afghan people.
Wednesday 5 April 2017
