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World Day for Refugees’ Rights. EU, USA & Australia : first countries of reception for refugees ? FIDH video clip
SOURCE: FIDH On the occasion of the World Day for Refugees’ Rights (June 20, 2017), FIDH launches a video clip (2’12) that features the chaotic journey of a Syrian refugee family between Turkey and the […]
Tuesday 20 June 2017WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN PEACE PROCESSES IN AFGHANISTAN
HRRAC is an Afghan-led human rights membership organization established in the year 2003 as an independent research organization mainly focusing on research and advocacy towards women and children’s rights, economic, social rights, security and as well as public participation.
Friday 16 June 2017AUTHORITARIANISM FROM AFAR: DIASPORA ENGAGEMENT AND THE TRANSNATIONALISATION OF STATE REPRESSION
Intersex, Outcast – The Limits of Gender at the International Criminal Court
Source: Justice in Conflict by Mark Kersten Laura Nacyte joins JiC for this post on the limited conceptualization of gender in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Laura is an MSc graduate of Global […]
Friday 16 June 2017The Children of ‘1984’: Dystopia Down the Decades
SOURCE: New York Times By JENNIFER SCHUESSLERJUNE 15, 2017 The stage adaptation of “1984” opening on Thursday, June 22, may be George Orwell’s Broadway debut. But his novel — and coinages like Big Brother, thought […]
Friday 16 June 2017ICC widens remit to include environmental destruction cases under existing crimes
Source: Eradicating Ecocide Guardian: In change of focus, Hague court will prosecute government and individuals for environmental crimes such as landgrabs. Environmental destruction and landgrabs could lead to governments and individuals being prosecuted for crimes […]
Friday 16 June 2017“New Models of Peacekeeping: Security and Protection of Human Rights. The Role of the UN and Regional Organization”
Source: ICC By Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi President of the International Criminal Court Lectio magistralis at the Conference: CHECK AGAINST DELIVERY 12 May 2017 Rome, Italy Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, I would first like […]
Saturday 10 June 2017Is the ICC biased against African countries ?
Source : Al Jazeera The International Criminal Court (ICC) was set up to prosecute war criminals and human rights violators, who proponents argue would otherwise go free. In recent months, however, African countries have threatened […]
Saturday 10 June 2017‘Will I ever get justice?’: Nepal accused of failing trafficking survivors
Source: The Guardian By Pete Pattisson Rights groups claim no one has received compensation since law entitling survivors of human trafficking was introduced a decade ago Rights groups in Nepal say they do not know of […]
Saturday 10 June 2017Nepalese women trafficked to Syria and forced to work as maids
Source: The Guardian By Pete Pattisson While millions are fleeing the brutal conflict in Syria, hundreds of Nepalese women are being trafficked to the war-torn country and forced to work as domestic maids. The women, who […]
Saturday 10 June 2017
