The European Court of Human Rights has concluded that the Greek courts failed to acknowledge the gravity of a brutal 2001 sexual assault on an undocumented migrant.
Posts Tagged “Rights & Justice”
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Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, discrimination, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia, male rape, migration, MSS v Belgium and Greece, NS and ME judgment, Rights & Justice, Simon Cox, Zontul v Greece
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Sonia Pierre, who died suddenly on Sunday, December 4, will be remembered by all who worked with her as a tireless advocate for the rights of people of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic.
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A UK inquiry has identified police "stop and search" tactics as a factor that contributed to this summer's rioting. But it failed to offer strong recommendations on how to fix a problem that has antagonized many in minority communities.
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Libya says it wants to put Saif al-Qaddafi and Abdullah al-Senussi on trial in Tripoli, rather than send them to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. But its leaders' options are constrained by their international obligations.
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Over the past two decades, international courts have galvanized a global movement recognizing sexual violence as an instrument of war and oppression.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Alison Cole, International Criminal Court, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, international justice, legacy, rape, Rights & Justice, sexual violence, Special Court for Sierra Leone
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The latest twist in the saga of the fall of the Qaddafi regime has again focused attention on the relationship between Libya and the International Criminal Court, and on the broad question of how to obtain accountability for national and international crimes.
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Judges in the war-crimes case against Ratko Mladić, the former Bosnian Serb military leader, have turned down a bid to split it into two separate trials, despite concerns over the health prospects of the accused.
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An outbreak of violence in southern Mauritania has drawn attention to fears among the country's black population that a government census could lead to loss of citizenship rights.
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The seizure of luxury cars by French police investigating corruption underlines why UNESCO should not go ahead with a prize honoring Presdident Teodoro Obiang of Equatorial Guinea.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: anti-corruption, Equatorial Guinea, Erica Razook, Rights & Justice, supercars, Teodoro Obiang, unesco