The position of aliens in relation to the European Convention on Human Rights (Human rights files)
The Local (Free subscription) | 14 hours ago
Published: 9 Nov 09 08:24 CETOnline: http://www.thelocal.se/23150/20091109/Sweden has come in for harsh criticism from the country's association and 15 other organizations for failing to abide by a number of UN conventions. (24 Jun 09) (28 May 09) (27 May 09)“There’s an image that Sweden is far ahead of others when it comes to human rights. That’s true is some areas. But if you scratch...
New Government Speeches (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
South Africa endorses recommendations of United Nations Human Rights Council's fact finding mission to Gaza 6 November 2009 The South African mission to the United Nations participated and delivered a statement on the occasion of the United Nations General Assembly debate on the Report of the Human Rights Council (HRC) which related to the United...
OneFreeKorea (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
And here’s a sample of what the council will hear: In the course of beatings, the guards broke all his teeth, leaving him toothless for four years. To deprive him of sleep, the guards at the underground prison at Hoeryong city near the Chinese border used “pigeon torture”. Jung was handcuffed and tied by his arms [...]
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
The United Nations General Assembly voted on Friday night to send the Goldstone report on Israel's military incursion into the Gaza Strip to the Security Council. 18 countries opposed the resolution and 44 abstained. But the report which Israel and the U.S. agree was "one-sided" and "flawed" in its mandate, and which the White House had told American Jews would not make...
Jihad Watch (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Comments by David G. Littman, NGO Representative to the United Nations (Geneva), Association for World Education (AWE) and World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ): 2nd Session: Ad Hoc Committee on 'Elaboration of Complementary Standards' -- Cairo Declaration of Human Rights in Islam and future Islamic Rights Charter & the Universal...
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Saudi King ABdallah has approved a plan to increase awareness of human rights, to be implemented by the Saudi Human Rights Council. Council head Bandar Al-'Aiban said that the program would increase awareness of the human rights that Islam ... November 2, 2009, 1:18 pm
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
The General Assembly today began its debate on the report of the United Nations probe which found that both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants were guilty of serious human rights violations during the Gaza conflict earlier this year. The report is the result of a three-month investigation, led by Justice Richard Goldstone, a former prosecutor at the UN war crimes tribunals for...
Instapundit.com (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
ERIC POSNER: Does the UN Human Rights Council cause states to treat their citizens better than they otherwise would? I’m not sure whether a “yes” or a “no” answer is more depressing . . . .
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Continuing our exchange, Henry Farrell says that the answer is likely yes, noting that “there is good evidence that the HRC’s predecessor, the even more widely excoriated UN Commission on Human Rights did have a measurable, and arguably positive, effect in punishing notorious human rights violators, despite its many flaws.” He cites two empirical papers...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 01/11/2009
The recent UN Human Rights Council Resolution endorsed by the Obama Administration exemplifies a key weakness of international human rights law that John McGinnis and I have focused on in our academic work (e.g. here and here): the heavy influence of repressive authoritarian governments over its content. In this case, the resolution was initially promoted [...]
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The United Nations Human Rights Council's resolution endorsing the report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict is a crucial step toward securing accountability for the civilian victims of the war on all sides. It is now the responsibility of Israel and Hamas to conduct credible domestic investigations. read more
Daily Khabor @ Khabor.Com (Free subscription) | yesterday
Baird explains his Mideast position on Al Jazeera TV Saturday, November 7 | 7:00 p.m. BY KATHIE DURBIN COLUMBIAN STAFF WRITER Rep. Brian Baird D-Vancouver U.S. Rep. Brian Baird appeared on the Al Jazeera television network last week to discuss his House vote in support of a United Nations report that concluded Israel violated international human rights conventions in its bombing of Palestinian...
Suzie-Q (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Professor Stephen Zunes, Foreign Policy In Focus, November 4, 2009 In a stunning blow against international law and human rights, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a resolution on Tuesday attacking the report of the United Nations Human Rights Council’s fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict. The report was authored by the well-respected...
Right in a Left World (Free subscription) | yesterday
In late September, the United Nations Human Rights Council, known for turning a blind eye to violations of Human Rights in third world dictatorships while pointing accusing fingers towards free Democracies in the west, issued yet another biased report accused both “Israel and the governing Palestinian group Hamas of committing war crimes during their conflict...
Chas' Compilation (Free subscription) | yesterday
... actually co-sponsored an anti-free speech resolution at the United Nations. Approved by the U.N. Human Rights Council on October 2, the resolution, cosponsored by the U.S. and Egypt, calls on states to condemn and criminalize “any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence.” Yet “incitement”...
