The Irish Times (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
BERLIN – The head of a UN investigation that accused Israel of war crimes in Gaza, Richard Goldstone, has said he is disappointed there has been such a “lukewarm” reaction to his findings in the US.
Causecast - Latest News (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
by SARAH NELSON , Contributing Writer Pending allegations of human rights violations and a continued struggle for political stability led Zimbabwe government officials to extend an invite to the United Nations to visit the country on a fact-finding mission earlier this month. UN torture expert, Manfred Nowak , was scheduled to visit the country to investigate the allegations of torture and humans rights...
Alarabiya.net (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Slavery persists in Mauritania despite a legal crackdown on the centuries-old practice, a U.N. investigator said on Tuesday after a 10-day tour. A 2007 law criminalizing slavery in the west African desert state is not being properly enforced and victims are not encouraged to come forward, U.N.
News (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
... of dozens of villagers in Mathira in April. Mr Njenga was tried and set free over those killings.A UN investigator said police had formed a death squad to eliminate alleged gang members. But there have also been reports of internal wrangling and gangland killings within the criminal sect.On Thursday, Mr Paul Muite, one of the lawyers who defended Mr Njenga, said that Mr Njuguna on Friday...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
SLAVERY persists in Mauritania despite a legal crackdown, a UN investigator said yesterday.
News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
SLAVERY persists in Mauritania despite a legal crackdown, a UN investigator said yesterday.
Celestial Junk (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
Telling it like it is; and expecting results : "Canada deposited a draft resolution at the United Nations that implicitly criticizes the UN's array of human rights investigators, saying they need to get proactive about exposing human rights abuse in Iran." [---] "The draft resolution calls on UN investigators of extra-judicial executions, torture, free speech suppression,...
LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
... about the running of the election were not met. Such was the fraudulence of the first round that UN investigators threw out more than a million votes, enough to force Mr Karzai into a run-off. But little has been done to prevent a repeat of the fraud, prompting Mr Abdullah's decision. If the election is cancelled it is unclear whether Mr Karzai will retain the presidency. See article •...
