Full Coverage: Human rights

30.06.2005 Dans le cadre de la XXXVe Assemblée générale de l’Organisation des États américains (OEA), qui a commencé aujourd’hui à Ft. Lauderdale, aux États-Unis, la Coalition internationale des organisations pour les droits humains dans les Amériques a adressé aux pays membres de l’OEA une série de recommandations sur des questions prioritaires touchant les droits humains. Dans la déclaration qu’elle a émise, la Coalition a signalé que la faiblesse des institutions démocratiques ainsi que l’exclusion et les inégalités sociales contribuent grandement à la fragilité de la démocratie dans les Amériques.

30.06.2005 On grounds that he promoted hatred, genocide, and crimes against humanity, a Canadian court voted unanimously to expel Leon Mugesera, forcing him to stand trial in Rwanda. Jean de Dieu Mucyo, Rwanda's chief prosecutor, said the decision was a major step in efforts to deport others implicated in the genocide that killed nearly a million people.

30.06.2005 From T-Mobile commercials to the popular TV drama "24," images of torture abound in U.S. pop culture these days. Chalk it up to harmless bits of Hollywood imagination, or a dangerous phenomenon desensitizing Americans to the real life torture and misery taking place at Guantanamo Bay and Abu Ghraib?

30.06.2005 Twenty teachers of different ethnic backgrounds will take part in a workshop on children's human rights education in Skopje on 1 July. Later on, they will be able to educate some 600 pupils all over the country

29.06.2005 The CitizensÂ’ Committee for Human Rights (CCHR) demanded from authorities in all levels of Government to define and implement, without any delay, the measures to protect the children located in Children Homes in Brezovica and Lug from possible abuse and neglect.

29.06.2005 The government is under mounting pressure to permit more than 100 Zimbabwean failed asylum seekers to stay in the UK.

29.06.2005 UzbekistanÂ’s Andijan massacre has yet to be independently investigated, largely because of Washington infighting; Rumsfeld's Defense Department is blocking an inquiry called for by Rice's State Department, explains veteran jounalist Ahmed Rashid. By doing so, the U.S. is giving Uzbek president Islam Karimov exactly what he wants: dwindling media coverage and a chance to slip off the international agenda.

29.06.2005 "Honoring diversity is honoring life. Montevideo for the respect of all genders, sexual identities and orientations," reads a triangular granite monument in the heart of Uruguay's capital city. The monument, which acknowledges the right of sexual diversity, is the first of its kind in Latin America.

29.06.2005 In 2002, Pakistani woman Mukhtaran Bibi--also known as Mukhtaran Mai--was gang raped on her village elders' orders. The men convicted in her case have since been released. As the country's Supreme Court finally takes up her case, Amnesty asks you to take action and encourage Pakistan to protect women's rights.

28.06.2005 A one-day Sub-regional Gender Project Management meeting held in Sarajevo, represents the initiation of the cooperation of governmental gender mechanisms of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro and UNDP Country Offices from BH, Serbia and Montenegro.

28.06.2005 The Osijek-based Coalition for Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (LSC) currently implements three programmes: a campaign for definition of the status of NGOs that provide free legal assistance; promotion of minority rights; and promotion of European anti-racism and anti-xenophobia values. These are long-term programmes and campaigns that proceed over several years and involve organizations from all over Croatia.

27.06.2005 As the world marked the International Day in Support for Victims of Torture on Sunday, the Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) released a new report showing Asian countries that sanction torture are facing growing criticism at home and abroad. As greater access to information fuels protests across the continent, AHRC demands torture be a recognized--and enforced--crime in every country.

27.06.2005 Du 27 au 30 Octobre 2005, près de 2000 femmes du monde entier, leaders et militantes des droits des femmes, se rencontreront à Bangkok pour le 10ème Forum International de l’AWID pour débattre d’une question urgente : « Comment le changement a-t-il lieu ? »

27.06.2005 Selon de nouvelles recherches dont les résultats sont publiés ce mercredi 22 juin 2005, en exportant des armes de manière irresponsable dans certains des pays les plus pauvres et les plus touchés par la guerre, les États du G8 ne tiennent pas leurs engagements de réduire la pauvreté, de ramener la stabilité et de faire respecter les droits humains. Des armes ont ainsi été exportées dans des pays comme la Colombie, le Myanmar (ex-Birmanie), les Philippines, la République du Congo et le Soudan.

27.06.2005 Ninety-seven Zimbabwean asylum seekers are refusing food and water in protest over the UK governmentÂ’s plans to send them home despite the potential dangers. The Church of England has also demanded a stop to ongoing deportations.

27.06.2005 For the first time, Hindu religious leaders from the south Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka are planning to launch a drive against untouchability and the oppressive caste system. The leaders are motivated because untouchability is leading to conversions and maintenance of temples has gone down.

27.06.2005 Internally displaced Egyptians living in Rozaje, Montenegro appealed today on national and local governments, NGOs and all other competent institutions for immediate assistance.

27.06.2005 Eleonora Veninova, Ivana Bidikova and Aleksandar Mickov Take Stage at PROMAX&BDA 2005 to Accept Top Prize in UNICEF's Voices of Youth 'Make a Difference' One-Minute Video Contest

24.06.2005 As an unprecedented coalition of civil society organisations appeals to the UN to investigate recent events in Zimbabwe, the outspoken Archbishop of Bulawayo has won an international humanitarian award. As well as criticising Robert Mugabe, Archbishop Pius Ncube has called on the British government to be more tolerant of asylum-seekers from Zimbabwe.

24.06.2005 The leaders of the world's richest countries will be meeting on July 2, 2005 in Gleneagles, Scotland. This is the opportunity that non governmental organisations and other development organisations are looking for to take their agendas over education, poverty and debt to the richest nations and make them do something. Oxfam tells you how to participate.