Full Coverage: Human rights

30.09.2005 Having lived and worked in Iraq the past two years, U.S. peaceworker Mary Trotochaud opens a window into the lives of occupied Iraqis who, despite their disillusionment with the U.S. occupation, are still hopeful for a peaceful and democratic society.

29.09.2005 Coinciding with the beginning of the 2005-2006 school year in Kosovo, the Children’s Rights Team (CRT) within the Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo announces the re-launch of a Kosovo-wide “Children’s Rights Awareness Campaign”.

29.09.2005 Iraqi women's rights--particularly those of dress and movement--are in danger of disappearing, say several of the country's prominent activists.

29.09.2005 Peasant farmer families in Tanah Awuk, Indonesia, who gathered on September 18 to air their longstanding grievances over the proposed construction of an airport on their farm lands, were violently dispersed by Indonesian police forces, and their planned discussion with local and international land rights groups prevented.

29.09.2005 To mark this year's World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, Amnesty International is asking those African governments that have not abolished the death penalty to do so, and would like your help in appealing to heads of state.

28.09.2005 The International Labout Organisation (ILO) has said that nearly 2.2 million people die of work-related accidents and diseases each year, adding that this number may be vastly under estimated due to poor reporting and coverage systems in many countries.

26.09.2005 Human security is commonly understood as prioritising the security of people, especially their welfare, safety and well-being, rather than that of states. Instead of examining human security as a measurable or specific condition, however, the focus in this paper is how human security as a technology of governance facilitates the way that populations living within the territories of ineffective states are understood, differentiated and acted upon by aid institutions emanating from effective ones.

23.09.2005 "At best, the inmates were left to fend for themselves....At worst, some may have died," said a Human Rights Watch researcher of events at a New Orleans prison, which was reportedly deserted by officials as flood waters rose and more than 600 inmates remained inside.

22.09.2005 In the U.S. the tide is turning against the war in Iraq, and now more than policymakers must be held accountable for the war, says CodePink, asking you join them in a mass anti-war mobilization this weekend in Washington D.C.

21.09.2005 Asma Jehangir,a Human Rights activist and Chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), speaks with Eman Ahmed of the Women's Human Rights Net on strategies of change in the context of women's rights in Pakistan.

21.09.2005 The "stunning use of excessive force" by Uzbek authorities - and the subsequent government cover-up - to crush a protest in Andijan in May is documented in two new reports by human rights groups.

21.09.2005 Anywhere from 75-200 Guantanamo Bay detainees have re-started a hunger strike over their continued detention and uncertain futures. Fifteen have been hospitalized, 13 are being fed through tubes, and the number of strikers is reportedly rising.

20.09.2005 The newly-launched East Timor-Indonesian Commission for Truth and Friendship is flawed because it does not allow for the legal prosecution of those responsible for human rights abuses, say civil society groups.

20.09.2005 South Indian Federation of Fishermen Societies (SIFFS) is an NGO working in the marine fisheries sector and is the apex body of organisations of small-scale artisanal fish workers. It also works on the rights of fishermen who cross maritime boundaries and get arrested in south Asian countries.

20.09.2005 A global commission has been formed to help the poor get access to legal aid. The commission will work on the conviction that broadening the rule of law and ensuring usersÂ’ and property rights for the poor and marginalized populations leads to economic and social empowerment.

20.09.2005 UNDP's global commission to work on legal rights for the marginalised. The High Level Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor is a new independent global initiative that will broaden the rule of law and ensure usersÂ’ and property rights for the poor and marginalized populations leads to economic and social empowerment.

19.09.2005 For the International Day of Peace 2005, Campaign for the Conscientious Objection in Bosnia and Herzegovina is once again organizing traditional activities for this day.

19.09.2005 As the Palestinian struggle for equal rights faces a crossroads, a new strategy to secure recognition of equality for all within Israel might lead the way toward a more democratic and secular country, says Todd May.

19.09.2005 Janitor Han Lin is a democracy activist who fled from Burma, lived in the jungle for 6 years, and finally found refuge in the U.S. He talks about his experiences, his determined attempts to raise awareness about the atrocities in his homeland, and U.N. false promises.

15.09.2005 In four days of Senate hearings, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice nominee John Roberts has "failed to distance himself from the anti-civil rights positions he has advocated," said the executive director of the nation's premier civil and human rights coalition Thursday, announcing its opposition to his confirmation.