Full Coverage: Civil rights

31.12.2007 Recruitment of child soldiers in Sri Lanka by rebel forces has long been seen as a serious violation of human rights. A new report by the United Nations says that both factions of LTTE continue to abduct and recruit children to fight their wars.

17.12.2007 Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf’s may have lifted the emergency, on December 15, as promised, but this has failed to satisfy civil rights activists in the country who say this is not sufficient to put the country back on the path of democracy.

12.12.2007 A number of developments across South Asia serve to highlight the disturbing trend of increasingly militarised control and policing of human activity, and the stamping out of human rights in the guise of counter-terrorism measures, says a report, titled: Stamping Out Rights: The Impact of Anti-Terrorism Laws on Policing.

11.12.2007 Fundamental freedoms enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights are still a far cry for many, says Ban Ki-moon on Human Rights Day. On this occasion, a year-long campaign: “Dignity and Justice for All of US” was also kicked off.

10.12.2007 On December 10, 1948, the Universal Nations General Assembly proclaimed and adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It said: '…recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world…'

10.12.2007 Secretary General of Amnesty International, Irene Khan in her message, on International Human Rights Day 2007, while celebrating the successes, expressed her concern on the violation of human rights by governments, big business and armed groups. She calls for renewed commitment by governments and civil society to convert rhetoric into reality, disillusionment and despair into hope and action.