Full Coverage: Human Rights

29.03.2007 Participate at the CIVICUS World Assembly, which is a forum for international civil society representatives to get together, exchange ideas, experiences and build strategies for a just world.
Meet high-profile speakers and grassroots activists from all over the world at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre - Glasgow, Scotland 23 to 27 May 2007.

26.03.2007 Between June 27 and June 30, 2007, Zagreb will host the Zagreb Pride 2007 social-political event. This will be the sixth Pride in Zagreb in a row, an event that gathers lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, intersexual and queer persons. The Pride Parade, the central event will be held on June 30 (Saturday). The Organization board of Zagreb Pride 2007 has already initiated the activities and invites all interesting persons to join the Board.

23.03.2007 As fighting between Tamil rebels and Sri Lankan forces escalate into open war the losers are civilians, particularly some 200,000 refugees cramped into camps set up in eastern Batticaloa district.

23.03.2007 Balkan Human Rights Network is organizing the Human Rights School for Future Decision Makers in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The duration of the 2007 Summer School will be from May 27 till June 10, 2007.

22.03.2007 The YUCOM committee of human rights lawyers of Serbia won its first litigation against the state of Serbia in front of the European Court for Human Rights.

22.03.2007 OneWorld Platform for Southeastern Europe, under its “Peace Rights Internet and Network Building” project, conducts trainings on Advocacy Journalism and Diversity Reporting for its Kosovo partners and non-partners.

19.03.2007 After more than four years of sitting on the fence on the issue of pesticide residues in carbonated soft drinks, the government has finally taken a stand. But will it follow through on its promise to put in place mandatory food safety norms?

14.03.2007 A ban by the Sri Lankan government on young mothers taking up jobs as housemaids in foreign countries, to minimise social disruption at home, has whipped up a storm of protests with rights groups slamming the move as hasty and poorly planned.

14.03.2007 A Division Bench of Delhi High Court headed by the Hon'ble Chief Justice asked the Government of Delhi to respond to Social Jurist PIL highlighting that large number of out of school children between the age group of 6 to 14 years are denied admission by government schools on unjustified grounds, like, overcrowded classrooms, absence of drinking water, absence of functional toilet blocks, expiry of date of admission etc.

14.03.2007 OneWorld South Asia held its Sixth Annual Regional Meeting (ARM) at the Mirabel Resort Hotel, Dhulikhel, Kathmandu, Nepal on 27 - 28 February 2007. Around 200 delegates from civil society, government, academia, media, and the corporate sector across South Asia reflected on the theme Midway to MDGs: Accelerating progress through ICTs and adopted the Kathmandu Declaration, which demands concerted efforts to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).

13.03.2007

09.03.2007 The “Doverba” Ngo, in cooperation with the Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonia (FOSIM), announced, at the press conference held last Wednesday, March 7, the start of the pilot-project for Advocacy of Protection of Human Rights of Drug-Users.

08.03.2007 BUENOS AIRES, Mar 8 (IPS) - Appointing a woman as economy minister does not guarantee a gender approach to policies in this key area, traditionally handled by men. That at least is the conclusion from observing the work of women ministers in Argentina and El Salvador.

06.03.2007 THE UN has identified violence against women and girls "the most pervasive" human rights violation that we know today. Statistics from the world over, including the Asia and Pacific region, paint a clear picture of the social and health consequences of violence against women.

02.03.2007 India has among the highest number of cases of anaemia in the world, according to the National Family Health Survey recently undertaken. The reasons range from high cost of healthcare facilities, poor food quality and the low status of women.