Archivo de Etiquetas: Human Rights

New Discussions on UN Human Rights Treaty Monitoring Reform: Using the Momentum while Acknowledging Financial and Political Realities John Morijn, PhD (EUI (Law)) is senior human rights adviser, Dutch Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and assistant professor of human rights law, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Views expressed …

Is Libya Under an Obligation to Surrender Saif Gaddafi to the ICC? (Part II) Has the UN Security Council Imposed Different Obligations of Cooperation from the Rome Statute? In a previous post, I dealt with the question whether Libya has an obligation to surrender Saif Al Islam Gaddafi pending any …

International Law and the Prosecution of Medics in Bahrain Sarah Fulton is International Legal Officer at REDRESS. The trial and sentencing of 20 medical professionals in Bahrain in the past two weeks has again turned the spotlight on the small Gulf Kingdom’s unfinished ‘Arab Spring’ and the repressive methods used …

The Palmer Report on the Mavi Marmara Incident and the Legality of Israel’s Blockade of the Gaza StripOverall, the Palmer Report is of high quality and merits close attention. I would strongly urge those interested to read, at the least, the very concise summary of its findings at pages 1-6, …

Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda in StrasbourgI’ve posted on SSRN an article which will be published in the EJIL next year on Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda before the European Court of Human Rights. The pre-print draft will be available on SSRN until the article comes out in the Journal. The abstract is below, …

Washington, D.C., 6 de agosto de 2011 – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH), y sus relatorías de Derechos de la Niñez y de Libertad de Expresión manifiestan su preocupación por los graves hechos de violencia ocurridos en las manifestaciones estudiantiles llevadas a cabo en Chile, el jueves 4 …

ICJ Permits Greece to Intervene in Germany v. Italy Immunity caseOn the 4th of July, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) decided that Greece can intervene in the Jurisdictional Immunities of the State case (Germany v. Italy). The case concerns a claim by Germany that Italian courts have failed to respect …

CIDH CULMINA 142º PERIODO ORDINARIO DE SESIONES Washington, D.C., 22 de julio de 2011 – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos celebró su 142º período ordinario de sesiones del 18 al 22 de julio de 2011. La CIDH está integrada por Dinah Shelton, Presidenta; José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Primer …

The Newly Independent State of South Sudan – Should We Rethink the Right to Secession? It would be remiss of us not to note the birth of South Sudan as the world’s newest State. South Sudan gained independence from the Republic of Sudan last Saturday (9 July) and was admitted to the …

Washington, DC, 29 de junio de 2011 – La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) presentó ante la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (Corte IDH) el Caso 12.651, César Alberto Mendoza y otros (prisión y reclusión perpetuas), respecto de Argentina.   El caso se relaciona con la imposición arbitraria de …

Casos enviados a la Corte   La CIDH ha publicado hoy las siguientes notas de remisión de Casos a la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, y los respectivos Informes de Fondo:   Oscar Alberto Mohamed. Caso 11.618, República Argentina, 13 de abril de 2011 Masacres de El Mozote y lugares …

The development on the international human rights framework on sexual orientation and gender identity Allehone Mulugeta Abebe is an Ethiopian diplomat based in Geneva, Switzerland. He serves as a co-chair of the Technical Advisory Group of the Global Commission on HIV/AIDS and Law.  Opinions expressed in this piece do not …