Human Rights & Public Liberties

Human Rights & Public Liberties

Newsletter
13 Jan, 2021

Organisations

Victory for Brazil’s torture prevention mechanism

In a hot undisputed decision, the Supreme Federal Court of Brazil ruled that the presidential declaration approved in 2019 is unconstitutional. Under the contentious decree,…

11 April, 2022

Russia dismisses Human Rights Watch

“Human Rights Watch has been working on and in Russia since the Soviet era, and we will continue to do so,” said Kenneth Roth executive…

11 April, 2022

Switzerland – UN/ Forced disappearance

The UN will launch its Manual on Reporting under the International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

29 March, 2022

Amnesty on Indonesia/Papua human rights abuses

Amnesty report highlights alleged human rights violations in Papua and their relation to plans to mine the Wabu Block gold deposit.    

22 March, 2022

The health issues of refugees and migrants

Europe hosts almost thirty-six percent of the overall worldwide migrant population.

20 March, 2022

UN on women’s equal leadership & participation

António Guterres stressed that the UN special envoys and representatives are designing and supporting women’s strategies. This is not only a matter of justice women’s…

15 March, 2022

UN Human Rights report on Sri Lanka

A preliminary report released in January said the Sri Lankan government had demonstrated an inability and unwillingness to bring accountability and claimed that international action…

3 March, 2022

Russia – Ukraine/UN Human Rights

“The use of force by one State against another is fundamentally unacceptable and strikes at the very heart of the object and purposes of the…

1 March, 2022

The UN Fact-Finding Mission on Venezuela Report

The Mission was established through the UN Human Rights Council and it has a mandate until September 2022.  

16 September, 2021