Center for Constitutional Rights Responds to Newly Released Targeted Killing White Paper
In response to the release of a Justice Department white paper titled, “Lawfulness of a Lethal Operation Directed Against a U.S. Citizen who is a Senior Operational Leader of Al Qa’ida or An Associated Force,” the Center for Constitutional Rights made...
Philippines: UN lauds landmark bill protecting rights of internally displaced people
Displaced people in northern Mindanao, first affected by armed conflict, then uprooted by...
UN labour agency urges tougher measures to combat forced labour
A young boy works as a labourer near Kathmandu, Nepal.
Noting progress, UN urges accelerated efforts to eliminate female genital mutilation
At age one, Fatima was subjected to female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in her village...
UN rights chief calls on Somalia to re-open case of reporter and alleged rape victim
Women and children wait for assistance from the drought/famine in Dolo, southern Somalia.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Turkish Government’s reform pledge, stresses need to better protect journalists
A view of Ankaka, the Turkish capital, 11 August 2009.
President Ma of the ROC said at the NGO shadow report that government is the most likely body to violate human rights
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan) held a press conference for the presentation of the English status report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic...
On Mali visit, UNESCO chief stresses need to rebuild, safeguard cultural heritage
Sankore mosque in Mali’s fabled city of Timbuktu.
Mali: UN genocide adviser warns of reprisals against Tuareg and Arab populations
In Diabaly, Mali, citizens tell of two Tuareg families who were forced to flee their village and are now...
Syrian Families Without Vital Aid as Humanitarian Response Faces Major Funding Shortage Ahead of Major Donor Conference
Hassan, 4, walks through a makeshift tented community in Lebanon's Beka'a valley that has become home to families who have fled...
