Human Rights
Brazil: Prison Crisis Spurs Rights Reform - part 1
An inmate in the Pedrinhas prison complex.
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Florida: Hope for Children Charged as Adults
Veronica Limia leaves the Florida Institute for Girls on October 11, 2001. Veronica was prosecuted as an adult at age 17 for burglary.
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Morocco: Persistent Restrictions on Rights Group
Moroccan authorities have persisted in their campaign to disrupt a leading independent human rights group despite two court rulings that authorities wrongfully prohibited its gatherings.
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Central African Republic: UN deplores death of protestor following attack against Mission base
Ex-Séléka deserters seeking protection from peacekeepers at their base at Kaga-Bandoro in the Central African Republic (CAR) on 6 July 2014.
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OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative Cardin expresses deep concern over shooting of Walter Scott
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance, U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin, expressed deep concern over the fatal shooting of Walter Scott by a police officer on 4 April in the U.S. state of South Carolina on 10 April.
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US: Human Rights Watch Sues Over Surveillance
Human Rights Watch filed suit on April 7, 2015, against the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) for illegally collecting records of the organization’s telephone calls to foreign countries.
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The ‘Killer Robots’ Accountability Gap
The next generation of weapons in military arsenals could be "killer robots," machines that would select and destroy specific targets without further human intervention. But if a robot broke the law, who would be held responsible? Would the programmer, manufacturer, military commander, or robot end up in court?
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International Roma Day: celebrating Europe's largest ethnic minority
International Roma Day is held every year on 8 April to celebrate Romani culture and raise awareness of the issues facing Roma people. Europe’s largest ethnic minority - an estimated 10 million Roma live in Europe and six million within the EU - is often subject to discrimination and social exclusion. On 25 March MEPs debated current Roma discrimination and EU recognition of the Roma genocide in WWII.
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Tunisia: Flaws in Revised Counterterrorism Bill
The Tunisian government’s new draft counterterrorism law would permit extended incommunicado detention, weaken due process guarantees for people charged with terrorism offenses, and allow the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said on 8 April in a report outlining the concerns sent to Tunisian legislators.
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Reflecting on Rwanda, Ban urges courage ‘to counter the cruelty taking place before our eyes’
The UN family in Rwanda commemorates the 21st anniversary of the genocide.
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Human Rights
Fostering a More Humane World: The 28th Eurasian Economic Summi
Conscience, Hope, and Action: Keys to Global Peace and Sustainability
Ringing FOWPAL’s Peace Bell for the World:Nobel Peace Prize Laureates’ Visions and Actions
Protecting the World’s Cultural Diversity for a Sustainable Future
Puppet Show I International Friendship Day 2020