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Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe)

Type: Organization

Name: Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe)

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Council of Europe

Council of Europe Commissioner releases statement on 17 May developments of Georgia

Nils Muižnieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights has released a statement on the 17 May developments of Georgia on Facebook.‘The violence which took over the streets in Tbilisi on the International Day against Homophobia in Tbilisi ... [Published InterpressNews - 18 hours ago]

Entities: Council of Europe, Georgia, Tbilisi, Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe), Hate Speech

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

United Nations

Formosa Triangle is the Devil’s Sea

THE Formosa Triangle, which is a region of the Pacific Ocean located between Japan’s Miyake Island and Taiwan, is the Devil’s Sea where hundreds of fishing boats have been reportedly lost. As one of the 12 “Vile Vortices” around the world, the Dragon’s ... [Published Malaya Business Insight - 13 hours ago]

Entities: United Nations, Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe), Taiwan, Philippines

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

Regional information seminars to raise awareness of new registration procedures for civil society organizations

Where: Chernivtsi, Odesa, Sevastopol, Sumy, Khmelnitsky and Kharkiv, UkraineOrganized by: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and State Registration Service of UkraineThe purpose of these six regional one-day information seminars is to familiarize representatives ... [Published OSCE - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Ukraine, Odesa, Sumy (Ukraine), Organism

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

Coming out in Cameroon leaves gays at risk and isolated

(AFP) When Fabrice was brutally outed by his uncle, the young Cameroonian was immediately evicted from his rented room in the port city of Douala."I had always managed to hide my homosexuality until the day my uncle beat me up in public," he said, after ... [Published Luxemburger Wort - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Cameroon, Gay, Homosexuality

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Joseph Crowley

Editorial Board: Burmese president’s visit gives glimmer of hope for change

NOT MANY DICTATORS or military juntas willingly give up power. Will Burmas regime prove the exception? That was the ever-present though mostly unspoken question as President Thein Sein toured Washington this week.The Burmese presidents visit to was the ... [Published Washington Post - May 22 2013]

Entities: Joseph Crowley, Thein Sein, Myanmar/Burma, Peter T King, Military/Armed Forces

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Joseph Kony

Kony’s LRA ‘has killed over 100,000′

Print: May 22, 2013Last Modfied: May 22, 2013UNITED NATIONS – The Lord’s Resistance Army has killed more than 100,000 people during a reign of terror in Central Africa over the past 25 years, U.N. chief Ban Ki Moon said Monday.The guerrilla group led ... [Published Japan Times - May 21 2013]

Entities: Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, Invisible Children, Reign of Terror, Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe)

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Olexiy Zhuravko participates in work of international conference

Press service of Governmental Commissioner for Invalids' RightsOn May 20, 2013 a Government’s Commissioner for Invalids’ Rights Olexiy Zhuravko has taken part in work of an international conference called “Equality and non-discrimination: progress in ... [Published Government portal Ukraine - May 21 2013]

Entities: Equality, Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe), Verkhovna Rada, Annulment

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Subedi greeted by protesters

Last Updated on 21 May 2013Phnom Penh PostBy Meas Sokchea and Joe FreemanSupporters of the Cambodian National Rescue Partyprotest yesterday, calling for fair and just elections at Phnom Penh’sFreedom Park. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh PostThousands ... [Published Khmerization - May 21 2013]

Entities: Protesters, Phnum Penh, National Rescue Party, Commissioner for Human Rights (Council of Europe)

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Nigeria: Boko Haram - U.S. Cautions Nigerian Security On Illegal Use of Force

The United States government yesterday urged members of the Nigerian security agencies to always apply a disciplined use of force in all their operations in capturing members of the Boko Haram sect.Reacting to the recently imposed State of Emergency on ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]

Entities: Boko Haram, Nigeria, Security

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

UN High Commission for Human Rights warns Boko Haram

The spokesperson of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Rupert Colville, has warned Boko Haram Islamic militants in Nigeria that they could be charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity for their deliberate acts of killing ... [Published Vatican Radio - May 19 2013]

Entities: Boko Haram, Human Rights, United Nations

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Boko Haram Members May Face War Crimes - UN

Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the UN has said.Rupert Colvile, the spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 18 2013]

Entities: Boko Haram, United Nations, Crimes Against Humanity, Ethnicity

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Human Rights chief calls for overhaul of garment industry deadly Bangladesh building collapse

A female employee at a garment factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh. UN Photo/Kibae ParkUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay is calling for swift action to empower trade unions and overhaul the garment industry.This follows the deaths of more than ... [Published United Nations Multimedia - May 17 2013]

Entities: Bangladesh, Human Rights, United Nations

Quotes

8. Lastly, under principle 7 of the Basic Principles, "Governments shall ensure that arbitrary or abusive use of force and firearms by law enforcement officials is punished as a criminal offence under their law." Currently, no specific offences relate to the abusive use of force by police in Myanmar; however, police officers can be subject to prosecution for assault...

Myanmar: Police Who Attacked Protestors Must Be Prosecuted [Published Scoop - 9 hours ago]

Biya added that when it came to gay rights "mindsets can evolve in one way or another... but for now it's a crime."

Coming out in Cameroon leaves gays at risk and isolated [Published Luxemburger Wort - 23 hours ago]

1. "The present case appears to be one where two persons along with some others were just seized from a hut, taken to a long distance away in a truck, and shot there. This type of activity cannot certainly be countenanced by the courts even in the case of disturbed areas. If the police had information that terrorists were gathering at a particular place and if they had surprised them and arrested them, the proper course for them was to deal with them according to law. 'Administrative liquidation' was certainly not a course open to them." People's Union for Civil Liberties (petitioner) against Union of India (respondents) 1997 (3) SCC p.433

India: Domestic and International Human Rights [Published Scoop - May 22 2013]

...required to disclose support received from other sources," which extended to support from unspecified governments and other institutions, because "the absence of clear disclosures could put in doubt the perceived independence of mandate holders." [10]

U.N. Human Rights Experts: More Transparency and Accountability Required [on Richard Falk] [Published Campus Watch - May 21 2013]

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Myanmar: Police Who Attacked Protestors Must Be... [Published Scoop - 9 hours ago]
Chasing votes - Debate over prisoner votes grow... [Published Holyrood - 11 hours ago]
Formosa Triangle is the Devil’s Sea [Published Malaya Business Insight - 13 hours ago]
Regional information seminars to raise awarenes... [Published OSCE - 16 hours ago]
Council of Europe Commissioner releases stateme... [Published InterpressNews - 18 hours ago]
Boycotters, You are Targetting the Wrong Country [Published Israel National News - 22 hours ago]
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India: Domestic and International Human Rights [Published Scoop - May 22 2013]
Editorial Board: Burmese president’s visit give... [Published Washington Post - May 22 2013]
U.N. Human Rights Experts: More Transparency an... [Published Campus Watch - May 21 2013]
Anti-Israel UN Human Rights Official Can't Be F... [Published Campus Watch - May 21 2013]
Poverty on the rise amid increasing unemploymen... [Published Daily Star Egypt - May 21 2013]
Kony’s LRA ‘has killed over 100,000′ [Published Japan Times - May 21 2013]
Olexiy Zhuravko participates in work of interna... [Published Government portal Ukraine - May 21 2013]
Subedi greeted by protesters [Published Khmerization - May 21 2013]
Nadler Demands Justice for Jacob Ostreicher [Published Jewish Press - May 21 2013]
Kony's LRA has killed more than 100,000 [Published BigPond News - May 21 2013]
Myanmar’s President Makes Historic, Divisive Vi... [Published Inter Press Service - May 21 2013]
Mixed message in Myanmar president's US visit [Published Deutsche Welle - May 20 2013]
Kony's LRA has killed more than 100,000: UN (AFP) [Published Yahoo!Xtra - May 20 2013]
Uganda: Kony's LRA has killed more than 100,000... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 20 2013]
Human Rights Groups Criticize Obama's Meeting W... [Published Yahoo! News - May 20 2013]
Qusayr resisting all-out attack [Published NOW News - May 20 2013]
White House playing a name game on Burma [Published Washington Post - May 20 2013]
Boko Haram Insurgents Run Out Of Supplies …As N... [Published The Tide Newspaper Online - May 20 2013]
Nigeria: Boko Haram - U.S. Cautions Nigerian Se... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Criminal responsibility for racism urgent all o... [Published Ukrinform - May 20 2013]
Czech Republic: Compensation for illegally ster... [Published Romano Vodi - May 20 2013]
Ban Ki-Moon Asks Boko Haram to Cease Attacks [Published AllAfrica.com - May 20 2013]
Guantanamo Force-Feeding Constitutes Torture [Published Boston IMC - May 20 2013]

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Subedi greeted by protesters [Published Khmerization - May 21 2013] Last Updated on 21 May 2013Phnom Penh PostBy Meas Sokchea and Joe FreemanSupporters of the Cambodian National Rescue Partyprotest yesterday, calling for fair and just elections at Phnom Penh’sFreedom Park. Photograph: Heng Chivoan/Phnom Penh PostThousands ...
UN Rights Chief Alarmed over Syrian Troop Buildup [Published The China Blog - May 10 2013] (BEIRUT) — The top U.N. human rights official expressed concern Friday that a Syrian troop buildup around a besieged, rebel-held town in western Syria could lead to more atrocities if the area is overrun. Qusair is strategically important to the regime ...
UN Rights Chief Alarmed over Syrian Troop Buildup [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - May 10 2013] (BEIRUT) — The top U.N. human rights official expressed concern Friday that a Syrian troop buildup around a besieged, rebel-held town in western Syria could lead to more atrocities if the area is overrun. Qusair is strategically important to the regime ...
Egypt risks drifting further away from human ri... [Published SocioLingo Africa - May 08 2013] GENEVA, Switzerland, May 8, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Thursday urged the Egyptian Government to take steps to ensure that...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for ...
Coming out in Cameroon leaves gay people at ris... [Published Raw Story - May 05 2013] When Fabrice was brutally outed by his uncle, the young Cameroonian was immediately evicted from his rented room in the port city of Douala.“I had always managed to hide my homosexuality until the day my uncle beat me up in public,” he said, after seeing ...

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Pursuing Climate Justice with Mary Robinson and... [Published UC Television - YouTube - May 13 2013]
Climate Justice with Mary Robinson [Published UC Television - YouTube - May 08 2013]
Davos 2013 - (BBC) Is Democracy Winning? [Published World Economic Forum - YouTube - Feb 13 2013]
Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on human ri... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Jan 25 2013]
Ben Emmerson, UN special rapporteur on human ri... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - Jan 24 2013]