The fifth and final session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine drew to a close in Brussels last week. Nobel Laureate Mairead Maguire, alongside fellow Tribunal judges, issued a call to action for civil society to hold Israel accountable to its international commitments and end crimes against ...read more
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Women testify to Inter-American System: Sexual violence in Atenco
Last week 11 women testified at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) in a public hearing on sexual torture perpetrated by police in San Salvador Atenco, Mexico. In 2006, while serving as governor, President Enrique Peña Nieto ordered a violent crackdown on these women and dozens of ...read more
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Don’t erode the Inter-American Human Rights System: Nobel Women
Update: On the eve of the review the Nobel Laureates sent an open letter to all leaders of OAS countries urging them to strengthen the Inter-American Human Rights system. View the letter and media release here.
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On International Women's Day 2013, women human rights defenders in Latin ...read more
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Take concrete measures to control international arms transfers: 18 Nobel Laureates
United Nations member states will meet in New York City next week for the second round of negotiation on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT). The March 18-29 gathering serves as a follow-up to the first round of negotiations held in July 2012 where delegates failed to address significant loopholes ...read more
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Women still suffering in Darfur ten years on
This year marks the 10th anniversary of the Darfur crisis, a genocide which has claimed the lives of an estimated 300,000 people and displacement of several millions others.
While the reported violence in Darfur has decreased in recent years, civilians in places such as Blue Nile and South ...read more
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Guatemalan human rights abuses by HudBay Mining to be heard in Canadian court
A case involving the murder of a Guatemalan community leader, as well as other violations including rape, is coming to a Canadian court on March 4th, possibly setting an important precedent for Canadian mining companies' accountability for human rights violations occurring abroad.
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Join us! Defending Dissent: When Land and Life are in Peril
Join us on March 5th for a unique evening of theater and lively discussion of environment and indigenous rights in Ottawa - Defending Dissent: When Life and Land are in Peril.
The event will begin with Toronto’s Aluna Theatre's unique staged reading of the play ‘The Last Walk of Adolfo Ich’ and ...read more
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Indigenous women mistreated by police in Canada: Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report today regarding the controversial treatment of missing and/or murdered Aboriginal women and girls in northern British Columbia by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. The report, entitled “Those Who Take Us Away: Abusive Policing and Failures in Protection of ...read more
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Rigoberta Menchú Tum commends ruling on trial of Rios Montt
Former dictator José Efrain Ríos Montt and former general José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez will stand trial in Guatemala for genocide and crimes against humanity. The evidence against the military leaders includes thousands of atrocities committed by the armed forces under their command from 1982 to ...read more
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Nobel Women’s Initiative Join Campaign to Stop Rape at African Union Summit
The Nobel Women’s Initiative just wrapped up an extraordinary trip to the 20th Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa as a part of the International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict delegation. A group of 25 women including grassroots activists from the Democratic Republic ...read more
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