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Swaziland: SWAZI JUDGE DEFENDS CONSTITUTION

27th February 2010
A Swaziland High Court judge has rewritten a law because it is denies women their human rights.
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UN says human rights violations could spread HIV/AIDS

1st December 2009
Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) warned Tuesday that human rights violations, compounded by limited or no access to health services, could significantly contribute to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Asia. The WHO's regional office in Manila urged countries to take drastic measures to protect the human rights of high-risk groups to ensure they have access to information and services needed for their protection, care and treatment.
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South Africa: New HIV recommendations to improve health, reduce infections and save lives

30th November 2009
30 November 2009 -- On the eve of World AIDS Day, WHO is releasing new recommendations on treatment, prevention and infant feeding in the context of HIV, based on the latest scientific evidence.
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SALC Vacancies: International Justice Lawyer

24th November 2009
International Justice Lawyer
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SALC Vacancies: Right to Information Fellow

24th November 2009
Right to Information Fellow
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ICC: UN General Assembly endorses Goldstone report

12th November 2009
On Thursday, November 5th, Member States at the United Nations adopted a resolution supporting the main recommendations of the Goldstone report. The report, which had already been approved by the UN Human Rights Council last October, raises accusations of war crimes committed in Gaza during the Israeli assault last winter.
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ICC: Al-Bashir cancels Turkey trip as OIC summit opens

10th November 2009
PRESIDENT Omar al-Bashir of Sudan, indicted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), has pulled out of an Islamic summit in Istanbul after the Turkish government had previously welcomed his attendance and said that he would not be arrested. He was to attend the summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) which began yesterday.
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DRC: War crimes trial to start

6th November 2009
The Hague - The war crimes trial of former Democratic Republic of Congo vice president and ex-rebel Jean-Pierre Bemba will start on April 27, the International Criminal Court said Thursday.
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ICC: Sudan's Bashir to visit Turkey despite warrant

4th November 2009
KHARTOUM, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir will visit Turkey next week for the first time since an international court asked for his arrest, government sources said, in a test of Ankara's support for international justice.
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Sudan cautiously welcomes proposals on Darfur

30th October 2009
Sudan's vice president on Thursday cautiously welcomed proposals from a panel of African leaders to end conflict in Darfur but said the question of a special court to try those charged with atrocities needed further discussion
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ICC: Gaza war crimes: Why did the PA stall the vote on the Goldstone Report?

30th October 2009
Hours before the UN Human Rights Council voted in Geneva to endorse the Goldstone Report, the Palestinian Authority (PA) bowed to US and Israeli pressure and agreed to defer the vote until March 2010.
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Africa backs Darfur crimes court

30th October 2009
African leaders have agreed to establish a new court to bring justice to the Sudanese region of Darfur. The hybrid court would consist of Sudanese and foreign judges appointed by the African Union in consultation with the Khartoum government.
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ICC: National Lawyers Guild Calls for Urgent Action on Goldstone Recommendations

30th October 2009
NEW YORK - October 30 - The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls on the United States not to block Security Council action on the Goldstone Report concerning war crimes and possible crimes against humanity committed in Gaza when it votes in the UN Security Council.
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ICC: Israel signals co-operation on Gaza inquiry

29th October 2009
Israel is moving closer to setting up its own inquiry into the recent Gaza war, in a move designed to ease international pressure without acceding to demands for a full-blown independent committee of investigation.
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ICC: The new US point man on war crimes: Stephen Rapp

29th October 2009
madrid - New US ambassador for war crimes Stephen Rapp knows firsthand what it takes to prosecute man's inhumanity to man. The former Iowa district attorney has already prosecuted participants in the Rwanda genocide and former Liberian strongman Charles Taylor.
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ICC: Human Rights Groups Urge Nigeria to Arrest Sudan's President

26th October 2009
A coalition of human rights groups is calling on Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashire when he comes to Nigeria this Thursday, October 29 to attend an African Union-sponsored talks on the crisis in Sudan's Darfur region.
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ICC: Nigeria: Yar'Adua asked to order Al-Bashir's arrest or.....

25th October 2009
Nigeria west africa - Four civil society organizations on Saturday asked Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua to use his 'position and leadership to ensure the immediate arrest of President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan", who is expected to attend the forthcoming African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council meeting on Darfur in Abuja, starting 29 October.
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Rights council adopts Gaza report

16th October 2009
The UN human rights council has endorsed the Goldstone report on Israel's war on Gaza, which accused the military of using disproportionate force as well as laying charges of war crimes on Israeli occupation forces and Hamas.
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UN to reopen debate on Gaza war crimes report (Roundup)

13th October 2009
The United Nations Human Rights Council said Tuesday it will hold a special session to debate the war crimes report of Justice Richard Goldstone later this week.
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Britain becomes Palestinian-Israeli legal battleground

2nd October 2009
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak had a narrow escape when he visited Britain earlier this week. Immediately prior to his meeting with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, a group of Palestinians attempted to use the court system to have him arrested for alleged war crimes. Their bid failed.
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UN delays action on Gaza war report

2nd October 2009
The UN today put off action on a report criticising Israel's actions during the war in Gaza after Palestinian leaders suddenly dropped their support for a resolution, apparently under heavy US pressure.
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United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict:The Goldstone Report

1st October 2009
Appointment of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict . On 3 April 2009, the President of the Human Rights Council established an international independent Fact Finding Mission with the mandate “to investigate all violations of international human rights law and international humanitarian law that might have been committed at any time in the context of the military operations that were conducted in Gaza during the period from 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, whether before, during or after.”
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Gaza report hobbled by diplomacy?

1st October 2009
The publication two weeks ago of a UN-commissioned report into alleged war crimes during Israel's January 2009 offensive on the Gaza Strip was always going to be controversial.
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DRC: ICC's trial of Congo militia leader raises questions and concerns in DRC

16th September 2009
The trial of militia leader Thomas Lubanga at the International Criminal Court in The Hague is being heavily criticized in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many fear that the process is merely a show trial for the ICC.
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