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NEWS RELEASE: SETBACK FOR INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY AS COURT RULES THAT SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINAL ENTITLED TO REFUGEE STATUS

Pretoria: On Friday, 26 September 2014, the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria ruled that Rwandan General Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa is entitled to refugee status in South Africa, despite a…
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29 September 2014
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The alien tort statute lives-corporate complicity in acts of torture in Iraq challenged in a US court

Aligning business practices with respect for human rights is a global challenge. On 26 June 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) passed a resolution to establish an open-ended intergovernmental working…
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18 July 2014