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Enforced disappearances: UN expert body to study more than 400 cases from over 30 countries

GENEVA (1st November 2012) – The United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances* started reviewing more than 400 cases of enforced disappearances. These include a number of cases under its urgent action procedure and information on newly-submitted cases,… Continue Reading →

Filipino Supreme Court suspends cybercrime law

2:13pm | 9 October 2012 | by Michael Skinner The Filipino Supreme Court today issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against the newly enacted Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012. The TRO comes on the heels of large scale demonstrations, Blackout Tuesday,… Continue Reading →

Report on All India Convention against Sedition and Other Repressive Laws

The convention notes with serious concern that the law used by the British Raj to suppress the Freedom Movement remains part of our statutes. Its egregious use against all forms of dissent and protest including peasant activists, environmental movement, women,… Continue Reading →

Resist the silent emergency! Call for Action on June 26th 2012

Dear friends, On June 26,1975, Emergency was declared in India, robbing citizens of their basic democratic rights and ushering in a dark period of rampant human rights violations all over the country. Arrests of Indian citizens without charge or notification… Continue Reading →

Ghana: Of Women, Human Rights and Laws

By Mavis Otinkorang, 4 June 2012 Laws are meant to regulate society and protect the human rights of all citizens. The 1992 Fourth Republican Constitution has clear provisions guaranteeing the fundamental human rights of all citizens. Article 12 of the… Continue Reading →

Constructive Engagement Still Elusive at India’s Second Universal Periodic Review at the UN

New Delhi, May 29, 2012 India’s human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) under the mechanism of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on 24 May 2012 in Geneva. The review was marked by a general… Continue Reading →

POSCO–Pack up and go away -says (PPSS)

PPSS Update. Dhirendra Gourishyam Panda During the recent visit of South Korean ambassador to India Kim Joong Keun to Odisha, he said that POSO may reduce the capacity of production of the proposed steel plant in case they do not get… Continue Reading →

CSR: NHRC mulls ‘code of ethics’ for corporates

Wed May 2, 2012 4:09 am (PDT) New Delhi: Controversies over land acquisition and labour unrest involving big businesses have prompted the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) to come up with a “code of ethics” for corporates.A draft report in this respect has… Continue Reading →

Clarion Call to join for an Expose on Women and Poverty- May 10-13

In the Spring of 2012, from May 10th-13th, Women’s Economic Agenda Project (WEAP) will host the first-ever World Courts of Women on Poverty in the U.S. (WCW) to highlight the grassroots reality of the housing, jobs, and poverty crisis in this… Continue Reading →

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