Full Coverage: Human Rights

12/28/2006 Jabala’s Safe Migration Project gets panchayats in West Bengal to keep track of women who migrate into urban areas, providing a safety net for women who get trapped into sex work or slave labour.

12/28/2006 Inaugurating the Dalit-Minority International Conference in New Delhi on Wednesday, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said it was necessary to make a distinction between the problems faced by Dalits and those by minorities.

12/27/2006 Nevladinata organizacija OHO gi pretstavi, po devetti pat, Eko kalendarite i priracnicite nameneti za ucenicite i nastavnicite od podgotvitelnata i oddelenska nastava od osnovnite ucilista vo Makedonija.

12/27/2006 Holland-based NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has said violence or its threat appears to have a large impact on the psychological health of people in the trouble-torn State.

12/26/2006 Global poverty estimates report the number of people living on less than $1 or $2 a day. But purchasing power (dis)parities suggest that it could be more accurate to say that the poor in countries like India are living on less than $0.20 or $0.40 a day, says Aseem Shrivastava

12/26/2006 People in South Asia overwhelmingly support democracy, except in Pakistan, where about half the respondents in a survey said that democratic or non-democratic forms of government made no difference to them.

12/22/2006 NEW YORK, Dec 22 (OneWorld) - Death penalty opponents and human rights organizations are hailing Florida governor Jeb Bush's decision this week to temporarily halt all executions in his state.

12/22/2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 22 (OneWorld) - Human rights groups reacted with skepticism Thursday after military prosecutors charged eight Marines in the November 2005 killings of 24 Iraqi civilians in the western Iraqi town of Haditha.

12/22/2006 In a press conference on Friday, Indian NGOs urged the government to do more to involve survivors of the 2004 tsunami in decisions related to rehabilitation to make the reconstruction effort a success. The NGOs had gathered under an ActionAid initiative to launch a report in Indian capital New Delhi.

12/22/2006 The Lok Janshakti Party of India is organising the Dalit and Minorities International Conference on the theme "Power to the Powerless" in the current Indian socio-political and socio-economic scenario. The meet will be held on December 27th and 28th, 2006 at G.M.C. Bal Yogi Auditorium, Parliament Library Building in New Delhi.

12/22/2006 A professor of philosophy and law at the University of Chicago, Martha Nussbaum has made a significant contribution in promoting the capabilities approach to development, which regards central human capabilities (such as the ability to live a full life, engage in recreational activities and participate in politics) as the framework for development.

12/21/2006 Movimientos feministas y de combate de la violencia contra la mujer en México esperan que con la aprobación, la semana pasada, por el Senado de la República, de la Ley General de Acceso a una Vida Libre de Violencia, haya más justicia y menos impunidad.

12/21/2006 Euroopan parlamentin kehitysasioiden komitea hyväksyi tänään päätöslauselman, jossa Intian hallitusta kehotetaan lopettamaan daliteihin eli "koskemattomiin" kohdistuva väkivalta ja laajalle levinnyt syrjintä. Komitea on huolestunut, koska poliisi kieltäytyy jatkuvasti rekisteröimästä ja ratkaisemasta daliteja vastaan tehtyjä rikoksia.

12/21/2006 "Kun investoidaan vammaiseen ihmiseen ja hänen koulutukseensa, luodaan pääomaa, jota ei hevin varasteta," suomalaisen vammaistyön konkari Ari Suutarla sanoo. Maailman väestöstä kymmenisen prosenttia on vammaisia. Näistä 600 miljoonasta ihmisestä kaksi kolmasosaa asuu kehitysmaissa, ja heistä yli puolet (260 miljoonaa) selviytyy alle dollarilla päivässä.

12/21/2006 Dalit and Minorities International Conference on "Power to the Powerless" in the Indian Socio- economic and political scenario to be held on December 27th and 28th, 2006 at G.M.C. Bal Yogi Auditorium, Parliament Library Building, New Delhi.

12/21/2006 A resolution was adopted today by the Committee on Development of the European Parliament urging the Government of India to stop the violence against Dalits (formerly called ‘Untouchables’) and the widespread practices of untouchability.

12/20/2006 Sono numerosi i rapporti di varie organizzazioni internazionali sulle torture in Cecenia che vengono definite "sistematiche", ma non sembrano scalfire la sensibilità internazionale - riporta l'Osservatorio sui Balcani. Human Rights Watch, in un rapporto pubblicato lo scorso 13 novembre, sostiene che “la tortura e i maltrattamenti durante la detenzione in Cecenia sono sistematici”. I responsabili, secondo l’organizzazione, sono soprattutto le forze filo-russe del primo ministro ceceno Kadyrov, ma anche l’ORB-2, un ufficio investigativo del ministero federale dell’interno. Le violenze della polizia russa e l’impunità di cui gode sono il tema di un lungo rapporto di Amnesty International del 22 novembre che nota come "il problema evidentemente non è limitato alla Cecenia: la procura russa, responsabile delle indagini relative a casi di tortura da parte della polizia è stata criticata dalla Corte europea dei diritti umani per la sua inefficacia".

12/20/2006 Grupa Queeria promovisala je u utorak, 20. decembra kalendar pod nazivom Friends:Prijatelji, koji je nastao kao aktivistički odgovor na nasilje i nepravdu kojima su izložene osobe koje su na razne načine Drugačije u odnosu na dominantne društvene obrasce.

12/20/2006 Ihmisoikeusjärjestö Survival International on tyytyväinen Botswanan hallituksen tiistaisesta ilmoituksesta olla valittamatta korkeimman oikeuden tekemästä san-kansaa eli bushmaneja koskevasta päätöksestä. Hallitus lupasi myös pyrkiä toteuttamaan oikeuden päätöksen sen hengen mukaisesti.

12/20/2006 Suomen kausi Euroopan unionin puheenjohtajamaana ei vastannut sille asetettuihin toiveisiin, sanoo ihmisoikeusjärjestö Amnesty International. EU:n ihmisoikeuspolitiikan toimintatavat eivät edelleenkään ole linjassa unionin omien lupausten kanssa. Ihmisoikeudet ovat unionin perusarvoja, joita se on sitoutunut edistämään sekä jäsenmaiden sisällä että ulkosuhteissaan. Käytännössä tämä ei toteudu.