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2 天之前 · October 16, 2024 08:41:40 am. Over 40 Human Rights groups warned Poland’s Premier Minister Donald Tusk against implementing his plan to temporarily suspend the right to claim asylum in an open letter on Monday. Among the groups are Amnesty International, several Asylum Law organizations and the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation.
Beyond the Taliban's Shadow: Forging a Path to Justice in …
20 小时之前 · More than three years since the military takeover by Taliban in 2021, Afghanistan remains engulfed in a severe human rights crisis. Extrajudicial killings, public executions, flogging in stadiums, and other forms of corporal punishment, arbitrary detentions, torture and disappearances of former government officials, members of the national security forces, judges, lawyers, human rights ...
The UN Security Council Conundrum: Reforming a Flawed but Vital ...
19 小时之前 · On October 18, 1929, The Privy Council of the United Kingdom declared that women were considered "persons" under the laws of Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada had held in Edwards v.Canada that women were not considered "persons" under Canada's governing law, the British North America Act.The Privy Council overturned this ruling, declaring "that the exclusion of women from all public offices ...
States urged to strengthen human rights protections in Global ...
23 小时之前 · On the eve of the COP16 biodiversity summit, set for October 21 to November 1 in Cali, Colombia, Amnesty International called Thursday for states to strengthen human rights protection in the Global Biodiversity Framework.. COP 16 is the sixteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties, the governing body to the Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty adopted at the Earth ...
ECHR rules Italy did not violate rights convention by refusing to ...
22 小时之前 · The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday that Italy did not violate the European Convention on Human Rights by determining that an inmate’s life sentence should not be reduced to 30 years. The court found that the applicant, Ferdinando Cesarano could not legitimately have expected to receive any other penalty than “life imprisonment without daytime isolation.”
ECHR rules Russia violated freedom of expression - JURIST
2 天之前 · In July 2022, UN human rights experts also criticized Russia’s use of “foreign agents” laws to suppress freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly. Russia withdrew from the convention on September 16, 2022. The ECHR has agreed to continue assessing cases regarding Russian convention violations that were lodged before the country’s ...
Europe rights court upholds Spain’s 2020 May Day protest ban
20 小时之前 · The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday in the case Central Unitaria de Traballadores/as v. Spain, upholding Spain’s decision to ban a May Day demonstration during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.. The court determined that the restriction on the trade union’s right to assembly was justified due to the extreme public health risks posed by the pandemic.
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4 天之前 · October 14, 2024 04:46:01 pm. An 80-year old ex-officer of East Germany’s Stasi secret police force was sentenced to 10 years in prison Monday by the Berlin Regional Court for the murder of Czeslaw Kukuczka in 1974. The 10-year sentence was lower than the 12 years demanded by prosecutors.
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World Justice Project index paints picture of global rule of law in ...
2022年10月26日 · The World Justice Project (WJP) Wednesday released its 2022 Rule of Law Index. For the fifth year in a row, the majority of countries experienced a decline in the rule of law. 85 out of 140 countries, accounting 61 percent and 4.4 billion people, saw a decline in rule of law. 52 countries, or 39 percent, saw overall improvement.