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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................... 1 Amnesty International's Concerns ..................................................................................... 3 BACKGROUND ......................................................................................................................... 5 Arrests and detentions ........................................................................................................ 7 ISRAEL AND THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES ................................................................ 9 Regulations governing detention ........................................................................................ 9 The Landau Commission and the failure of judicial safeguards ................................. 11 Extending the guidelines or exceptional dispensations? ................................................ 14 Methods of torture ............................................................................................................ 15 Torture and ill-treatment: the practice ............................................................................. 17 THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY .................................................................................... 22 Regulations governing detention ...................................................................................... 22 Arbitrary political detentions in the Gaza Strip .............................................................. -
Speak Truth to Power
SPEAK KERRY KENNEDY TRUTH FOTOGRAFÍAS DE EDDIE ADAMS TO POWER DEFIENDE LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS Material didáctico elaborado por el ROBERT F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS Basado en el libro de KERRY KENNEDY Speak Truth to Power Incluye el guión de la obra de teatro de ARIEL DORFMAN Voces desde la oscuridad “TODO LO QUE NO QUEREMOS VER, TODO AQUELLO DE LO QUE HUIMOS, TODO LO QUE NEGAMOS, DENIGRAMOS O DESPRECIAMOS, ACABA VENCIÉNDONOS. EN CAMBIO, TODO LO QUE PARECE DURO, DOLOROSO O MALO PUEDE CONVERTIRSE EN UNA FUENTE DE BELLEZA, ALEGRÍA O FUERZA SI NOS ENFRENTAMOS A ELLO CON LA MENTE ABIERTA” RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ “EL ARMA MÁS POTENTE EN PODER DEL OPRESOR ES LA MENTE DEL OPRIMIDO” STEVE BIKO “LA PAZ, EN SU SENTIDO DE AUSENCIA DE GUERRA, NO TIENE MUCHO VALOR PARA ALGUIEN QUE ESTÁ MUERTO DE HAMBRE O DE FRÍO. NO ALIVIA EL DOLOR DE UN PRISIONERO TORTURADO. LA PAZ SÓLO TIENE SENTIDO CUANDO LOS DERECHOS HUMANOS SON RESPETADOS, CUANDO LA GENTE TIENE ALIMENTO, CUANDO LOS INDIVIDUOS O LAS NACIONES SON LIBRES” DALAI LAMA “SI NO TOMAS PARTIDO ANTE LAS SITUACIONES DE INJUSTICIA, YA ESTÁS DEL LADO DEL OPRESOR. SI UN ELEFANTE PISA CON SU PATA EL RABO DE UN RATÓN Y TÚ LE DICES QUE ERES NEUTRAL, SEGURO QUE EL RATÓN NO TE AGRADECE TU NEUTRALIDAD” DESMOND TUTU “A VECES PIENSO: ¿QUÉ ESTOY HACIENDO? NO GANO NADA CON ELLO Y NO PARECE MUY EFECTIVO PARA EVITAR EL SUFRIMIENTO A MI ALREDEDOR... PERO, SI ME DOY LA VUELTA Y LO DEJO, NO HABRÁ NADIE QUE LO INTENTE” KA HSAW WA “SON LOS INNUMERABLES ACTOS DE CORAJE Y FE LOS QUE MUEVEN LA HISTORIA HUMANA. -
Attacks on Justice-July 1989 June 1990-Publications-1990-Eng
ATTACKS 0 JUSTICE The Harassment and Persecution of Judges and Lawyers July 1989-June 1990 E dited b y R eed Brody CENTRE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS of the INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS THE CENTRE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS (CIJL) The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers was created by the International Commis sion of Jurists in 1978 to counter serious inroads into the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession by: - promoting world-wide the basic need for an independent judiciary and legal profession; - organising support for judges and lawyers who are being harassed or persecuted. In pursuing these goals, the CIJL: - intervenes with governments in particular cases of harassment or persecution and, in some in stances, solicits the aid of a network of jurists and lawyers' organisations throughout the world to do likewise; - works with the United Nations in setting standards for the independence of judges and lawyers and the impartial administration of justice. The CIJL was instrumental in the formulation of the UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary adopted at the Seventh Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders in 1985 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly. It is now working with the UN on similar principles on the role of lawyers; - organises conferences and seminars on the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession. Regional seminars have been held in Central America, South America, South Asia, South-East Asia, East Africa, West Africa and the Caribbean. Several national seminars have also been organised. -
N. 22 Ottobre-Novembre-Dicembre 2007
XV legislatura OSSERVATORIO MEDITERRANEO E MEDIORIENTE Contributi di Istituti di ricerca specializzati n. 22 ottobre-novembre-dicembre 2007 XV legislatura OSSERVATORIO MEDITERRANEO E MEDIORIENTE A cura del Centro Studi Internazionali (CESI) n. 22 ottobre-novembre-dicembre 2007 Servizio Studi Servizio affari internazionali Direttore Direttore Daniele Ravenna tel. 06 6706_2451 Maria Valeria Agostini tel. 06 6706_2405 Segreteria _2451 Segreteria _2989 _2629 _3666 Fax 06 6706_3588 Fax 06 6706_4336 PRESENTAZIONE Il presente fascicolo fa parte di una serie di rapporti periodici e di studi realizzati in collaborazione con istituti di ricerca specializzati in campo internazionale in un'ottica pluralistica. Con essi ci si propone di integrare la documentazione prodotta dal Servizio Studi e dal Servizio Affari internazionali, fornendo ai Senatori membri delle Commissioni Affari esteri e Difesa ed ai componenti le Delegazioni parlamentari italiane presso le Assemblee degli Organismi internazionali una visione periodicamente aggiornata dei principali eventi e del dibattito in relazione a due temi di grande attualità e delicatezza: rispettivamente i rapporti fra Europa e Stati Uniti e la situazione nei paesi del Mediterraneo e del Medio Oriente allargato. L'Osservatorio Mediterraneo e Medio Oriente, oggetto del presente dossier, ha periodicità trimestrale ed è curato dal Centro Studi Internazionali (CeSI) per il Senato. Esso si articola in una introduzione, che fornisce il "quadro d'assieme" dei principali eventi verificatisi nel corso del trimestre nell'intera area, cui fanno seguito note sintetiche relative ad ogni singolo paese, in cui compaiono, accanto agli avvenimenti di importanza internazionale, anche numerosi accadimenti di minor rilievo, capaci di incidere sui processi politici in atto. OSSERVATORIO MEDITERRANEO E MEDIORIENTE Ottobre-Novembre-Dicembre 2007 2 INDICE Introduzione p. -
Nowhere to Turn Report
NOWHERE TO TURN: THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA AND TINDOUF REFUGEE CAMPS NOWHERE TO TURN: THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA AND TINDOUF REFUGEE CAMPS ROBERT F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS 2 NOWHERE TO TURN: THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE FAILURE TO MONITOR HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATIONS IN WESTERN SAHARA AND TINDOUF REFUGEE CAMPS I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS The Sahrawi are the indigenous people of Western Sahara, who descended from Berber and Arab tribes.1 The following is a report on the human rights situation facing the Sahrawi people who reside in the disputed territory of Western Sahara under Moroccan control and in the Sahrawi refugee camps near Tindouf, Algeria. Much of the information contained in this report is based on information gained from interviews and meetings during a visit to the region of an international delegation led by the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights (RFK Center). For nearly 40 years, both the Kingdom of Morocco and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Saguía el Hamra and Río de Oro (POLISARIO Front) have claimed sovereignty over Western Sahara, a former Spanish colony. After years of armed conflict, in 1991 the United Nations (UN) established the Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO), a peacekeeping mission to oversee the cease-fire between the Kingdom of Morocco and the POLISARIO Front and to organize and ensure a referendum on self-determination. Today, 22 years after the establishment of MINURSO, the referendum has yet to take place. -
The Harassment and Persecution Judges and Lawyers
CENTRE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS SMK The Harassment and Persecution of Judges and Lawyers January 1988 - June 1989 Edited by Reed Brody INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS THE CENTRE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES AND LAWYERS (CIJL) The Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers was created by the Inter national Commission of Jurists in 1978 to counter serious inroads into the indepen dence of the judiciary and the legal profession by: - promoting world-wide the basic need for an independent judiciary and legal pro fession; - organising support for judges and lawyers who are being harassed or persecuted. In pursuing these goals, the CIJL: - intervenes with governments in particular cases of harassment or persecution and, in some instances, solicits the aid of a network of jurists and lawyers' organisations throughout the world to do likewise; - works with the United Nations in setting standards for the independence of judges and lawyers and the impartial administration of justice. The CIJL was instrumental in the formulation of the UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary adopted at the Seventh Congress on the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders in 1985 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly. It is now working with the UN on similar principles on the role of lawyers; - organises conferences and seminars on the independence of the judiciary and the legal profession. Regional seminars have been held in Central America, South America, South Asia, South-East Asia, East Africa, West Africa and the Caribbean. Several national seminars have also been organised. These seminars bring to gether judges, lawyers, government officials, activists and academics to discuss obstacles to the implementation of the U.N. -
The 37Th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan The 37th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Dushanbe 2010 BBK 86.38+87.717+87.3 (2Tadis) K-64 The 37th Session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers Edited by Hamrokhon Zarifi The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Repulic of Tajikistan Dushanbe, “Vizaprint”, 2010, 172 pages, illustrated Series: Tajikistan Foreign Policy ISBN 978-99947-801-6-7 © Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Tajikistan 2010 Introduction The Republic of Tajikistan, which pursues an «open door» foreign policy, is a member of many international and regional organizations and makes continuous efforts to develop closer and integrated relationship and cooperation with member states of these organizations. In this context, after gaining the state independence, the Republic of Tajikistan placed a particular emphasis on the issues of restoring and strengthening friendly and partnership relations with Muslim countries and took necessary measures in further developing these ties both on bilateral and multilateral levels. The Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) as an effective mechanism of multilateral relations among Muslim countries is becoming increasingly important in the process of ensuring well-being and development of its member states, as well as bringing peace and stability in the Islamic world. Today, OIC as a collective voice of the Islamic world is urged to provide Muslim solidarity in social, economic and political spheres. The Organization is the guarantor of protection of interests of the Islamic world in the spirit of promoting international peace and harmony among nations around the globe. -
US Islamic World Forum 2013
US-Islamic World Forum Participant Information Brief CONFIRM Total Participants 247 No. Of Countries 31 No. Of Organizations 1 S Name Country Partici. Type Position Place of Work 1 H.E. Hamid Karzai Afghanistan* Speaker President of the Country 2 HE.Dr. Zalmai Rassoul Afghanistan* Participant Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs 3 HE.Dr. Rangin Dadfar Spanta Afghanistan* Participant -Minister & National Security Advisor 4 H.E. Ibrahim Spinzada Afghanistan* Participant -Deputy National Security Advisor 5 H.E. Hamid Siddiq Afghanistan* Participant -Chief of Protocol Ministry of Foreign Affairs 6 H.E. Mohammad Qasim Hemmat Participant -Charge d'affaires Embassy of Afghanistan in Afghanistan* Doha 7 Ms. Humira Ludin Etemadi Participant -Deputy Director Office of the Presidency of Afghanistan* the Republic 8 Mr. Nazir Hussain Rahimi Afghanistan* Participant -Secretary Presidency of the Republic 9 Mr. Timor Alam Afghanistan* Companion -Doctor of the President 10 Mr. Shahir Binwa Afghanistan* Participant - Protocol Department 11 Mr. Mohamed Yassin Haidary Afghanistan* Participant - Protocol Department 12 Mr. Mohamed Dawood Tayeb Afghanistan* Participant - Presidency of the Republic 13 Mr. Mohammad Zaki Bashiry Afghanistan* Participant - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 14 Mr. Mahbooburahman Daudzai Afghanistan* Participant - Ministry of Foreign Affairs 15 Mr. Meer Abduljabar Rahimi Afghanistan* Participant - Protocol Department 16 Mr. Khairullah Safiy Afghanistan* Participant - Protocol Department 17 Mr. Khaja Masoom Sharif Afghanistan* Participant - Presidency of the Republic 18 Mr. Mirwais Rahmani Afghanistan* Participant - Presidency of the Republic 19 Mr. Ahmad Jawd Fawad Afghanistan* Security -Security Presidency of the Republic 20 Mr. Najibullah Boble Afghanistan* Press -Media Presidency of the Republic 21 Mr. Javed Wali Afghanistan* Press -Media Presidency of the Republic 22 Mr. -
25 Th Session of the COMCEC
OIC/COMCEC/25-09/REP COMCEC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the Organization of the Islamic Conference REPORT TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE COMCEC AND COMCEC ECONOMIC SUMMIT İstanbul, 5-9 November 2009 COMCEC Coordination Office Ankara, November 2009 Address: COMCEC Coordination Office State Planning Organization Necatibey Cad. 108 Ankara-TURKEY Phone : 90-312-294 55 10 Fax : 90-312-294 55 77 Website: http://www.comcec.org e-mail : comcec @ dpt.gov.tr TABLE OF CONTENTS P A R T O N E Page RESOLUTIONS OF THE OIC FORMING THE BASIS AND GUIDING THE ACTIVITIES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL COOPERATION OF THE OIC I. Resolution adopted at the Third Islamic Summit Conference Establishing the Standing Committees of the OIC chaired by Heads of States .......................................... 9 II. Final Communique of the Fourth Islamic Summit Conference Entrusting the Chairmanship of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation to the President of the Republic of Turkey ............................. 11 III. Resolution No. 1/11-E (IS) on the Activities of the Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC) .................................................... 12 P A R T T W O LIST OF BASIC DOCUMENTS AND REPORT OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL COOPERATION I. List of Basic Documents Considered and/or Presented at the Twenty-fifth Session of the COMCEC.......................... 23 II. Report of the Twenty-fifth Session of the COMCEC.......... 29 3 Page A N N E X E S 1. List of Participants of the Twenty-fifth Session of the COMCEC..................................................................................... -
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights Visionaries in Action (VIA) Monthly Newsletter July 2004
Stanley Tretick Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights Visionaries In Action (VIA) Monthly Newsletter July 2004 “Few will have the greatness to bend history; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.” RFK 1966 This is a monthly newsletter that gives you a brief report, summarizing the work of our Robert F. Kennedy program officers. The mission of the RFK Center for Human Rights is to support the work of its Human Rights Award laureates. We work as partners with the laureates to help them achieve the change they are seeking. We campaign and advocate, in various forums with Congress, the State Department, United Nations and international financial institutions, heightening awareness of injustices and encouraging international organizations and corporations to adopt polices that ensure respect for law. We maintain close effective working relationships with our laureates, to ensure that significant tangible progress is being made in their specific goals and actions. This publication informs you of what we do as an organization, as an active force, to promote the change our laureates seek. Lucas Benitez, Julia Gabriel, & Romeo Ramirez (2003 - USA) Coalition of Immokalee Workers • Modern-day slavery and hyper-exploitation of migrant workers in U.S. agricultural industry On July 22, the Center for speakers appealed to Human Rights (CHR) organized a Representatives to sign briefing in the U.S. Capitol at on to a letter that will which five members of the CIW – be sent in August to including two of the 2003 RFK Yum Brands, Inc. -
General Assembly A/HRC/7/14/Add.1 25 February 2008
UNITED NATIONS A Distr. GENERAL General Assembly A/HRC/7/14/Add.1 25 February 2008 ENGLISH/FRENCH/SPANISH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Agenda Item 3 PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF ALL HUMAN RIGHTS, CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT The right to freedom of opinion and expression Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Ambeyi Ligabo Addendum Summary of cases transmitted to Governments and replies received ∗ ∗∗ ∗ The present document is being circulated as received, in the languates of submission only, as it greatly exceeds the word limitations currently imposed by the relevant General Assembly Resolutions ∗∗ The present report was submitted later than the indicated deadline, in order to incorporate the latest available information on the subject matter A/HRC/7/14/Add.1 Page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page Introduction 1-6 5 SUMMARY OF CASES TRANSMITTED AND REPLIES 7-778 7 RECEIVED Afghanistan ……………………………………………………… 7-12 6 Algeria …………………………………………………………… 13-16 7 Angola …………………………………………………………… 17-19 8 Argentina ………………………………………………………… 20-22 9 Azerbaijan ……………………………………………………….. 23-27 9 Bahrain …………………………….…………………………….. 28-40 11 Bangladesh ………………………………………………………. 41-50 15 Bhutan……………………………………………………………. 51 19 Bolivia …………………………………………………………… 52-54 19 Brazil …………………………………………………………….. 55-57 20 Bulgaria …………………………………………………………... 58-61 21 Cambodia…………………………………………………………. 62-68 22 Cameroon…………………………………………………………. 69-70 25 Chad ……………………………………………………………… 71-72 25 Chile ……………………………………………………………… 73-75 26 China ………………………………………….………………….. 76-132 27 Colombia ……………………………………….………………… 133-157 42 Congo (Republic of the) ………………………………………….. 158-160 51 Côte d’Ivoire ……………………………………………………… 161-162 51 Cuba ……………………………………………………………… 163-168 52 Democratic Republic of the Congo ……………………………… 169-183 54 Djibouti …………………………………………….…………….. 184-186 58 Dominican Republic ……………………………………………... 187-188 59 Ecuador…………………………………………………………… 189-190 59 Egypt ……………………………………………….……………. -
2013 Annual Report of the Robert F
EXPOSE INJUSTICE. TEACH CHANGE. RIGHT WRONG. HEAL PAIN. JOIN US. ANNUAL REPORT 2013 DEAR FRIENDS, 2013 marked the Robert F. Kennedy Center’s 45th anniversary. For almost WHERE DID WE GO? half a century, we have sought to continue Robert Kennedy’s dream of a more just, peaceful, and compassionate world, and we are so proud of all that we have achieved. But while we celebrate our past, we continue to look to the future with the launch of our 2013-2018 legacy campaign, which will ensure that our work continues for decades to come. The 30th Annual As part of landmark Village of LWALA, KENYA That work brought impressive results in 2013. We successfully urged the Human Rights Award efforts to ensure access to sees a 50% reduction in Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to protect 80 Dominicans of Haitian descent—including 30 children—from a xenophobic government- honors its firstEGYPTIAN education for indigenous infant mortality thanks to led effort to strip them of their citizenship and render them stateless. defender, Ragia Omran people, RFK Center RFK Health eVillages We delivered human rights education to more than a million students (SEE PAGE 5) delegation builds a school (SEE PAGE 16) worldwide, including to one out of every nine children in Sweden and to in BUENA VISTA, a village children in every province of Italy. We secured $105 million dollars from in the poorest state in the BP’s Deepwater Horizon settlement agreement to fund medical clinics for poorest region of Mexico underserved communities along the Gulf Coast, including the Robert F.