Human Rights Law

Soviet times are long past, but Lyudmila Mikhailovna Alexeyeva, the 84-year-old grande dame of Russian human rights work, isn’t happy. On Friday, the lower house of Russia’s parliament – the State Duma – passed a controversial law imposing heavy …

Russian Human Rights envoy Konstantin Dolgov had expressed “great concern” about the situation in eastern Saudi Arabia following what he described as clashes between law enforcement and peaceful demonstrators in which two people were killed …

were screened to sensitize the top officials over human rights, which also involve implementation of the laws to stop manual scavenging and human trafficking, Justice Jha told mediapersons. Communication with senior administrative and police …

TRIPOLI, Jul 14 2012 (IPS) – “The human rights situation in Libya now is far worse than under … torture and robbery as militia men continue to take the law into their hands. Despite the interim National Transitional Council’s (NTC) … Continue reading →

Human Rights Watch said. Under Law 38 on some special procedures, passed on May 2, 2012, the Interior and Defense Ministries were required to refer all “supporters of the former regime” currently detained by militias, if there is sufficient …

We cannot hope for an HIV-free generation when we have laws that marginalize and punish those most vulnerable to the disease. A global commission of legal, human rights and HIV leaders recently released a report that showed punitive laws were … Continue reading →

The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill sailed through the committee stage … We should not use emotions when crafting laws,” Redcliff representative Cde Isheunesu Muza said. Minister Chinamasa said it was common practice in observing the rule of …

Russian Human Rights envoy Konstantin Dolgov had expressed “great concern” about the situation in eastern Saudi Arabia following what he described as clashes between law enforcement and peaceful demonstrators in which two people were killed and more …

We call on the Government to ensure the consistency of the proposed new law, the National Harmony Act, with international human rights standards. There have been concerns in the past about the way in which some reforms have been rapidly … Continue reading →

Anti-ECHR campaigners say the case is the latest twisting of human rights laws by the politically correct judges. UKIP MEP Paul Nuttall said: “These European judges must be on another planet. What a waste of time, effort and money.” The … Continue reading →