Human Rights Law 
Ben Emmerson: The European Court of Human Rights enhances our democracy – The Independent
The European Court of Human Rights is once more under attack. In an intervention yesterday, triggered, in part, by the debate over voting rights for prisoners, Lord Hoffmann, the former law lord, called on the Government to consider withdrawing from … Continue reading
Support by UN, US and maybe NZ for ethical human rights approach to replace neoliberalism. – Bay Area Indymedia
The exclusion of children’s rights from human rights law indicates, in my view, that children are seriously devalued in New Zealand society and this view is supported by the shocking social statistics (see NZ Social Statistics: too toxic for …
College students to get lessons on anti-ragging laws, human rights – Hindustan Times
College students in the district will have the opportunity to learn legal tricks from experts. To spread awareness about human rights among students, especially girls, the district legal services authority (DLSA) will hold workshops in various …
Farce of the equality quango: Staff can’t be sacked because they might be black – Daily Mail
Staff at the Government’s equality quango are insisting they cannot be sacked – because it would break equality laws. The Equality and Human Rights Commission is set to cut worker numbers by half as a result of budget cuts. But … Continue reading
U.S. human-rights measure puts Russia on notice – Toledo Blade
The Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act would deny American visas to corrupt officials and human-rights violators and freeze their U.S. bank accounts. Prompted by a notorious quarter-billion-dollar corruption scandal in Russia …
EU slams Israel’s ‘human rights violations’ – YNET News
The principles of human rights, deep democracy, and international law should be the main principles in EU-Israel relations and must steer any enhancement of its trade relations with Israel,” the rights groups said in a joint statement.
Multi-sectoral human rights monitoring body pushed in Bukidnon – Minda News
Participants cited the lack of a wider multi-sectoral body to monitor human rights issues in the province as one of the challenges in the area. The dialogue, initiated by the Alternative Law Group (ALG), is a follow up to a … Continue reading
Moammar Khadafy’s death may trouble human rights groups – but for Libya, it was necessary – New York Daily News
In return for truthful testimony, perpetrators were given amnesty. Under the normal rule of law, truth is only a means for achieving justice, not an end in itself. The real end is determining guilt and assigning punishment. But in war … Continue reading
Fr. Frank Pavone Back on the Front Line of the Fundamental Human Rights Movement of our Age: The Right to Life – Catholic Online
Let me explain. The great human rights movement of our age is the struggle to restore to the Civil and positive law of this Nation – and the rest of the nations – the legal recognition of the fundamental Human … Continue reading
Human Rights Watch seeks probe into Assam ethnic violence – rediff.com
In a statement, the Human Rights Watch said the Indian security forces should abide by the United Nations basic principles on the use of force and firearms, which call upon law enforcement officials, including members of the armed forces …
