The “Moscow Mechanism,” adopted in 1991, provides OSCE member states the option of sending expert missions to assist participating states in resolving a particular question or problem on human rights, according to the organization’s website. . According to the Helsinki..…

Referring to CNRP, he accused officials in IPU's Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians of being extremists.. IPU Committee on Human Rights of Parliamentarians is following around 500 cases of MPs worldwide whose rights being infringed,..…

A 2014 United Nations Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea also concluded that systematic, widespread, and gross human rights violations committed by the North Korean government constituted crimes against humanity. ..…

Human Rights Watch, and other organizations such as the International Commission of Jurists, have found that military courts in Egypt are inherently unfair for reasons that undermine the very essence of due process. ..…

Across the region, he said he hoped Japan and Malaysia – which has been taking a more robust stance on human rights under the new Mahathir administration – would take the lead on the governmental front. ASEAN’s Committee on Women and Children might also take up the cudgel. . ..…

Justice has finally prevailed,” said veteran rights activist and former president of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, I A Rehman. ..…

Sirisena government made international commitments for justice and reconciliation, pledging at United Nations Human Rights Council in 2015 to ensure accountability for conflict-related abuses. Human Rights Commission functioned independently, and Office of..…

They will only make us less competitive in the global economy, and strip us of any standing to advocate for the rule of law and human rights around the world. . Sarah O’Hagan is chair emeritus of the International Rescue Committee and board chair of the Fuller Project. . . . . . ...…

Nang Htwe Hmone, 53, has been in politics for the past 29 years, since joining the SNLD in 1989, and is now a member of her party’s central committee. She lives in Muse, in northern Shan State, and as a lawyer who fights for land and human rights. ..…

Human Rights Committee adopted General Comment no 36 on article 6 of International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on the right to life and tells countries that they must provide abortion... ... On March 28, Office of High Commissioner on Human Rights..…

The UN Human Rights Commission, addition to some of the most respected jurists in the world, including Baltasar Garzón and Hertha Däubler-Gmelin, have criticized the lack of evidence Judge Sergio Moro's ruling and cautioned against the behavior of Brazilian judiciary.. ..…

While human rights activists hailed the judgment, the religious Right warned of serious consequences. . Spokesman of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, I.A.Rehman welcomed the verdict and told The Telegraph: “The judiciary has upheld principles..…

In 2015 report, Violence Against LGBTI Persons, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found the number of LGBT deaths Brazil far surpass the number of killings reported in any other OAS member state.. ..…