A few days ago, I had a strange moment of “enlightenment” that I would like to share with you. All of a sudden, I realized that I have never...
2009 Press Releases
Press Releases
“Flawed enforcement of court decisions undermines the trust in State justice” says Commissioner Hammarberg
Cases of non-enforcement of domestic judicial decisions are raised in a great number of complaints to the Strasbourg Court of human rights. Among countries with such cases are Albania,...
According to the group of UN independent experts, enforced disappearance is a terrible practice that “affects many people worldwide, and has a particular impact on women and children.” Women...
“We don’t have to be tolerant all the time.” While reading this statement I had an interesting flashback. I remembered the entrance of an interesting nightclub in London. I...
2009 Press Releases
Press Releases
“Serious implementation of human rights standards requires defined benchmarking indicators” says Commissioner Hammarberg
They make it easier to hold governments accountable for the realisation of human rights and also help highlight success through accurate criteria.” “Disaggregated data based on gender, ethnicity, sexual...
The program enables democracy activists, practitioners, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change. Dedicated to...
However, the Bush administration argued that Guantanamo was foreign soil; therefore, US courts would have “no jurisdiction where the US was not sovereign.” Hence the government concluded that those...
The 67-page report, “‘They Want Us Exterminated’: Murder, Torture, Sexual Orientation and Gender in Iraq,” documents a wide-reaching campaign of extrajudicial executions, kidnappings, and torture of gay men that...
A gap still exists between the rights proclaimed in human rights treaties and the reality in member states. Closing this implementation gap is crucial for all human rights work...
Still, the reality faced by indigenous peoples is all too often far from the human rights principles contained in the Declaration and in human rights treaties. We must step...