Human Rights Council Monitor
View the Human Rights Council Monitor, 27 May-3 June 2013.
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Publications
PCHR Congratulates Sha’awan Jabarin, Director of Al-Haq, for having been elected as FIDH’s Vice-President
Mr. Karim Lahidgy, an Iranian lawyer, was elected as the FIDH President. Mr. Sha’awan Jabarin, Director of al-Haq, the pioneer of the human rights movement in Palestine, was elected as FIDH’s Vice-President.
13 NGOs at UN Human Rights Council: ‘Impunity Fuels Conflict in Syria’
In view of 23rd session of the UN Human Rights Council, a group of Human Rights organisations submitted two statements in which they gave a worrying account on the escalating human rights violations in Syria.
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PCHR refutes findings of Israeli committee concerning killing of Mohammed al-Durrah
The PCHR refutes the findings of the recently-published report from the Israeli Government Review Committee, titled ‘The France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and Implications’, released on 19 May 2013.
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Syria: Rights Activists Face Terrorism Charges
The international community should urge the Syrian authorities to release and drop all charges against a freedom of expression activist and two of his colleagues, 19 human rights organizations said today.
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Urgent action for Syrian women
The EMHRN is watching with mounting concern and dismays the serious violations of women’s and girls’ rights in Syria, especially those who have been displaced inside the country and sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
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No human rights mandate for MINURSO in Western Sahara!
The EMHRN regrets the UN Security Council decision not to extend the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) to human rights issues in the area.
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Kurd refugees from Syria Enough is enough! – Protest demonstration outside the Ministry of Interior
Enough is enough for Kurds from Syria and they have decided to demonstrate today, outside the Ministry of Interior, in order to see the Minister and ask for his intervention to solve the serious problems they are encountering.
Joint Statement by Palestinian, Israeli, and International Organisations Regarding Civil Compensation in Israeli Courts
Representatives of organisations, international lawyers and legal experts, came together to discuss the critical situation facing Palestinian victims who attempt to seek compensation for death, injury, and destruction of property.
Asylum Seeker Commits suicide – a result of the policies of the state leading to impoverishment!
A Kurd from Syria who came to Cyprus three months ago as he was persecuted by the Syrian regime and who applied for asylum committed suicide yesterday, leaving 4 children and his widow behind in Syria.