Article 41: Respect for higher standards

PAKISTAN: Nine-month-old baby accused of attempted murder
7/Apr/2014 News
Police in Lahore province charge baby with planning a murder, threatening police and interfering with state affairs.
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DISCRIMINATION: Respect for the human rights of Roma is an unfulfilled promise, say activists
7/Apr/2014 News
On the eve of International Roma Day on 8 April, human rights group documents the discrimination that still continues against Roma people.
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SYRIA: More than 150,000 killed in conflict, say activists
3/Apr/2014 News
More than 150,000 people, including nearly 7,985 children, have been killed in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011, a monitoring group has said.
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UK: First female genital mutilation prosecutions announced
21/Mar/2014 News
The first UK prosecutions over female genital mutilation have been announced by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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SYRIA: UN Security Council 'bears responsibility' for war crimes in Syria
6/Mar/2014 News
UN appointed human rights commission calls out all sides involved in conflict in Syria, as well UN Security Council, for allowing violence to continue.
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OPT: ‘Honor killings’ doubled in 2013, says official
6/Mar/2014 News
Women's rights groups say that the rise in killings stems from economic difficulties in OPT and social acceptance of violence against women.
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USA: Executions are suspended by Governor in Washington
12/Feb/2014 News
Death penalty gets suspended in Washington by the state governor, in a move to engage officials to "join a growing national conversation about capital punishment."
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Kathmandu School of Law
19/Dec/2013 Organisation
Strengtheing juvenile justice.KSL
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