Summary: One-thousand Haitians left homeless after the earthquake have been evicted from their displacement camp with little or no prior warning, with those opposing the eviction being shot, beaten and arrested. Now, families with small children,...
Summary: Les centres de loisirs communautaires (CLC), ouverts suite au séisme pour répondre aux besoins directs de protection des enfants les plus vulnérables, ont entamé leur deuxième année de fonctionnement.
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Summary: Ce 6 juin a eu lieu, dans la capitale haïtienne, le lancement de la semaine consacrée aux droits des enfants. Cette activité organisée par l’Institut du Bien-être Social et de Recherche (IBESR), de concert avec le Fonds des Nations Unies...
Summary: Lax regulation and an endless demand by childless couples in the West has created an often exploitative market in babies born in the developing world, in which profit prevails above the best interests of the child. [5 June 2011] - In rural...
Proclaimed by General Assembly resolution 1386(XIV) of 20 November 1959
Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have, in the Charter, reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights and in the dignity and worth of the human person,...
Summary: Just one of many changes President-elect Michel Martelly would like to see is the presence of a female agent at every police post so that women reporting cases of sexual violence can be listened to by another female. [12 May 2011] - Early...
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As Amnesty International (AI) releases its annual report on human rights, the world stands on the threshold of historic change. Courageous people are standing up and speaking out in the face of bullets, beatings,...
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights staged its 141st session from 21 March – 1 April 2011 in Washington, D.C., USA.
During the session, the Commission held hearings and meetings on a range of persistent human rights violations in the...
Summary: Testimonies presented at a hearing on sexual violence.Petitioners: International Women's Human Rights Clinic at CUNY / MADRE / Women's Link Worldwide / KOFAVIV / FAFILEK / Institute for Justice...
El 141º período de sesiones de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos tendrá lugar del 21 de marzo al 1 de abril de 2011 en Washington, D.C., Estados Unidos.
La Comisión sostendrá...
