Editorial: ISHR Newsletter October 2024
Dear members, friends, and partners of the International Society for Human Rights, the last few weeks have been full of events of global significance ...
The balance between legality and justice
Through the example of Paul Watson activism and his arrest
The need to develop an autonomous classification of the ‘crime of terrorism’ in international criminal law
‘Whoever is a terrorist for some is a freedom fighter for others’. This adage outlines the contours of a debated in international criminal law.
Uganda: First, Let’s kill all lawyers
Uganda’s law society elections and their implications on the rule of law in Uganda
Uganda: Museveni’s Erratic Son
A Foreboding of a Volatile Uganda
Afghanistan: Women’s rights fade week by week in Afghanistan
Return to a new liberticidal law
Pakistan: Single mother of young children imprisoned under false suspicion
Saima Farhad Gill, 32 years, is a widow and mother of two children. The Christian woman was living an ordinary life as a temporary worker at a health centre.
Pakistan: Police shoot people accused of blasphemy
In the province of Sindh in southeastern Pakistan, two extrajudicial executions have taken place within a week.
Azerbaijan/Nagorno-Karabakh: Lawsuit filed against Baku in The Hague
One year ago, a blitzkrieg-like attack by Azerbaijan on the Nagorno-Karabakh region led to the expulsion of the entire Christian population.
DR Congo: Plans to lift the moratorium on the execution of the death penalty
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has faced aggression from neighboring countries through the so-called M23 rebellion, as well as a range of armed groups.
Lebanon: The weakest have stayed behind
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has faced aggression from neighboring countries through the so-called M23 rebellion, as well as a range of armed groups.
Venezuela: Minors treated like violent criminals
The ISHR sharply condemns the increase in violence in Venezuela. Maduro’s regime is making dozens of minors disappear.
Lithuania/Belarus: Belarusian refugees in Lithuania in need
These people are threatened with imprisonment in Belarus and with deportation in Lithuania.
Iraq: ISHR trains women in skilled trades
Ten years after the serious human rights violations committed by IS against the Yazidi minority in Iraq, well over 100,000 Yazidis are still living in the refugee camps.
