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Justice and reparations still critical, 30 years on from Sarajevo siege
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Thirty years after the siege of Sarajevo, the UN team in Bosnia and Herzegovina reiterated the importance on Wednesday of pursuing justice and reparation for victims, survivors and their family…
Human Rights
400th anniversary of the first ship that brought the first Africans to the British colony of Virginia. We mark that as the real beginning slave trade in America in the…
Council of Europe
Following its expulsion from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022, the Russian Federation will cease to be a High Contracting Party to the European Convention on Human Rights on 16 September 2022. This…
FORB
All charges against Finnish Parliamentarian Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Pohjola are unanimously dismissed following high-profile free speech trialThe former Finnish Minister of the Interior, faced three criminal charges for sharing…
Africa
An African human rights and cultural development organisation, AIDO, has launched its most ambitious project yet – to bring the African continent closer to its estranged diaspora. The slavery and…
Human Rights
Give voice to silence – Independent Commission for the Study of Sexual Abuse against Children in the Portuguese Catholic Church On November 2021, the Portuguese Episcopal Conference decided to conduct…
Human Rights
New York City, 4 March 2022 (CoNGO Infonews) – Civil society organizations that are predominantly women’s NGOs today issued a statement against the war in Ukraine. The seven initiating groups called…
Europe
Istanbul, March 24, 2022 – Turkish authorities should thoroughly investigate a recent threat against journalist Altan Sancar, determine whether it was related to his work, and ensure the journalist’s safety,…
Asia
In a statement published by the European Parliament's Intergroup on Freedom of Religion or Belief and Religious Tolerance ( FoRB & RT ), they inform of "the presentation of the…
ECHR
Jarno Habicht has worked with WHO for the last 19 years and served as WHO Representative in Ukraine since 2018. He explains how WHO prepared for armed conflict in the…
