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50% increase in complaints of forced labour and more than half involving children and young people enrolled in the army. The military junta has inserted a provision in the Constitution that authorizes the use of civilians in the construction of roads, infrastructure, such as porters or minesweepers.

Attack on the headquarters of The Arab Sisters Forum for Human Rights was conducted following the NGO’s report on torture in Yemeni prisons. The chairperson of the Forum, Ms. Amal Al-Basha, has been terrorized by spraying a liquid in her face and subjected to serious threat as recently the security system for the rear brakes of her car was willfully damaged.

Российский исследовательский центр по правам человека совместно с Секретариатом международной Сети Домов прав человека объявляют набор для участия в программе дистанционного обучения международному праву прав человека.

Российский исследовательский центр по правам человека совместно с Секретариатом международной Сети Домов прав человека объявляют набор для участия в программе дистанционного обучения международному праву прав человека.

Monitoring of environmental human rights – case study

A draft law aimed at preventing further violence in China’s troubled northwestern Muslim region seeks to strengthen “ethnic unity” through education and law enforcement, but exiled Uyghurs and overseas experts say the approach won’t work.

The Human Rights House Foundation together with HRH Network members in the Republic of Azerbaijan, Republic of Belarus and the Russian Federation and partners in Georgia has launched a new project, Electronic Human Rights Education for Lawyers.

The occasion for the press conference is that the prosecutor will make an announcement related to the situation in Kenya The press conference will be broadcast on the Court’s website (www.icc-cpi.int) at 17:30 the same day. This is due to technical capacity issues related to the broadcast of Courtroom 1 proceedings at the same time. Please note that a satellite feed will not be available.

The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights hosts the screening of the United Nations’ review of Norway under the Universal periodic review mechanism. Following breakfast and a brief introduction by Kristin Høgdahl of the NCHR on what the UPR mechanism is, the actual review session in Geneva will be screened live on widescreen. After the review, from 12:00 to 12:30, there will be a brief concluding discussion.

Human Rights Center and the South Caucasus Network of Human Rights Defenders invite you to a Regional Roundtable ‘Civil Society 20 years after the fall of totalitarian regimes in the South Caucasus: Analyzing the Past, Planning the Future’

When: Monday, 23. November 2009 To: Wednesday, 25. November 2009 Where: Tblisi, Georgia

Секретариат международной Сети Домов прав человека вместе с партнерами в Азербайджане, Беларуси, Грузии и России объявляют набор для участия в программе дистанционного обучения международному праву прав человека. Отбор участников производится на конкурсной основе.