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“The arrest of Laurent Nkunda, right, should be followed by swift steps to prosecute him on charges that he committed war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Amnesty International said today. Any trial must be fair and exclude the death penalty. If states fail to do so, then the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction to seek to prosecute him. Since 2004, the ICC Prosecutor has been investigating war crimes and crimes against humanity in the DRC, particularly in the Ituri region, and has sought and obtained arrest warrants.

According to the Transparency International BiH Advocacy and Legal Advice Centre 2008 annual report, the dramatic level of corruption in BiH has a huge influence on the flagrant breach of fundamental human rights in the country and on the drastic relativization of basic freedoms.

During its meeting between 16 March and 3 April 2009, the Human Rights Committee is scheduled to discuss its future examination of the second periodic report of the government of the Republic of Croatia on measures undertaken to give effect to the rights enshrined in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

Today, 28 January, a memorial was held outside the Russian Embassy in Oslo for human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova, who were brutally murdered in the center of Moscow on 19 January. In their appeals, human rights defenders and Norwegian politicians demanded the Russian Federation to take responsibility and lead a proper investigation into the murders.

Russian youth of service age have strong reasons to be unwilling to go to the Russian army, neither by conscription nor under contracts.

First Children Embassy Megjashi implements the campaign for responsible parenthood „Did you talk to your child today ?“. Six billboards are sending the message on responsible parenthood throughout whole Republic of Macedonia.

Croatian-Slovenian relations regarding accession to EU

Amnesty International, The Norwegian Helsinki Committee and the Human Rights House Foundation will hold a memorial for lawyer Stanislav Markelov and journalist Anastasia Baburova who were killed in Moscow on 19 January.

26 студзеня Праваабарончы цэнтр “Вясна”, які намагаецца аднавіць сваю афіцыйную рэгістрацыю з 2004 году, распаўсюдзіў заяву з заклікам да беларускіх уладаў выконваць свае міжнародныя абавязальніцтвы і дазволіць рэгістрацыю гэтай арганізацыі.

The six organizations that are founders of the Human Rights House Zagreb (HRH Zagreb) will move together and start functioning as a House within September 2009. First the building that was donated by the City of Zagreb will have to be renovated.

The nine year old girl run away form the orphanage “11 Oktomvri” in Skopje and managed to reach her parents’ home in Pehchevo. Her older brother (11) also run away home from the same orphanage, little before New Year’s Eve. The First Children’s Embassy in the World Megjashi emphasizes that the little girl and her brother were beaten and maltreated by the tutors in the orphanage.

On 26 January 2009, the human rights centre Viasna, which has been trying to regain its official registration since 2004, issued a statement calling upon the Belarusian authorities to abide by their international commitments and allow the registration of this human rights NGO.