Human Rights

UN Security Council Formally Condemns Escalating Boko Haram Attacks (January 19, 2015)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On January 19, 2015 the United Nations Security Council (the Council) issued a Presidential Statement

European Court of Human Rights Rules Latvian Refusal to Grant Citizenship to Activist not a Violation of Human Rights (January 13, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 13, 2015, the European Court of Human Rights held in Petropavlovskis v.

European Court of Human Rights Rules Removal of Deceased’s Body Tissue without Wife’s Knowledge or Consent Violated European Convention (January 13, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 13, 2015, a Section of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) ruled in Elbert

IACHR Presents Report on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women in British Columbia, Canada (January 12, 2015)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On January 12, 2015 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented a report

UN Releases Report on War Crimes in the Central African Republic (January 9, 2015)

Author: 
Amy Morello

On January 9, 2015, the UN International Commission of Inquiry on the Central African Republic released a rep

British Tribunal Rules Electronic Mass Surveillance Legal (December 5, 2014)

Author: 
Caitlin Behles

On December 5, 2014, the British Investigatory Powers Tribunal (IPT) ruled that U.K.