International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
- John Packer
- • September 11, 2020
States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights will elect new experts on Sept. 17 to the Human Rights Committee, which supervises the covenant’s implementation. It is one of the two solemn, widely ratified covenants that…
- Categories: Human Rights, WORLDVIEWS
- Bertrand Ramcharan
- • February 28, 2018
There is still a long way to go to uphold the rights of women worldwide, and UN Women, a department of the Secretariat, is now carrying the torch in this struggle. It builds on the efforts of the UN…
- Categories: Human Rights, International Justice, Women
- Nancy Young
- • December 13, 2015
PORT-AU-PRINCE — Here in the office of the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux in Haiti’s capital, more than 2,000 letters of cholera victims seeking justice came pouring in to be delivered on Dec. 10 to the headquarters of the United…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- Clothilde Le Coz
- • October 11, 2015
PHNOM PENH — Accused of organizing an “insurrection” last year, nearly a dozen Parliament ministers from the political opposition were sentenced to prison terms from 7 to 20 years by a Phnom Penh court this summer. The charge stemmed…
- Categories: Asia, Human Rights
- Bill Orme
- • October 28, 2014
British Prime Minister David Cameron had two clear messages when he spoke at a post-2015 global development goals forum on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly last month. The first was his emphatic view that the General…
- Categories: Development, SDGs, Secretary-General
- Barbara Crossette
- • December 13, 2013
An unexpected Indian Supreme Court ruling on Dec. 11 upholding a law that criminalizes same-sex relationships drew a swift rebuke within 24 hours from Navi Pillay, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, who called it a violation…
- Categories: Asia, Human Rights
- Anthony C. Gooch
- • March 26, 2013
It is urgent that the United States ratify the international Convention on the Rights of the Child. This treaty, which recognizes that childhood is entitled to special care and assistance, is based on the principle that the family is…
- Categories: US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS
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