With a third of the population in the European Union being Children, it's about time their voices where finaly getting a platform to be heard on. The European Commission recently issues three press releases concerning their efforts to increase their protection of children in the EU, aiding in the prevention of human rights violations. On […]
The Soviet Propaganda poster above, translates to say, “Keep your tongue behind your teeth” or Keep quiet, which to me has always summed up what we have done about communism and the victims to whom it befell. Since it's Bolshevik infancy, the world has watched with silent eyes and still tongues, as it took hold […]
The former president of the Serbian breakaway Republic of Serbian Krajina, Milan Martic, was sentenced to 35 years imprisonment for war crimes by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Martic was found guilty on 16 counts of crimes against humanity and violations of laws and customs of war. Judges dropped one count […]
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Sorry that I've been off the air since early last week. Wednesday through Friday, I was attending the annual conference of an international scholarly association, for which I am the newsletter editor. I also gave a paper there. Saturday, it was an all-day rugby tournament, a fundraiser for an injured clubmate of ours. Yesterday, I […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush cannot order the military to seize and indefinitely detain a Qatari national and suspected al Qaeda operative, the only person being held in the United States as an “enemy combatant,” an appeals court ruled on Monday. In a major setback for Bush's policies in the war on terrorism […]
A majority of the Rwandan parliament voted to abolish the death penalty there last Friday. The move will eliminate obstacles regarding the extradition of war crimes suspects back to Rwanda to face prosecution. Many countries will not execute extradition treaties with countries that practice capital punishment. The new legislation is somewhat controversial, however. Some of […]
Photo by Time The obvious answer to many would, be a definite yes, however in Mexico tradition often out ways, ones obvious reasoning. In the latest issue of Time, the article, In the Ring with The World's Youngest Bull Fighter, covered a story on child matadors, in Mexico. For ten year old Rafita Mirabal, who […]
At only of five, Om Prakash Gurjar, was he was taken away from his parents and then held as a slave for the next three years. Om was forced to work in the fields, attend to cattle and even work with hazardous pesticides. Om was one of many victims of bonded labor in India, he […]
Photo by Time No child shall be deprived of his or her liberty unlawfully or arbitrarily. The arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be in conformity with the law and shall be used only as a measure of last resort and for the shortest appropriate period of time. Convention on the Rights of […]
The International Criminal Court has issued a plea to the United Nations Security Council to assist in the arrest of two Sudanese officials for crimes in Darfur. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosecutor, was before the Security Council in New York yesterday advising the international community that they, in coordination with regional organizations, "must take the […]
(Photo by Edward S. Curtis – circa 1899) “They are the true Human Beings.” -American Indian Proverb
A report compiled by six human rights groups identifies "ghost detainees" allegedly held in secret CIA prisons. The report, titled Off the Record, identifies 39 people, including children as young as 7, who have been subjected to "enforced disappearances" at the hands of the United States. CIA spokesmen have dismissed the report, stating that the […]
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Ratko Mladic, the top UN war crimes fugitive, may be arrested "within a few weeks." Chief prosecutor at the UN war crimes tribunal at the Hague, Carla del Ponte, stated that she saw "concrete signs" of the detention and extradition of Mladic. Ms. del Ponte said she had hoped to see Mladic face prosecution before […]