302 communications found
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Information received concerning the failure to investigate, prosecute, and provide reparations in relation to the events known as the “Crimes of May,” which involved the alleged excessive and lethal use of force by law enforcement officers resulting in mass executions and enforced disappearances. The “Crimes of May” occurred in the State of São Paulo between 12 and 21 May 2006. Alleged victims: 678 More details... |
26 Mar 2026 |
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Information concerning various initiatives which undermine efforts to achieve justice, truth and reparation for victims of gross human rights violations and contribute to perpetuate impunity. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la aparente existencia de un marco normativo y de prácticas institucionales indebidas heredadas de la dictadura e inmediata transición democrática, lagunas en la legislación penal, y aparente aplicación restrictiva de la normativa vigente que obstaculizarían la rendición de cuentas, las investigaciones eficaces, las reparación integral y las garantías de no repetición de las graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas durante la guerra civil, el franquismo y la transición democrática.Alleged victims: - More details... |
19 Feb 2026 |
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Information received concerning the alleged lack of implementation of the Minas Gerais State Law No. 13.448 creating the Minas Gerais Human Rights Memorial at the site of the Department of Political and Social Order (DOPS) in Belo Horizonte, and the alleged attempts by the State of Minas Gerais to suppress and censor the activities carried out by civil society organizations at the site of the Minas Gerais Human Rights Memorial project aimed at preserving the site and promoting human rights, education, and historical memory. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
13 Feb 2026 |
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Information received concerning the pending by election of three members of the Truth Commission for the Sámi People.Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 Feb 2026 |
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Information received concerning the Penal Bill (Amendment – Death Penalty for Terrorists), 5783 2023 (“Bill”), the first reading of which was passed by the Knesset in November 2025. We are concerned that the Bill is inconsistent with Israel’s obligation to protect the right to life under article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified by your Excellency’s Government in 1991, and related provisions including the prohibition on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (article 7, ICCPR as well as articles 1, 2 and 16 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or punishment, also ratified by Israel in 1991), non-discrimination and equality (articles 2(1) and 26 of the ICCPR), fair trial (article 14 of the ICCPR), legality (article 15 of the ICCPR) and the right to an effective remedy (article 2(3) of the ICCPR).Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant des allégations de violences sexuelles et fondées sur le genre généralisées et systématiques utilisées comme tactique de guerre par toutes les parties au conflit, y compris les forces alignées sur le gouvernement et les groupes armés tels que la milice M23, impliquant le viol et les agressions sexuelles contre les femmes et les filles lors d'attaques contre des populations civiles.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con un presunto ataque violento contra la defensora de derechos humanos Luz Marina Becerra, ocurrido el 30 de junio de 2025 en Tumaco, Nariño, así como la intrusión y el hurto registrados durante una reunión de La Comadre el 9 de julio de 2025 en Bogotá.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
13 Feb 2026 |
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información que hemos recibido en relación a la ausencia de medidas de verdad, justicia, reparación, memorialización y garantías de no repetición de las serias violaciones a los derechos humanos de las mujeres alojadas en el Patronato de Protección a la Mujer. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
09 Jan 2026 |
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Información recibida en relación con la re-estructuración y recortes de personal del Sitio de Memoria de la ESMA y el Archivo Nacional de la Memoria; así como la re-estructuración del Centro Internacional para la Promoción de los Derechos Humanos y la designación de autoridades que han realizado discursos públicos que relativizan la labor de promoción de los derechos humanos y de memoria de las graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas durante la última dictadura militar (1974-1986).Alleged victims: - More details... |
23 Dec 2025 |
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Information we have received concerning alleged threats and online harassment against members of the human rights group Saturday Mothers/People. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
31 Dec 2025 |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta de medidas de verdad, justicia, reparación, memorialización y garantías de no-repetición de las graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas contra Pueblos Indígenas de la región del Putumayo durante la llamada Época del Caucho.Alleged victims: - More details... |
06 Nov 2025 (Ack.) 12 Dec 2025 (Ack.) |
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Information received concerning the Joint Framework between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland on addressing the legacy of the Troubles.Alleged victims: - More details... |
29 Jan 2026 (Ack.) 17 Feb 2026 |
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Information received concerning the Joint Framework between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Ireland on addressing the legacy of the Troubles.Alleged victims: - More details... |
03 Nov 2025 |
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Information received concerning the following legislation in the United Kingdom: Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023; National Security Act 2023; Overseas Operations (Service Personnel and Veterans) Act 2021; Justice and Security Act 2013; International Criminal Court Act 2001; and Criminal Justice Act 1988; which may not be compatible with the obligations to investigate and prosecute torture and other serious human rights violations and ensure the rights of victims to redress, compensation, and rehabilitation under the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), which the United Kingdom ratified on 8 December 1988, and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) (particularly articles 2(3) (right to effective remedy), 6 (right to life) and 9 (liberty)).. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Concern in relation to allegations of human rights violations arising in the context of intercountry adoption of children from the Republic of Korea between 1955 and 1999.Alleged victims: 141779 More details... |
18 Dec 2025 |
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Information received concerning the ongoing harm and human rights violations experienced by the people of the Marshall Islands, as a result of the United States of America’s former nuclear testing programme.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the ongoing harm and human rights violations experienced by the people of the Marshall Islands as a result of the United States of America’s former nuclear testing programme. Alleged victims: - More details... |
05 Dec 2025 |
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Information received concerning the destruction and desecration of the mass grave site in Section 41 of Behesht-e Zahra Cemetery in Tehran. This grave site holds the remains of thousands of political prisoners executed during the 1980s, most likely including those of many individuals still registered as missing and subjected to enforced disappearance.Alleged victims: - More details... |
30 Oct 2025 |
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Information received concerning the Prohibition of Denial of Massacre Incidents of 7 October 2023 (Shemini Atzeret Massacre) Law, 5785-2025, (hereafter “the Law”), enacted by your Excellency’s Government on 21 January 2025.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning various executive orders, memorandums, and policies issued by the United States Government on ending Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs and race-centred ideology in historical exhibits and memorials. Some of the executive orders have been subject to a previous communication led by Special Procedure mandate holders (OL USA 5/2025). We regret not receiving a reply to the letter.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant l’interdiction d’entrée sur le territoire algérien de Mme Nassera Dutour, présidente du Collectif des Familles de Disparu·e·s en Algérie (CFDA) et de SOS Disparus, qui s’inscrit dans un contexte de restrictions visant leurs membres et les familles des disparus, les empêchant de mener leur travail légitime en faveur des droits humains. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
24 Oct 2025 |
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Información recibida en relación a la supuesta adopción de amplios recortes presupuestarios, restructuraciones institucionales, y trabas administrativas o financieras que afectan la labor, funciones, y jerarquía institucional de las entidades abocadas a la realización de políticas de verdad, justicia, reparación y memorialización de las graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas durante la dictadura militar de 1976-1983, así como en relación a las supuestas dilaciones registradas en los años 2024 y 2025 en el procesamiento de las reparaciones de las víctimas.Alleged victims: - More details... |
29 Oct 2025 |
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Information received about Syria’s plan to incorporate “foreign fighters” into the Syrian Army and the international obligation of the Syrian caretaker authorities to ensure accountability for alleged violations of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law during the armed conflict in Syria against the former al-Assad Government from 2011 to 2024, and in the period since then. Similar issues arise in relation to accountability for Syrian nationals formerly associated with non-state armed groups who have since been incorporated into the Syrian Army.Alleged victims: - More details... |
09 Sep 2025 |
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Alarm at the attacks by armed groups on the Syrian Druze communities of Syria on and since the 13th of July 2025, including sexual and gender based violence against Druze women and girls. Alleged victims: 1000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the steps taken by the Government of Germany to address the legacy of gross human rights violations committed at the Sociedad Benefactora y Educacional Dignidad (Colonia Dignidad) - including in collaboration with the military regime of Augusto Pinochet - and, in particular, on the work of the Chilean-German Joint Commission to Address the Historical Memory of Colonia Dignidad and the Integration of Victims, and on the measures taken to ensure accountability of the alleged perpetrators and accomplices of these crimes.Alleged victims: - More details... |
17 Oct 2025 |
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Información recibida en relación con las medidas adoptadas por el gobierno de Chile para abordar el legado de las graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas en la Sociedad Benefactora y Educacional Dignidad (Colonia Dignidad), incluido en colaboración con el régimen militar de Augusto Pinochet, y, en particular, sobre la labor de la Comisión Mixta Chileno-Alemana para Abordar la Memoria Histórica de Colonia Dignidad y la Integración de las Víctimas, y la participación de las víctimas en la misma, así como sobre el proceso de expropiación del predio de la antigua Colonia Dignidad declarado monumento histórico.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Oct 2025 (Ack.) 20 Nov 2025 |
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Information received concerning the prolonged failure to investigate effectively, prosecute and punish those responsible of gross human rights violations, including extra-judicial executions and enforced disappearances, within the context of the Sri Lankan civil war. Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Sep 2025 (Ack.) |
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Information concerning the failure to ensure access to truth, justice, remedy, and reparations for survivors of the so-called “comfort women” system methodically established and controlled by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Alleged victims: 8 More details... | |
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Information concerning the failure to ensure access to truth, justice, remedy, and reparations for survivors of the so-called “comfort women” system methodically established and controlled by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Alleged victims: 8 More details... |
12 Sep 2025 |
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Information concerning the failure to ensure access to truth, justice, remedy, and reparations for survivors of the so-called “comfort women” system methodically established and controlled by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Alleged victims: 8 More details... |
18 Jul 2025 (Ack.) |
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Information concerning the failure to ensure access to truth, justice, remedy, and reparations for survivors of the so-called “comfort women” system methodically established and controlled by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Alleged victims: 8 More details... |
15 Oct 2025 |
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Information concerning the failure to ensure access to truth, justice, remedy, and reparations for survivors of the so called “comfort women” system methodically established and controlled by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II. Alleged victims: 8 More details... |
12 Sep 2025 |
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Information concerning the failure to ensure access to truth, justice, remedy, and reparations for survivors of the so-called “comfort women” system methodically established and controlled by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.Alleged victims: 8 More details... |
15 Sep 2025 |
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Information concerning the failure to ensure access to truth, justice, remedy, and reparations for survivors of the so-called “comfort women” system methodically established and controlled by the Japanese Imperial Army during World War II.Alleged victims: 8 More details... |
15 Dec 2025 |
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Information received concerning the establishment of a National Commission on Transitional Justice and a National Commission on Missing Persons in Syria to address the gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed against civilians in Syria.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Sep 2025 |
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Information received concerning concerning the Bill for Protection of Israeli Public Figures from Activity of the International Criminal Court in The Hague against the State of Israel, 2024" (“ICC Bill”). The Bill was approved by the Knesset Plenum on 19 February 2025 and has been referred to the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee for inquiry.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la aprobación en el Congreso de la República del proyecto de ley que proponen la amnistia a miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas, Policía, miembros de comités de autodefensa y funcionarios del Estado sin sentencia firme por “casos vinculados a la lucha contra el terrorismo en el periodo 1980 2000.Alleged victims: - More details... |
15 Aug 2025 |
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Informations reçues concernant les obstacles institutionnels, judiciaires et politiques répétés dans la mise en œuvre du processus de justice transitionnelle décrit dans la loi organique n°2013-53.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
09 Oct 2025 |
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Informations reçues concernant les conditions de vie des Yéniches et des Manouches/Sintés, reconnus comme minorités nationales en Suisse, ainsi que les mesures prises par le Gouvernement suite à la reconnaissance de la responsabilité de la Confédération suisse dans les crimes contre l’humanité commis contre ces peuples.Alleged victims: 600 More details... |
17 Jul 2025 |
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Informations reçues concernant l'absence présumée de recours effectif et de réparations pour les victimes de violations graves des droits humains commises pendant la « Mission Afrique Centrale » ainsi que pour leurs descendants.Alleged victims: - More details... |
17 Jun 2025 |
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Informations avons reçues concernant l'absence alléguée de recours effectif et de réparation pour les victimes de violations graves des droits humains commises au cours de la « Mission Afrique Centrale » ainsi que pour leurs descendants.Alleged victims: - More details... |
19 Jun 2025 |
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Information received concerning alleged violations of human rights against individuals belonging to religious minorities, particularly Alawites, in the coastal region of the Syrian Arab Republic since 6 March 2025. These violations include large-scale and systematic summary executions of civilians belonging to religious minorities; enforced disappearances; forced displacement of minority communities; looting and destruction of their homes and infrastructures; the obstruction of humanitarian aid and journalists’ access; as well as the imminent risk of further deaths of civilians from ongoing attacks.Alleged victims: 1476 More details... |
15 Apr 2025 |
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Information received regarding the efforts so far undertaken to develop and implement a transitional justice roadmap that will seek to ensure truth, justice, reparation, memorialization and guarantees of non-recurrence in Syria. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con las alegadas medidas regresivas que afectarían los procesos de verdad, justicia, memoria y garantías de no-repetición en Argentina, tales como la planeada depuración del Archivo General de la Armada, los recortes de personal en entidades encargadas de implementar medidas de justicia transicional, y la puesta a la venta de sitios de memoria con presunto valor probatorio de las graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas durante la última dictadura militar.Alleged victims: - More details... |
05 May 2025 (Ack.) 27 May 2025 |
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follow up on our letter (AL CAN 3/2023) sent to your Excellency’s Government on 27 October 2023 and made public on 27 December 2023 concerning gender-based discrimination of Indigenous women and their descendants under the Indian Act and the failure to provide an effective remedy to victims of such discrimination, to which we have not received any response from your Excellency’s Government beyond the interim letter acknowledging receipt of the letter.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged insufficient budget allocated to the Truth Commission for the Sámi People for 2025 and the request for extension of its mandate.Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Apr 2025 |
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Information received concerning alleged recurring patterns of transnational repression, including the abduction often followed by the enforced disappearance, of Japanese nationals by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea since 1950.Alleged victims: 31 More details... | |
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Información recibida sobre la implementación de la Ley del Sistema Nacional de Bases de Datos de ADN (decreto No. 57-2023), que limitaría la participación efectiva de la sociedad civil, incluyendo la de familias de personas migrantes desaparecidas, en los procesos de búsqueda e identificación de personas desaparecidas. Asimismo, quisiéramos llevar a la atención del Gobierno de su Excelencia preocupaciones sobre la posible transición del Banco de Datos Forenses de Migrantes No Localizados de Honduras, actualmente bajo un sistema de gobernabilidad mixta (gubernamental y no gubernamental), al nuevo Sistema Nacional de Bases de Datos de Honduras, de manejo exclusivamente estatal. Alleged victims: - More details... |
24 Apr 2025 |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta de avance en la implementación de la agenda de justicia transicional establecida en los Acuerdos de Paz de Chapultepec, el informe final de la Comisión de la Verdad respaldada por Naciones Unidas y las recomendaciones del informe de visita del Relator Especial para la promoción de la verdad, la justicia, la reparación y las garantías de no repetición.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida respecto de la aparente imposibilidad de tramitar querellas criminales por crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos durante la dictadura franquista en tribunales del ámbito estatal, en contravención del artículo 2.3 de la Ley 20 /2022 de Memoria Democrática y de los estándares internacionales de derechos humanos.Alleged victims: 3 More details... |
19 Feb 2025 |
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Informations reçues concernant l’impunité pour les crimes commis découlant des événements qui se sont déroulés de 1989 à 1991, et de l’absence de justice pour la disparition forcée présumée de M. Oumar Sall, M. Abdoulaye Sall et de M. Amadou Mamadou Sow, et de réparations à leurs familles.Alleged victims: 6 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged decision of Dongducheon city government to demolish the historical site of the Sexually Transmitted Disease Management Center, a former public facility where serious human rights violations were committed for several decades against so-called “comfort women”.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Jan 2025 10 Feb 2025 |
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Information received concerning the Lafarge forfeiture funds, corresponding to 687 million dollars, collected by the U.S. Government after Lafarge pled guilty to conspiracy to provide material support to terrorist organization. To date, there is no information on the intended use of the forfeited funds. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con los proyectos de ley y de decretos que pueden afectar la persecución y sanción penal de delitos de lesa humanidad, así como las renovadas medidas que afectarían los procesos de verdad, memoria y garantías de no-repetición. Alleged victims: - More details... |
09 Jan 2025 (Ack.) 14 Feb 2025 |
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Información recibida en relación con las medidas regresivas de los procesos de verdad, justicia, reparación, memoria, y garantías de no repetición, incluida la derogación del decreto 715/2004 que creó la Unidad Especial de Investigación de la desaparición de niños en el ámbito de la Comisión Nacional por el Derecho a la Identidad (CONADI). Alleged victims: - More details... |
04 Dec 2024 |
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Informations reçues concernant l’impact à long terme et intergénérationnel des essais nucléaires français en Algérie.Alleged victims: 12000 More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant l’impact à long terme et intergénérationnel des essais nucléaires français en Algérie. Alleged victims: 12000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the planned extension of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, that would endanger an important heritage site memorializing the 1904-1908 genocide, without the free, prior and informed consent of the concerned Nama and Ovaherero peoples.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
11 Nov 2024 |
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Information received concerning Draft Law No. 10132 of the People’s Deputies of Ukraine on the status of victims of sexual violence related to the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and urgent interim reparations (hereafter the Bill).Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the planned extension of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, that would endanger an important heritage site memorializing the 1904-1908 genocide, without the free, prior and informed consent of the concerned Nama and Ovaherero peoples.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
18 Sep 2024 |
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Information received concerning the planned extension of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, that would endanger an important heritage site memorializing the 1904-1908 genocide, without the free, prior and informed consent of the concerned Nama and Ovaherero peoples.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
14 Nov 2024 |
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Information received concerning the planned extension of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, that would endanger an important heritage site memorializing the 1904-1908 genocide, without the free, prior and informed consent of the concerned Nama and Ovaherero peoples.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
11 Mar 2025 |
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Information received concerning the planned extension of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, that would endanger an important heritage site memorializing the 1904-1908 genocide, without the free, prior and informed consent of the concerned Nama and Ovaherero peoples.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the planned extension of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, that would endanger an important heritage site memorializing the 1904-1908 genocide, without the free, prior and informed consent of the concerned Nama and Ovaherero peoples.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
06 Nov 2024 |
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Information received concerning the planned extension of the seaport in Lüderitz, Namibia, that would endanger an important heritage site memorializing the 1904-1908 genocide, without the free, prior and informed consent of the concerned Nama and Ovaherero peoples.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con las medidas de índole financiera y presupuestaria adoptadas por el Ministerio de Hacienda que llevan al desfinanciamiento de la Unidad de Búsqueda de personas dadas por Desaparecidas en contexto y en razón del conflicto armado ((UBPD), ),obstaculizando seriamente su funcionamiento y actividades de búsqueda de personas dadas por desaparecidas en contexto y en razón del conflicto.Alleged victims: 111640 More details... |
13 Nov 2024 06 Jan 2025 |
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Information received concerning the enforced disappearance of 23 Armenian soldiers and one civilian following their captivity by armed forces of Azerbaijan in Zangilan on 21 October 2020, followed by alleged torture, and unlawful killing of some of them. Alleged victims: 21 More details... |
27 Sep 2024 |
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Information received concerning the alleged role of the Child Care and Protection Board (hereafter the “RvdK”) in the forced adoption of children of unmarried mothers during the period between 1956 and 1984.Alleged victims: 13001 More details... |
22 Sep 2024 |
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Information received concerning the annulment of the extradition order of a priest accused of crimes against humanity during the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1976. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information concerning the annulment of the extradition order of a priest accused of crimes against humanity during the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1976.Alleged victims: - More details... |
24 Jun 2024 (Ack.) 16 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning protracted delays in providing information about accountability and reparation, and in paying compensation, to the families of three Afghan men allegedly killed unlawfully on 11 September 2012 by members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in Afghanistan. We focus on the killings of Mr. Nazar Gul, Mr. Yaro Mama Faqir and Mr. Ali Jan, but emphasize that issues raised are relevant to allegations of at least 37 other alleged unlawful killings by the ADF in Afghanistan. Their killings also engage the rights of their relatives as victims, including Ms. Bibi Dhorko, wife of Mr. Jan and daughter of Mr. Faqir) and the three children of Mr. Jan and Ms. Dhorko; Ms. Bala Nasta (wife of Mr. Gul). It is noted that Mr. Gul has 17 children and two other wives.Alleged victims: 5 More details... |
17 Dec 2024 |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
17 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by RTX and Northtrop Grumman to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Caterpillar to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by RTX to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by BAE Systems to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Rheinmetall AG to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Rolls-Royce Power Systems to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing, Caterpillar, Northtrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Caterpillar, Oshkosh, BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by RTX and Lockheed Martin to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in those companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by General Dynamics, RTX, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arms being transferred by and/or with the support of United States to Israel after 7 October 2023, granting direct military aid to Israel, issuing new arm exports licenses, and failing from reviewing the risks assessment of existing ones against the new circumstances. Those arm transfers would contribute to disproportionate attacks on Gaza by the Government of Israel, which could amount to gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights. Furthermore, the information suggests that United-States-based defense businesses, notably Boeing, Caterpillar, General Dynamics, RTX, Oshkosh, Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin have continued transferring weapons to Israel during this time, with the facilitation of the Government, without conducting heightened human rights due diligence, hence fueling violence and human rights violations. In addition, United States-based companies are investing in the listed defense companies exporting arms to Israel, including Bank of America, BlackRock, Capital Group, Causeway Capital Management LLC, Citigroup, Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC, INVESCO Ltd., JP Morgan Chase, Harris Associates LP ,Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Newport Group, Inc, Raven'swing Asset Management, Inc., State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance, State Street Corporation, The Vanguard Group, Inc., Wells Fargo & Company, Wellington Management Co. LLP. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
10 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by and/or with the support of the United Kingdom to Israel after 7 October 2023, including the failure to adequately review the risk assessments for existing licenses in light of the new circumstances. The transfer of arms and ammunition is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts and human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Furthermore, the information suggests that United Kingdom-based defense businesses, notably BAE Systems, have continued transferring weapons to Israel, with the facilitation of your Excellency’s Government, without conducting adequate heightened human rights due diligence. These businesses would become accomplices in such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Rheinmetall AG to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by Boeing, Caterpillar, General Dynamics, RTX, Oshkosh and Northtrop Grumman to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in these companies without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arms being transferred by ThyssenKrupp after 7 October 2023, without conducting heightened human rights due diligence. Those arm transfers would contribute to disproportionate attacks on Gaza by the Government of Israel, which could amount to gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law. Norway owned Norge’s Bank Investment management is investing in this company. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
10 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the arms being transferred by ThyssenKrupp after 7 October 2023, without conducting heightened human rights due diligence. The transfer of arms and ammunition is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts and human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Italy-based Amundi Asset Management SA is investing in this company. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by and/or with the support of Germany to Israel after 7 October 2023, the granting of direct military aid to Israel, the issuing of new arm exports licenses, and the failure to adequately review the risk assessments for existing licenses in light of the new circumstances. The transfer of arms and ammunition is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate and indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts and human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. Furthermore, the information suggests that Germany-based defense businesses, notably Rheinmetall AG, ThyssenKrupp and Rolls Royce Power System (MTU), have continued transferring weapons to Israel, with the facilitation of your Excellency’s Government, without conducting adequate heightened human rights due diligence. These businesses would become accomplices in such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. In addition, Germany-based companies have continued investing in the listed defense companies exporting arms to Israel , including Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung, despite the manifest risk that these investments will contribute to gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a plausible risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... |
16 Jul 2024 |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza. Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the the transfer of arms and ammunition by your company to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued transferring weapons without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations. Your company would become an accomplice of such violations, as they are knowingly providing assistance to Israel for actions amounting to serious violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and making profit out of such assistance. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning transfer of arms and ammunition by ThyssenKrupp to Israel, which is likely to have enabled deliberate, disproportionate or indiscriminate attacks in Gaza, occupied Palestinian territory, by the Israeli military, which has resulted in extraordinary loss of life and serious injury, the widespread destruction and damage of homes, the destruction of vital food and water infrastructure, health, education, and justice facilities, and other catastrophic impacts human rights violations. Such actions may amount to serious violations of international human rights, international humanitarian law and international criminal law. The information received suggests that your company has continued investing in this company without any clear evidence of adequate heightened human rights due diligence to avoid fueling violence and human rights violations through its investment activities. Transfers have also continued despite Israel failing to implement the United Nations Security Council’s demand for a ceasefire in Gaza and the International Court of Justice order requiring Israel to take all necessary measures to avoid a real and imminent risk of genocide occurring in Gaza.Alleged victims: 2300000 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con las decisiones del Ministerio de Defensa sobre los equipos y programas que realizan investigación y análisis de los archivos de las Fuerzas Armadas relativos a las graves violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas durante la última dictadura militar, y sobre la glorificación de personas condenadas por la comisión de crímenes de lesa humanidad.Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Información recibida en relación con las llamadas leyes de “concordia” aprobadas o presentadas para aprobación parlamentaria en las Comunidades Autónomas de Aragón, Castilla y León, y Valencia, las cuales estarían en contravención de la obligación del Estado Español, incluyendo sus poderes y entidades nacionales y/o locales, en materia de derechos humanos, en particular la obligación de garantizar la preservación de la memoria histórica de graves violaciones de derechos humanos. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con las presuntas amenazas dirigidas contra el memorial “El Ojo que Llora”, incluyendo una solicitud de demolición tramitada por el gobierno municipal de Lima, y actos de incitación a su destrucción por parte de ciertos sectores sociales, así como en relacion a los presuntos actos de intimidación dirigidos contra personas que participaron en actos realizados en el memorial o en apoyo al mismo.Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Información recibida respecto a un proyecto de ley que establece la sustitución de penas privativas de libertad por el régimen de prisión domiciliaria, que podría tener por efecto beneficiar a condenados por violación, abuso sexual o abuso sexual especialmente agravado, crímenes y delitos de Genocidio, de Guerra y de Lesa Humanidad, homicidio agravado u homicidio muy especialmente agravado y otros delitos, así como la permanencia a futuro del citado régimen por razones humanitarias y la exclusión procesal de la acusación privada en el proceso de otorgación de la misma. Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Apr 2024 |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta de verdad y justicia sobre la muerte de cuatro personas fallecidas como consecuencia de disparos efectuados por agentes de fuerzas de seguridad del Estado en un operativo policial el 22 de marzo de 1984, en especial con respecto a irregularidades en las diligencias policiales para la elucidación de los hechos, la determinación de responsabilidades y la condena de responsables.Alleged victims: 5 More details... |
07 Jun 2024 |
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Information received concerning alleged restrictions and obstructions imposed on memorialization efforts carried out by Tamil civil society to commemorate Maaveerar Naal, and the alleged arrest and/or detention of participants or organizers of these events pursuant to the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA).Alleged victims: - More details... |
03 Jun 2024 |
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Information received concerning the reported excessive representation and influence of government officials in the Commission for Reconciliation in Memory of the Victims of Conflict (CIVICOP) and the lack of transparency and communication in its operations, as well as the concerns raised regarding the reliability of the process of exhumation and identification of remains of alleged victims of the 27 May killings.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
15 Mar 2024 |
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Información recibida en relación con el hostigamiento judicial y la campaña de difamación en contra de la abogada y defensora de los derechos humanos, la Dra. Nadia Schujman, por el ejercicio de su actividad como funcionaria encargada de investigar a policías en la provincia de Santa Fe, así como el hostigamiento judicial y allanamiento de la casa del abogado y del defensor de los derechos humanos, el Sr. Diego Rodríguez.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
01 Mar 2024 01 Mar 2024 (Annex) 01 Mar 2024 (Annex) 01 Mar 2024 (Annex) 01 Mar 2024 (Annex) |
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Información recibida sobre la presunta opacidad y falta de transparencia y metodología de la nueva campaña de revisión del Registro Nacional de Personas Desaparecidas y No Localizadas en México, así como preocupaciones respecto a la integridad de los datos contenidos en el mismo y la revictimización de familiares de personas desaparecidas en el proceso de revisión.Alleged victims: - More details... |
19 Feb 2024 |
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Información recibida en relación a amenazas de muerte y actos de intimidación cometidos en contra del Sr. German Romero Sánchez.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
07 Mar 2024 |
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Information received concerning the grave impact of enforced disappearances on women in Nepal, including wives, mothers or relatives of the disappeared, and the failure by the State authorities to effectively search for the disappeared, undertake independent, impartial, thorough and effective investigations, and ensure integral reparations for the families.Alleged victims: 2558 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged inadequacy of some measures adopted by the relevant authorities in Indonesia to guarantee truth, justice, reparation, memory and guarantees of non-recurrence under the Government’s policy on the non-judicial settlement of past gross human rights violations.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Mar 2024 |
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Información recibida en relación con la reciente liberación del expresidente Alberto Fujimori, quien fuera sentenciado en 2009 a 25 años de prisión por delitos que constituyen crímenes de lesa humanidad bajo el derecho internacional, incluyendo ejecuciones extrajudiciales, tortura y desapariciones forzadas..Alleged victims: - More details... |
09 Feb 2024 |
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Information received concerning gender-based discrimination of Indigenous women and their descendants under the Indian Act and failure to provide an effective remedy to victims of such discrimination.Alleged victims: 87002 More details... |
30 Nov 2023 (Ack.) 07 Mar 2025 |
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Information received about an alleged submission of Mr. Andrzej Poczobut, who is serving a prison sentence in penal colony No. 1 in Navapolatsk, to practices which may amount to torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. We would also like to bring to your attention allegations which reveal possible disregard of several international human rights standards in relation to Mr. Poczobut’s prosecution and conviction.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
09 Feb 2024 |
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Information received concerning allegations regarding the massacre of over 280 civilians that occurred in Tadamon, in the Syrian Arab Republic in April 2013, which was brought to light in 2022, the lack of investigations and judicial processes in the aftermath of the atrocity, and the continued impunity granted to the alleged perpetrators.Alleged victims: 280 More details... | |
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Information received concerning aspects of a bill establishing a Truth and Reconciliation Commission which appear not to be in compliance with international standards, and the alleged insufficient consultation with victims and civil society.Alleged victims: - More details... |
16 Nov 2023 |
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Information received concerning the alleged instances of surveillance, intimidation and harassment carried out by the Supreme Council for the Management and Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and International Cooperation against civil society organizations which signed or agreed to the Yemen Declaration of Justice and Reconciliation (YDJR).Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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information received concerning the alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by the Government of the Republic of Yemen to provide redress and full and effective reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the armed conflict in Yemen, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate and prosecute the violations. Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Oct 2023 30 Oct 2023 |
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Information received concerning the alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by the Saudi/UAE-led coalition to provide redress and full and effective reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by the coalition during the armed conflict in Yemen, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate the violations and establish the respective responsibilities Alleged victims: - More details... |
24 Oct 2023 |
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Information received concerning the alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by Saudi/UAE-led coalition to provide redress and full and effective reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by the coalition during the armed conflict in Yemen, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate the violations and establish the respective responsibilities Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Oct 2023 |
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Information received concerning alleged insufficiency and inadequacy of the mechanisms implemented by Ansar Allah movement (or the Houthi movement, the de facto authority in Sana'a) to provide redress and reparation to victims of gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by the group during the armed conflict, in line with the scale and severity of the harm done; and to effectively investigate those violations and establish the respective responsibilities.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the discovery of a mass grave at Kokuthoduvai in Mullaitivu on 29 June 2023 and related concerns regarding its preservation and exhumation, respect and identification of the mortal remains contained therein in line with international standards, which are essential to uphold the right to truth of victims of gross human rights violations and their relatives, as well as of the society as a whole. Alleged victims: 13 More details... |
02 Oct 2023 (Ack.) |
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Información recibida en relación con el otorgamiento al Club Atlético River Plate Asociación Civil, del uso indefinido de los terrenos donde funcionó el campo de deportes de la Escuela de Mecánica de la Armada (ESMA), que, según numerosos testimonios, fue parte del sistema de exterminio y desapariciones forzadas existente durante la última dictadura militar. Sin embargo, según la información recibida, dicho otorgamiento se produjo en el marco de un trámite administrativo en el que no se habría consultado adecuadamente a las víctimas ni a la sociedad civil.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Sep 2023 |
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Information received concerning allegations of widespread use of torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment inflicted by Russian military officials against Ukrainian civilians, held in detention facilities run by Russian military forces in Ukraine, within the context of the ongoing armed attack by the Russian Federation against Ukraine. If established, these allegations could constitute individual violations and, as explained further below, may also amount to a pattern of State-endorsed torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.Alleged victims: 4 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the Bill for the Amendment of the Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation 2071 (2014), registered in Parliament on 19 March 2023, which appears to be inconsistent with Nepal’s obligations to investigate the human rights violations committed during the 1996-2006 internal armed conflict.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Aug 2023 |
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Information received concerning the reported risk of imminent repatriation of Rohingya refugees currently residing in Bangladesh to Myanmar.Alleged victims: 6000 More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant Mme Sihem Bensedrine, ancienne présidente de l’Instance Vérité et Dignité (IVD), qui a été interdite de quitter le pays après avoir été inculpée dans le cadre d'une enquête sur le rapport final de cette instance qu'elle a présidée sur les crimes commis sous la dictature. Le rapport a été publié au Journal Officiel conformément à la loi et fait donc désormais partie du cadre juridique tunisien.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
08 Dec 2023 |
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Information received concerning the alleged search of the homes of members of the Russian NGO “Memorial” as well as their offices, and the criminalization of Oleg Orlov in connection with his legitimate human rights work, the exercise of his freedom of expression and freedom of association. Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged recent imposition of additional requirements for survivors to file a criminal complaint to be eligible for reparation under the Yazidi Survivors Law (YSL), and associated by-laws, addressed to victims of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) from the Yazidi, Christian, Turkmen, and Shabak communities, which substantially impair the realizaiton of the rights of survivors to reparation as stipulated under the law and international standards. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con alegaciones de asesinatos en distintos eventos de 57 personas integrantes de la Federación Sindical Unitaria Agropecuaria (FENSUAGRO); alegaciones de amenazas, incluyendo amenazas de muerte, actos de intimidación, hostigamiento, desapariciones forzadas y desplazamiento forzado contra personas integrantes de esta Federación, asociaciones y sindicatos afiliados y personas asociadas a las mismas y sus comunidades; y la falta de investigaciones rápidas, exhaustivas, eficaces e imparciales por parte de las autoridades estatales. Alleged victims: 4 More details... |
30 Jun 2023 30 Jun 2023 (Annex) 30 Jun 2023 (Annex) 07 Jul 2023 |
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Information received concerning the extension of the deadline to submit requests for recognition of status as victim of sexual violence during the war under the “Draft law to amend and supplement the law no.04/l-054 for the status and rights of martyrs, disabled, veterans, participants of the Kosovo liberation army, persons violated during the war, civilian victims and their families, amended and supplemented by law no. 04/l-172”, currently being drafted by the Government, and take this opportunity to remind the Government that no statutes of limitations are applicable to the category of crimes constituting grave breaches of the 1949 Geneva Conventions or otherwise serious human rights violations.Alleged victims: - More details... |
01 May 2023 |
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Information received concerning the alleged lack of meaningful participation, through self-elected representatives, of the Ovaherero and Nama peoples in the negotiations leading to the issuance of the “Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Namibia: United in remembrance of our colonial past, united in our will to reconcile, united in our vision of the future”, as well as the lack of effective reparative measures afforded to them, including an unqualified recognition of the genocide committed against these communities in the former German Southwest Africa colony between 1904 and 1908.Alleged victims: 93501 More details... |
01 May 2023 (Ack.) 30 May 2023 |
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Information received concerning the alleged lack of meaningful participation, through self-elected representatives, of the Ovaherero and Nama peoples in the negotiations leading to the issuance of the “Joint Declaration by the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Namibia: United in remembrance of our colonial past, united in our will to reconcile, united in our vision of the future”, as well as the lack of effective reparative measures afforded to them, including an unqualified recognition of the genocide committed against these communities in the former German Southwest Africa colony between 1904 and 1908.Alleged victims: 93501 More details... |
12 Apr 2023 (Ack.) 01 Jun 2023 01 Jun 2023 01 Jun 2023 (Annex) |
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Information received regarding continuous forced displacement of the Chagossian people and lack of their effective participation in the decision-making concerning their homeland – Chagos Islands. Alleged victims: - More details... |
24 Apr 2023 |
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Information received regarding continuous forced displacement of the Chagossian people and lack of their effective participation in the decision-making concerning their homeland – Chagos Islands and to reference an earlier communication (AL MUS 3/2020) on the cultural, social and economic barriers encountered by the exiled Chagossian people living in Mauritius. Alleged victims: - More details... |
14 Apr 2023 |
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Information received concerning the continuing use of excessive force against protesters participating in ongoing demonstrations in August and September 2022. The demonstrations are in response to the previous use of excessive force by security forces against protesters, as well as the continuing economic and financial issues arising from fiscal mismanagement of the debt crisis in Sri LankaAlleged victims: 3 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la iniciativa de ley número 6099 intitulada "Ley para el fortalecimiento de la paz”, que persigue establecer extinción de la responsabilidad penal y de la pena por amnistía absoluta de los responsables de delitos y graves violaciones a los derechos humanos cometidos durante el conflicto armado interno de Guatemala.Alleged victims: - More details... |
25 Dec 2022 |
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Información recibida en relación la situación de emergencia de financiamiento, estructura y personal en que se encuentra el Instituto de Medicina Legal y Ciencias Forenses y el impacto negativo que ello tiene sobre la labor de búsqueda e identificación de personas desaparecidas y en el acceso a la verdad y a la justicia sobre las desapariciones forzadas, ejecuciones extrajudiciales y torturas y/o tratos crueles inhumanos o degradantes, cometidas durante el periodo de violencia que vivió el país entre 1980 y 2000.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la presunta dilación injustificada en los procesos judicial y administrativo que se adelantan contra miembros de las Fuerzas Armadas por el homicidio agravado y tentativa de homicidio de un ex combatiente de las FARC-EP (firmante de los acuerdos de paz en Colombia) y familiares de ex combatientes, y por la supuesta dilación en la investigación de los supuestos hechos constitutivos de tortura o tratos crueles inhumanos y degradantes en perjuicio de los sobrevivientes de dicho ataque, así como por los actos de intimidación contra familiares de un ex combatiente de las FARC-EP (firmante de los acuerdos de paz en Colombia) y las amenazas recibidas por dirigentes del sindicato SINTRAMIENERGÉTICA tras su participación en una audiencia convocada por la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz.Alleged victims: 5 More details... |
03 Apr 2023 |
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Information received regarding the attack against the Kaaj Educational Center mainly targeting members of the Hazara minority. We are concerned that should this attack not be investigated properly and preventive measures not put in place, such attacks may continue to take place in the future, claiming many more lives and depriving children and young people of their right to education.Alleged victims: - More details... |
12 Jan 2023 |
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Information received concerning allegations that the authorities have not taken adequate measures to conduct forensic investigations in line with the international standards laid out in the Minnesota Protocol in order to determine the fate and whereabouts of persons forcibly disappeared between July 1994 to January 2017. Furthermore, concerns are raised about the delay in putting in place accountability measures for bringing all perpetrators to justice and to provide victims and their families with effective remedy and reparations. We are also raising concern about the verbal attacks and threats made against Ms. Isatou Ayeshah Jammeh, a victim of human rights violations and human rights defender.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information concerning the alleged enforced disappearances, arbitrary detentions, torture, and extra-judicial killings, reportedly committed by Government security forces between May 1989 and January 1990, in the Matale District, in the context of the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) uprising. The allegations received also refer to a complete lack of accountability and judicial action against the State authorities identified as the main perpetrators of the violations committed.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged failure to comply with your Excellency Government’s obligation to ensure locating, protecting, preserving and exhuming mass and unmarked grave sites, their investigation compliant with international standards with a view to identifying those buried therein and the search for forcibly disappeared persons in connection with the enforced disappearance and summary execution of political dissidents between July and early September in 1988 in 32 cities, and the refusal to provide their families with accurate and complete death certificates.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged failure of the Iraqi Government to conduct prompt, impartial and effective investigations into the disappearances and potentially unlawful deaths of victims of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), and to criminally prosecute and sanction the perpetrators of those crimes and to provide full reparation to victims, in line with international standards.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information concerning the repeated allegations of sexual harassment and sexual abuse by the security forces against women and girls in the context of peaceful demonstrations, as well as of the continuous allegations of killing and injuring of individuals due to the use of unlawful and excessive force against peaceful protesters, and the use of lethal force; alleged arbitrary detention of activists, human rights defenders and individuals associated with the demonstrations, including of children; attacks on medical facilities obstructing the injured protesters access to health; and prolonged internet shutdowns to prevent access to information ahead of and during demonstrations. Additionally, we would like to bring to your attention concerns related to the increase of sexual and gender-based violence against women in the conflict affected-areas, as the insecurity has increased since the military coup of 25 October 2021 in Sudan. We are concerned that these continuous violations, conducted with impunity, in addition to constituting serious human rights violations, also severely restrict the civic space and create a hostile environment for the participation in public affairs, especially for women and girls.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received the excessive and lethal use of force against protesters amid large scale daily demonstrations since 16 March 2022 that started in Colombo city and spread to other areas in Sri Lanka, in response to fiscal mismanagement of the debt crisis rising inflation, shortages of fuel and essential goods and prolonged power cuts as a result of a scarcity of foreign exchange. We would like to bring further attention to reports we’ve received on the subsequent arrests and arbitrary detention of peaceful protesters, human rights defenders, activists and journalists, seemingly for the legitimate exercise of their rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association, as well as to freedom of expression and of opinion.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the continued lack of identification and preservation of unmarked and mass grave sites in Indian-administered Kashmir, including the failure to conduct forensic investigations, search processes for the forcibly disappeared, and the lack of progress in identifying the remains of individuals buried in these graves in accordance with international standards.Alleged victims: - More details... |
26 Sep 2022 (Ack.) |
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information received the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill introduced in Parliament on 17th May 2022 which appears to be inconsistent with the United Kingdom’s obligations to investigate the serious human rights violations committed during the “Northern Ireland Troubles”, and to provide access to truth and remedy for victims. Alleged victims: - More details... |
22 Aug 2023 |
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Information received concerning allegations of the lack of measures taken to conduct thorough and comprehensive search for individuals forcibly disappeared by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Syria as well as the lack of investigations compliant with international standards into mass graves in areas now controlled by the Syrian Government.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Jul 2022 |
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Information received concerning allegations of the lack of measures taken to conduct comprehensive and thorough search for individuals disappeared by the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) in Syria and lack of investigations compliant with international standards with regard to mass graves in areas now controlled by the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES). We have also received information on the alleged operation of local counter-terrorism mechanisms which do not comply with international due process standards, the alleged failure to consistently question and prosecute former ISIL members in relation to acts tantamount to enforced disappearance and extrajudicial executions and the application of amnesties or similar measures to former ISIL members leading to impunity.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the ruling of the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court of 11 May 2020, which denies the extradition of a person to Argentina for the investigation of four interrelated judicial cases concerning crimes against humanity and grave human rights violations committed in the clandestine detention center ‘ESMA’ between 1976 and 1979.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning allegations of systemic racism and racial discrimination against mixed-race Irish children who lived in State institutions, including Mother and Baby Homes, Industrial Schools and analogous institutions, in Ireland between the 1940s and 1990s. Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
10 Jun 2022 |
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Information received concerning the alleged decision of the Amnesty Recommendation Committee of the Truth, Reparation and Reconciliation Commission (TRRC) to recommend the granting of amnesty to Mr. Sanna Sabally, who is accused of serious human rights violations that may reach the threshold of crimes against humanity.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged acts of intimidation and harassment against relatives of disappeared persons, human rights defenders and civil society organizations in Bangladesh because of their work and co-operation with international bodies and UN mechanisms in the field of human rights.Alleged victims: 4 More details... |
12 May 2022 |
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Information received concerning allegations of sexual violence perpetrated in 2001 by State agents, in the context of the armed conflict in Nepal (1996-2006), while the victim was 13 years old, and the failure to investigate, prosecute and punish any perpetrators in connection with these crimes, or to provide redress.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con los presuntos actos de desprestigio e incitación a la violencia dirigidos contra el memorial “El Ojo que Llora” y los actos de estigmatización, intimidación y amenaza dirigidos contra las personas que participaron en el acto de reconocimiento del sitio como Patrimonio Cultural de la Nación, todos ellos registrados en las redes sociales.Alleged victims: - More details... |
04 May 2022 |
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Information received concerning a request for the repatriation of Ryukyuan indigenous human remains, kept at the Kyoto University.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
01 Mar 2022 |
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Información recibida en relación a la Proposición de Ley sobre bebés robados en el Estado español. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación los presuntos ataques y amenazas en contra de la señora Coline Manon Christine Fanon y contra su hermano el señor Dino Ernesto Suchite Rodríguez y otros integrantes de su familia, así como en contra la fundación Racines Perdues - Raices Perdidas.Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
14 Feb 2022 |
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Information received concerning alleged acts of harassment against Ms. Sandya Ekneligoda, reportedly in reprisal for her efforts to seek the truth about the fate and whereabouts of her husband, disappeared journalist Prageeth Ekneligoda. Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
25 Jan 2022 |
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Información recibida en relación al Proyecto de Ley sobre la sustitución de penas privativas de libertad por régimen de prisión domiciliaria para procesados y condenados mayores de sesenta y cinco años - y la permanencia a futuro del citado régimen- por razones humanitarias o trato humanitario, superpoblación del sistema penitenciario y su agravamiento ante la emergencia sanitaria causada por la pandemia de COVID-19. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the General Scheme of the Birth Information and Tracing Bill, the General Scheme of a Certain Institutional Burials (Authorised Interventions) Bill and the proposed Restorative Recognition Scheme. Alleged victims: - More details... |
09 Nov 2021 09 Nov 2021 (Annex) 09 Nov 2021 (Annex) |
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Información recibida en relación con la ostensible demora en que viene incurriendo la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la República Argentina, en resolver causas por crímenes contra la humanidad y graves violaciones de los derechos humanos, incluyendo desapariciones forzadas, cometidos durante la dictadura miliar, que esperan resolución desde hace años.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
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Informations reçues concernant des allégations lies a l’ impact négatif que la législation et les régulations adoptées en Algérie depuis la fin de la guerre civile ont eu sur la réalisation des droits des victimes à un recours effectif, à la justice, et à la vérité en relation aux graves violations des droits humains commises pendant cette période, ainsi que des allégations lies au restrictions excessives aux droits à la liberté d'expression, de réunion pacifique et d'association contenu dans le cadre juridique algérienne qui porteraient atteinte aux activités des victimes et leurs association et qui auraient abouti à la criminalisation de leurs manifestations pacifiques demandant justice pour les violations susmentionnées.Alleged victims: - More details... |
22 Nov 2021 26 Nov 2021 (Ack.) 30 Nov 2021 (Ack.) |
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Information received concerning the arbitrary dismissal of 151 judges from service, allegedly on the basis of a disciplinary procedure that did not comply with established international standards.Alleged victims: 151 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged inaction of the government of the state of Sao Paulo to comply with the 2014 decision of the Council for the Defence of the Historical, Archaeological, Artistic and Tourist Heritage of the state of Sao Paulo (Condephaat) requesting the preservation of the former facilities of the Department of Information Operations - Centre of Internal Defence Operations system (DOI-CODI) and the establishment therein of a place of memory of the serious human rights violations committed there during Brazil’s dictatorship.Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 Nov 2021 |
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Information received concerning the alleged arbitrary detention, threats and intimidation against human rights defenders, journalists and trade union leaders Mr. Sudesh Nandimal Silva, Mr. Senaka Perera, Mr. Tharindu Jayawardhana and Mr. Joseph Stalin.Alleged victims: 4 More details... |
14 Oct 2021 24 Nov 2021 |
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Information received concerning the recently announced plan to introduce what amounts to a mechanism for impunity regarding the serious human rights violations committed during the Troubles in Northern Ireland.Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 Oct 2021 |
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Information received concerning the delay in elaborating a plan of action to implement the recommendations formulated in the 2019 Final Report of the National Inquiry on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and in addressing the systemic causes of violence against indigenous women and girls, as well as Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQQIA) people in Canada.Alleged victims: - More details... |
12 Oct 2021 |
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Information received concerning the alleged lack of effective remedies for the Kipsigis and Talai indigenous peoples who were subjected to human rights violations during the pre-colonial and colonial period in Kenya, associated primarily with the expropriation of land on Kericho County.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la decisión de la Sala de lo Penal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia en su sentencia casacional del 8 de septiembre de 2020, de dictar la prescripción de la acción penal contra los supuestos autores intelectuales de la llamada “Masacre de los Jesuitas”.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
16 Jul 2021 16 Jul 2021 (Annex) 17 Nov 2021 07 Feb 2022 07 Feb 2022 (Annex) |
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Information received concerning the alleged lack of effective remedies for the Kipsigis and Talai peoples which were subjected to human rights violations during the pre-colonial and colonial period in Kenya, associated primarily with the expropriation of land on Kericho County.Alleged victims: - More details... |
30 Jul 2021 |
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Information received regarding the decision of the official Organization of the Behesht Zahra to not allow members of the Baha’i faith to bury their dead in new gravesites at Golestan Javid cemetery in Tehran.Alleged victims: - More details... |
23 Jul 2021 |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.Alleged victims: - More details... |
15 Nov 2021 |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.Alleged victims: - More details... |
17 Jun 2021 |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta sistemática de investigaciones efectivas y de cooperación transregional entre los países centroamericanos y México para atender los numerosos casos de desapariciones de migrantes, incluidas las desapariciones forzadas, informar a sus familiares, preservar los datos forenses, repatriar los restos humanos y proporcionar una reparación adecuada a las víctimas.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Jul 2021 |
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Informations reçues concernant les nombreuses allégations dans le monde d’abus et violences sexuels commis par des membres de l’Église catholique contre des enfants et les mesures adoptées par l’Église catholique pour protéger les auteurs présumés d’abus, dissimuler les crimes, entraver la responsabilisation des agresseurs présumés, et éluder les réparations dues aux victimes.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the failure to comply with the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice of 25 February 2019, in which it was declared that the United Kingdom must bring an end to its administration of the Chagos Islands in order to lawfully complete the process of its decolonization, and unwillingness to recognize and reconcile with the history of the UK Government’s forcible eviction of Chagossians. Alleged victims: - More details... |
28 May 2021 |
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Información recibida en relación con las intervenciones realizadas en el cementerio alterno de El Copey, ubicado en el departamento del Cesar, y la falta de protección de los restos de las víctimas de desapariciones forzadas y ejecuciones extrajudiciales allí enterradas. Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 May 2021 21 Jun 2021 |
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Informations reçues concernant l'absence de progrès substantiels du processus de justice transitionnelle décrit dans les lois organiques n°2013-53 et n° 2014-17, en particulier dans les domaines des réparations et de la redevabilité; ainsi qu'en ce qui concerne les tentatives d'invalidation du travail de l’Instance Vérité et Dignité et de son héritage, en soutien à la recherche de la vérité et de la justice pour les violations passées des droits de l'Homme commises en Tunisie. Les informations reçues concernant les projets de loi présentés au Parlement, et d'autres en cours d'élaboration, qui pourraient avoir des répercussions négatives sur les Chambres pénales spécialisées et la redevabilité pour les violations flagrantes des droits de l'Homme, la corruption financière et la mauvaise utilisation des fonds publics sont également portées à votre attention. Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Apr 2021 (Ack.) 16 Jun 2021 |
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Information concerning the prosecution and imprisonment of Yuri Alexeevich Dmitriev, a historian and civil rights activist, that suggests the charges against him have been fabricated and are without grounds. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
24 Mar 2021 24 Mar 2021 (Annex) |
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Información recibida en relación con los daños ocasionados al memorial “El Ojo que Llora.Alleged victims: - More details... |
22 Apr 2021 |
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Information received concerning the adverse impact of the 20th Amendment to the Constitution of Sri Lanka on the independence of the judiciary and the separation of powersAlleged victims: - More details... |
12 Dec 2020 12 Dec 2020 (Annex) |
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Información recibida sobre la independización del terreno, destinado a la construcción del Santuario de la Memoria La Hoyada, a favor del Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones (MTC) para la ampliación del Aeropuerto “Coronel FAP Alfredo Mendevil Duarte.”Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged regression in the transitional justice measures that Sri Lanka had adopted, or committed to implement, to address the serious human rights violations committed during the 25-year conflict, as well as the obstacles imposed on memorialization efforts led by victim’s groups and the intimidation of victims and civil societyAlleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the absence in the political process between the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition, of negotiations regarding the design and implementation of transitional justice measures to address the gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed against civilians since March 2011, as well as the absence of meaningful victim participation in the process.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the absence in the political process between the Syrian government and the Syrian opposition, of negotiations regarding the design and implementation of transitional justice measures to address the gross violations of international human rights law and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed against civilians since March 2011, as well as the absence of meaningful victim participation in the process, including women and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Alleged victims: - More details... |
05 Jan 2021 05 Jan 2021 (Annex) 05 Jan 2021 (Annex) |
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Información recibida en relación al supuesto acoso judicial contra el Sr. Othon Sigfrido Reyes Morales, miembro fundador del partido de oposición “Frente Farabundo Martí para la Liberación Nacional” (FMLN), y su familia. Estos procesos judiciales no tendrían algún sustento legal y tendrían el objetivo de desprestigiar a líderes de partidos políticos de la oposición. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
22 Jan 2021 22 Jan 2021 (Annex) 22 Jan 2021 (Annex) 22 Jan 2021 (Annex) 22 Jan 2021 27 Jan 2021 (Ack.) |
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Information received concerning alleged police harassment and excessive use of force against demonstrators during a peaceful assembly for the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances held on 30 August 2020, in the districts of Jaffna and Batticaloa. Alleged victims: 8 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con el contexto de menoscabo y cuestionamiento de los mecanismos del Sistema Integral de Verdad, Justicia, Reparación y No Repetición, en particular sobre la Jurisdicción Especial para la Paz (JEP) y la Comisión para el Esclarecimiento de la Verdad, la Convivencia y la No Repetición (CEV), y de críticas y ataques a la reputación de los integrantes de ambas instituciones en virtud de sus actividades previas relacionadas con su labor en defensa de los derechos humanos.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación a presuntas vulneraciones y afectaciones a los derechos a la vida, integridad y libertad y seguridad personal durante el desarrollo de las protestas y otras situaciones de tensión, derivadas con posterioridad a las elecciones generales del 20 de octubre de 2019 en Bolivia.Alleged victims: 906 More details... |
26 Nov 2020 (Ack.) 18 May 2021 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) 18 May 2021 (Annex) |
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Information received concerning the situation faced by the victims of the political repression of the Soviet era in respect of access to adequate housing and their right to a prompt and effective remedy.Alleged victims: 1500 More details... |
07 Oct 2020 09 Nov 2020 |
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Information received concerning allegations of the continued refusal to disclose the circumstances of death and remains of thousands of political dissidents who were forcibly disappeared and then allegedly extrajudicial executed between July and early September in 1988 in 32 cities, and the authorities’ refusal to provide families with accurate and complete death certificates.Alleged victims: 6 More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant la libération temporaire, pour des raisons liées à la COVID-19, de l'ancien président du Tchad, Hissène Habré, de la prison sénégalaise où il purge actuellement une peine de prison à vie. Alleged victims: - More details... |
04 Sep 2020 |
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Information received concerning the sudden closure of the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) in October 2019 which has currently left the people of the region with limited legal recourse to seek justice for potential human rights violations committed against them including enforced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, torture and sexual violence and created uncertainty as to how pending cases will be treated.Alleged victims: 639 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the alleged renewed public remarks made by President Jair Bolsonaro and members of his Government denying the existence of a military dictatorship in Brazil between 1964 and 1985, positively assessing the events occurred during this period, and trivializing the violations committed, as well as concerning the alleged interference with the work of existing transitional justice mechanisms.Alleged victims: - More details... |
26 Aug 2020 |
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Information received concerning the request for release of the former president of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir, due to a reported outbreak of COVID-19 in the facilities where he is currently detained. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the implementation of policies and initiatives aimed at influencing the independence of the International Criminal Court (ICC)Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con presuntas actividades de empleo irregular de capacidades de inteligencia militar relativas a la vigilancia y elaboración de perfiles – con base en la recolección de información pública y privada – de periodistas, defensoras y defensores de derechos humanos, incluyendo a líderes sociales y abogados de derechos humanos, magistrados, sindicalistas, personas vinculadas a los acuerdos de paz, y dirigentes políticos, entre otros, que habrían sido desarrolladas por miembros de las unidades de inteligencia de las fuerzas militares en Colombia.Alleged victims: 57 More details... |
05 Aug 2020 |
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Informations reçues concernant l'absence de recours effectifs pour les victimes de violations des droits de l'homme pendant la période dite du "Passif humanitaire" en Mauritanie et le projet de loi sur la justice transitionnelle présenté à l'Assemblée nationale à ce sujet.Alleged victims: - More details... |
23 Sep 2020 |
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Information received concerning the role of Keenie Meenie Services Ltd. as well as UK nationals employed and/or contracted by the company, in violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law that were allegedly committed during the armed conflict in Sri Lanka between 1984 and 1988, as well as the related lack of accountability and remedies for victims.Alleged victims: - More details... |
02 Aug 2020 |
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Information received concerning the role of Keenie Meenie Services Ltd. as well as UK nationals employed and/or contracted by the company, in violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law that were allegedly committed during the armed conflict in Sri Lanka between 1984 and 1988, as well as the related lack of accountability and remedies for victims.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the role of Keenie Meenie Services Ltd. as well as UK nationals employed and/or contracted by the company, in violations of international humanitarian law and international human rights law that were allegedly committed during the armed conflict in Sri Lanka between 1984 and 1988, as well as the related lack of accountability and remedies for victims.Alleged victims: - More details... |
02 Aug 2020 (Annex) 02 Aug 2020 06 Sep 2020 |
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Concerns about policies with regards to addressing enforced disappearances in the country and recent statements from the Government on this issue. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the cases of 432 army cadets missing from Tikrit since 12 June 2014.Alleged victims: 432 More details... |
14 Oct 2020 |
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Información recibida en relación con la reactivación del proyecto de ley que regula la sustitución de penas privativas de libertad por razones humanitarias, más conocido como “Ley Humanitaria” (Boletín 12.345-073).Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received regarding the continued denial of effective remedies to the victims of the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti.Alleged victims: 829000 More details... |
26 Jun 2020 |
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Informations reçues concernant le fait que les victimes de l'épidémie de choléra de 2010 en Haïti continuent de se voir refuser des recours efficaces. Alleged victims: 829000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the reported lack of effective consultation with victims concerning the amendment of the Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation 2071 (2014). Alleged victims: - More details... |
12 Jun 2020 |
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Information received concerning the alleged imposition of the statute of limitations –known as zastara- to wartime victims seeking reparations through the judicial system, as well as the imposition of court fees to victims whose claims have been barred due to the imposition of the aforementioned statute.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la falta de avances significativos en la implementación de la resolución emitida por la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos el 23 de noviembre de 2009, en el caso “Radilla Pacheco vs. Estados Unidos Mexicanos”.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
12 Feb 2020 |
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Informations reçues selon lesquelles deux banques, nommément KBL European Private Bankers et le Groupe KBC, auraient manqué de se conformer aux Principes directeurs de l'Organisation de coopération et développement économiques (OCDE) à l'intention des entreprises multinationales en violation de l’embargo décrété par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies sur les armes contre le régime d’apartheid de l’Afrique du Sud.Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Oct 2019 |
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Informations reçues selon lesquelles deux banques, nommément KBL European Private Bankers et le Groupe KBC, auraient manqué de se conformer aux Principes directeurs de l'Organisation de coopération et développement économiques (OCDE) à l'intention des entreprises multinationales en violation de l’embargo décrété par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies sur les armes contre le régime d’apartheid de l’Afrique du Sud.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Informations reçues selon lesquelles deux banques, nommément KBL European Private Bankers et le Groupe KBC, auraient manqué de se conformer aux Principes directeurs de l'Organisation de coopération et développement économiques (OCDE) à l'intention des entreprises multinationales en violation de l’embargo décrété par le Conseil de sécurité des Nations Unies sur les armes contre le régime d’apartheid de l’Afrique du Sud.Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Nov 2019 07 Nov 2019 (Annex) |
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Information received concerning the remarks made by President Bolsonaro about the enforced disappearance of Mr. Fernando Augusto de Santa Cruz Oliveira.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación a la sentencia de la Cámara de Apelaciones de Paraguay de 22 de mayo del 2019. Dicha sentencia extingue la causa penal contra los procesados Camilo Almada Morel y Eusebio Torres Romero, por delitos relacionados con detención arbitraria, ejecución arbitraria y tortura, ocurridos entre abril de 1976 y mayo de 1979, y dispone su sobreseimiento definitivo. Dicha sentencia daría lugar a la impunidad de crímenes de lesa humanidad y sería contraria a la imprescriptibilidad de dichos crímenes. Alleged victims: - More details... |
14 Aug 2020 |
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Informations reçues concernant une proposition de loi visant à démanteler les chambres criminelles spécialisées en Tunisie et à les remplacer par une institution qui impliquerait une impunité systémique pour les violations flagrantes des droits de l'homme commises en Tunisie entre 1955 et 2013, annulant ainsi les progrès essentiels que le pays a fait sur la voie de l'État de droit.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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En este contexto, quisiéramos señalar a la atención urgente del Gobierno de Su Excelencia la información que hemos recibido en relación a los actos de intimidación, ataques y represalias en contra del Juez Pablo Xitumul de Paz, Presidente del Tribunal de Primera Instancia Penal de Mayor Riesgo Grupo “C”, así como en contra de la Jueza de Primera Instancia Penal Erika Lorena Aifán Dávila, con competencia en casos de Mayor Riesgo, Grupo “D”. Estos actos podrían estar relacionados a sus posiciones independientes en su función jurisdiccional en casos de alto impacto. Asimismo, quisiéramos manifestar nuestra preocupación sobre la falta de garantías que aseguren una actuación independiente tanto a nivel individual para las juezas y los jueces, como institucional. Dicha fragilidad crea barreras para el acceso a la justicia, verdad y reparación, en particular en los casos de justicia de transición, lo que puede significar un grave retroceso en la lucha contra la impunidad. Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
25 Sep 2019 |
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Información recibida en relación a la posible falta de renovación del Convenio Interinstitucional 24-2009 entre el Ministerio de Gobernación y el Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes sobre el Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional (AHPN), lo cual podría conllevar un eventual traslado del mismo y la pérdida o destrucción de documentos, así como su desmantelamiento.Alleged victims: - More details... |
28 Jun 2019 |
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Información recibida en relación con el asesinato del excombatiente Dimar Torres Arévalo en proceso de reincorporación en el marco de la implementación del Acuerdo Final para la Terminación del Conflicto y la construcción de una Paz Estable y Duradera. La información proporcionada se enmarca en el día 22 de abril de 2019.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
12 Jul 2019 |
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Información recibida en relación con los proyectos a realizar en la guarnición militar de Campo de Mayo -donde se localizaron numerosos centros clandestinos de detención durante la dictadura-, que podrían poner en riesgo los derechos de las víctimas de crímenes de lesa humanidad, en particular el derecho a conocer la verdad sobre las circunstancias de las desaparición forzada, la evolución y los resultados de la investigación, y el paradero de la persona desaparecida y/o fallecida, y a obtener garantías de no repetición de las violaciones sufridas tales como la preservación de los sitios de memoria histórica.Alleged victims: - More details... |
14 Jun 2019 14 Jun 2019 (Annex) 14 Jun 2019 (Annex) 14 Jun 2019 (Annex) 14 Jun 2019 (Annex) |
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Information received concerning the reported lack of impartiality, independence and transparency in the existing procedure for the appointment of the members of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission on the Investigation of Enforced Disappearance (CIEDP), which may affect the selection of new commissioners in April 2019; the reported lack of progress in the work undertaken by both commissions; and the possible amendment of the Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation 2071 (2014).Alleged victims: - More details... |
07 Jun 2019 |
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Information received concerning commemorations to be held to celebrate the 1964 military coup in Brazil.Alleged victims: - More details... |
03 Apr 2019 |
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Information received alleging violations and their consequences afterwards attributable to Turkey in relation to the tragic events that affected the Armenian minority from 1915 to 1923. Alleged victims: 600000 More details... |
17 May 2019 17 May 2019 17 May 2019 |
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Información recibida en relación a amenazas de muerte y actos de intimidación cometidos en contra de la Sra. Alfamir Castillo Bermúdez, su abogado el Sr. German Romero Sánchez, y la Fundación Nydia Erika Bautista y sus integrantes, en relación con el juicio del general Mario Montoya Uribe.Alleged victims: 7 More details... |
16 Apr 2019 |
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Information received concerning the United Kingdom’s alleged involvement in torture and extraordinary renditions in the context of the so-called “war on terror”, between 2001 and 2010. Alleged victims: 2 More details... |
07 Nov 2018 |
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Information received concerning a draft law approved by the House of Representatives of Egypt that would grant amnesties to a designated cadre of high-ranking military officers.Alleged victims: - More details... |
25 Oct 2018 |
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Información recibida en relación con el acceso a reparaciones por parte de la Sra. Silvia Flores Mosquera en su condición de víctima y de viuda de víctima del terrorismo de Estado en Uruguay, y como ello afectaría la recepción de su pensión por discapacidad. Alleged victims: - More details... |
03 Dec 2018 |
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Information received concerning allegations of harassment of Ms. Sandya Ekneligoda in reprisal to her efforts to seeking the truth about the fate and whereabouts of her husband. Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con alegaciones de uso excesivo de la fuerza por parte de cuerpos de seguridad del Estado, incluyendo policía anti-motines y grupos armados pro-gubernamentales (también llamados ‘turbas’, para-policías o paramilitares, ‘motorizados’) en contra de manifestantes en zonas urbanas y rurales, y de estudiantes (incluyendo adolescentes), la cual ha causado, desde su inicio el 18 de abril hasta el 3 de junio al menos 120 muertos, y aproximadamente 1200 personas heridas en varias ciudades del país. Alleged victims: 1100 More details... | |
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Informations reçues relatives aux derniers évènements relatifs au processus de la justice transitionnelle, en particulière en ce qui concerne l’Instance Vérité et Dignité. Ces observations sont aussi présentées à la lumière des conclusions et recommandations formulées suite à la visite officielle du Rapporteur spécial dans le pays (A/HRC/24/42/Add.1).Alleged victims: - More details... |
29 Jun 2018 29 Jun 2018 |
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Información recibida en relación con la iniciativa de ley número 5377 que persigue reformar la Ley de Reconciliación Nacional, Decreto 145-96, la cual buscaría establecer una amnistía general y una extinción total de la responsabilidad penal de los responsables de delitos y graves violaciones a los derechos humanos cometidos durante el conflicto armado interno de Guatemala.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the temporary detention in a Police Station of Boniyar Police Station for an hour of Advocate Parvez Imorz, Patron of the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons and President of Jammu Kashmir Colaition of Civil Society, as well as three other lawyers, Advocates Kartik Murukutla, Ghulam Nabi Khan and Qazi Irfan. and the verbal direction from Police preventing them from holding prayers and laying a tombstone on the grave of Mr. Atta Mohammed Khan in Bimyar Village of Chehal, in the Baramulla district of Kashmir.Alleged victims: 4 More details... | |
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In this connection, we would like to bring to your Excellency’s Government’s attention information we have received concerning the recent passage of law that penalizes certain statements about Poland’s role in the Holocaust. Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Apr 2018 |
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Información recibida en relación con alegaciones de amenazas de muerte y agresiones por parte de grupos paramilitares contra el Sr. Germán Graciano Posso, integrante de la Comunidad de Paz de San José del Apartadó, que presuntamente se relacionarían con su labor como defensor de derechos humanos y con su participación en el Foro de Naciones Unidas sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas de 2017, pudiendo constituir represalias bajo las resoluciones 12/2, 22/6 y 24/24 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación al proceso legislativo en curso para la eventual aprobación de una “Ley de Seguridad Interior”, dirigida, entre otras cuestiones, a regular la participación de las Fuerzas Armadas en tareas de seguridad. La ley fue adoptada por la Cámara de Diputados el 30 de noviembre y ha sido remitida al Senado para su debate y adopción.Alleged victims: - More details... |
13 Dec 2017 07 Mar 2018 |
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Información recibida sobre la posible adopción de un indulto presidencial en favor del expresidente Alberto Fujimori, quien fuera sentenciado en 2009 a 25 años de prisión por serias violaciones a los derechos humanos.Alleged victims: - More details... |
13 Dec 2017 |
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Information received concerning allegations of human rights violations resulting from the continued refusal of the Republic of the Philippines to espouse claims against the Government of Japan for crimes of sexual violence suffered by thousands of women and girls at the hands of Japanese military forces during the Second World War.Alleged victims: - More details... |
03 Apr 2018 |
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Informacion recibia en relación con el deterioro de la situación de los defensores y defensoras de derechos humanos en Colombia y el incremento de ataques, intimidaciones y asesinatos en su contra durante 2017, afectando particularmente a defensores que son líderes sociales, campesinos y personas defensoras que han apoyado el proceso de paz.Alleged victims: 4 More details... | |
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Información recibida sobre el proceso de acusación constitucional iniciado contra el Sr. Manuel Miranda Canales, Presidente del Tribunal Constitucional, la Sra. Marianella Ledesma Narváez, Vicepresidenta del Tribunal Constitucional, y los Sres. Carlos Ramos Núñez y Eloy Espinosa-Saldaña Barrera, magistrados de ese mismo Tribunal, por haber emitido una auto corrigiendo un error afectando su sentencia STC N° 01969-2011-HC/TC de 2013 relativa al caso conocido como El Frontón.Alleged victims: 7 More details... | |
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Informations reçues concernant les mesures de réparation ordonnées par la Cour d'appel de N'Djamena pour les violations des droits humains commises sous le régime répressif de l’Etat tchadien entre 1982 et 1990, ainsi que les peines de travaux forcés, dictées par la Cour.Alleged victims: 7000 More details... | |
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Information received concerning the Nepal Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation 2071, adopted on 25 April 2014 (henceforth “TRC Act”); the lack of significant progress in the work of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Commission on the Investigation of Enforced Disappearance (CIEDP); and the need to enhance participation and to better guarantee the protection of victims and witnesses.Alleged victims: 3 More details... |
31 Jul 2017 (Ack.) |
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Información recibida en relación al veredicto de la Junta de Honor del Ejército de Guatemala, en el que recomendó la cancelación de despachos militares y la baja del Ejército del Coronel de Infantería Edgar Rolando Rubio Castañeda, tras la publicación del libro “Desde el Cuartel; Otra Visión de Guatemala”. Asimismo, quisiéramos referirnos a las alegaciones de intimidaciones y amenazas contra el Coronel Rubio Castañeda y su familia en relación con esta publicación.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con la decisión de la Corte Suprema de Justicia de la Nación Argentina (CSJN) relativa a la aplicación de la ley 24.390 (llamada ley 2x1) en casos de crímenes de lesa humanidad y la adopción de la ley 27.362, que establece que disposiciones de la ley 24.390 no son aplicable en casos de delitos de lesa humanidad, genocidio o crímenes de guerra.Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Information received regarding the threats of additional prison terms and relocation to remote detention of Ms. Maryam Akbari Monfared, imprisoned since December 2009, allegedly to keep her from writing open letters about the fate and whereabouts of several thousand political prisoners extrajudicially executed in the summer of 1988. In addition, information has been received about the desecration of mass grave sites in Ahvaz and Mashhad that contains the remains of at least 184 people and 170 people, respectively, who were extra-judicially executed during the summer of 1988.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
11 Aug 2017 11 Sep 2017 |
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Information received concerning the systematic and ongoing harassment and intimidation of Father Elil Rajendram, a Tamil Jesuit Priest and human rights defender, by Sri Lanka’s law enforcement authorities in connection with his involvement organising a peaceful memorialization project for victims of Sri Lanka’s armed conflict. Moreover, we are concerned about his possible imminent arrest, in view of the fact that he has been requested to hand over a list of the names of those carved on the stones in the memorial.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con las amenazas de muerte contra los señores Pablo Chargoñia y Louis Joinet, así como otras once personas involucradas en la promoción de los derechos humanos y la lucha contra la impunidad en Uruguay. Alleged victims: 15 More details... |
27 Jun 2017 03 Jul 2017 (Ack.) |
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Informations reçues concernant des menaces de mort fait par un groupe prétendument composé d'anciens officiers de l'armée uruguayenne à l’encontre de M. Louis Joinet, magistrat à la retraite et défenseur des droits de l’homme renommé, qui seraient directement liées à diverses initiatives qu’il a prises en sa qualité de défenseur des droits de l’homme.Alleged victims: 14 More details... |
15 May 2017 |
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Informations et des allégations très inquiétantes reçues concernant des graves atteintes aux droits de l’homme, y compris contre des enfants, attribuées à des militaires des Forces armées de la République démocratique du Congo (FARDC) et d’autres acteurs étatiques, ainsi qu’à des membres de milices de Kamuina Nsapu.Alleged victims: 143 More details... | |
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In this connection, we would like to bring to the attention of your Government information we have received concerning the White Paper on the report of the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the clashes between the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and the Nigerian Army (NA) in Zaria, Kaduna State, between Saturday 12 and Monday 14 December 2015, issued on 5 December 2016 (hereafter “The White Paper”), and in particular some findings and recommendations by the Commission.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Información recibida en relación con el actual debate legislativo referente a la creación de la Unidad para la Búsqueda de Personas dadas por Desaparecidas en el contexto y en razón del conflicto armado, contemplada dentro del Sistema Integral de Verdad, Justicia, Reparación y No Repetición, del proceso de paz en Colombia.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Information received concerning the “Policy and Legal Framework of the proposed Counter Terrorism Act of Sri Lanka”, insofar as its compatibility with international norms and standards on human rights, particularly as set forth in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is concerned.Alleged victims: - More details... |
05 Dec 2016 (Ack.) |
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Observations from Special Procedures on the ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (25 March 2016), the Prevention of Terrorism Act No 48 of L979 (PTA), and the bill providing for the establishment of the Office on Missing Persons (OMP).Alleged victims: - More details... |
04 Aug 2016 (Ack.) |
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Inquiétudes et difficultés concernant l’adéquation des dispositions du « Projet de loi organique relative aux procédures spéciales concernant la réconciliation dans les domaines économique et financier » avec les obligations internationales de la Tunisie en matière de droits de l’homme, notamment avec les conclusions et recommandations formulées suite à la visite officielle du Rapporteur special dans le pays.Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Sep 2016 |
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Allégations de violations du droit à la vie et des droits à la liberté d’expression et d’association. Selon les informations reçues, suite à la visite de la Mission d’Experts indépendants des Nations Unies sur le Burundi (UNIIB) dans le pays (1-9 mars 2016), réalisée dans le cadre de la mise en œuvre de la résolution S-24/1 du Conseil des droits de l’homme des Nations Unies, plusieurs défenseurs des droits de l’homme ayant collaboré avec les experts auraient fui le pays en raison de menaces qu’ils auraient reçues de la part des services de renseignements burundais. De graves préoccupations sont exprimées quant aux allégations d’intimidation et de représailles contre des défenseurs des droits de l’homme qui ont rencontré les experts et les risques pour leur sécurité, ainsi que celle de leurs proches. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Non-compliance with international human rights law and standards of an agreement made between the Governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea on 28 December 2015. According to the information received, on 28 December 2015, the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea met and agreed on the issue of “comfort women”, an expression commonly used in reference to women and girls who were subjected to sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied territories prior and during World War II. Serious concern is expressed at this agreement in light of both States’ international obligations and women victims’ human rights, including the right to truth, justice and reparation. Further serious concern is expressed at the distress in which this agreement has left the surviving women victims by considering this agreement as a “final and irreversible” solution of the issue. A letter with similar content was addressed to the Government of Japan, see above, case no. JPN 1/2016. Alleged victims: - More details... |
15 Jun 2016 03 Apr 2017 |
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Alleged non-compliance with international human rights law and standards of an agreement made between the Governments of Japan and the Republic of Korea on 28 December 2015. According to the information received, on 28 December 2015, the Foreign Ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea met and agreed on the issue of “comfort women”, an expression commonly used in reference to women and girls who were subjected to sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army in occupied territories prior and during World War II. Serious concern is expressed at this agreement in light of both States’ international obligations and women victims’ human rights, including the right to truth, justice and reparation. Further serious concern is expressed at the distress in which this agreement has left the surviving women victims by considering this agreement as a “final and irreversible” solution of the issue. A letter with similar content was addressed to the Government of the Republic of Korea, see below, case no. KOR 2/2016.Alleged victims: - More details... |
27 Dec 2016 |
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Comunicación relativa al desarrollo de tres procesos judiciales sobre violaciones manifiestas de las normas internacionales de derechos humanos y violaciones graves del derecho internacional humanitario, ocurridas durante el período del conflicto armado interno en Guatemala. Según las informaciones recibidas, procedimientos judiciales habrían iniciado en tres causas conocidas por los nombres de CREOMPAZ; Molina Theissen; y Sepur Zarco. Dieciocho militares en situación de retiro habrían sido objeto de órdenes de captura y habrían sido acusados de varios delitos incluyendo delitos de lesa humanidad, masacres, desaparición forzada, incluso en el caso de un niño, Marco Antonio Molina Theissen, así como la esclavitud sexual y laboral de mujeres q’eqchíes que vivían en la comunidad de Sepur Zarco, donde estaba ubicada una base militar durante la época del conflicto armado interno. En el contexto de estos procesos judiciales, se reportan un creciente número de mensajes y actos intimidatorios, incluyendo de grupos ligados a los militares acusados, que buscarían desacreditar y presionar a las víctimas y a quienes les apoyan en este proceso. Esta comunicación se refiere a comunicaciones anteriores enviadas el 22 de diciembre de 2014, ver A/HRC/29/50, caso no. GTM 8/2014; 18 de agosto de 2014, ver A/HRC/28/85, caso no. GTM 5/2014; el 2 de mayo 2014, ver A/HRC/27/72, caso no. GTM 4/2014; el 30 de octubre 2013, ver A/HRC/25/74, caso no. GTM 9/2013; el 17 de mayo 2013, ver A/HRC/24/21, caso, no. GTM 5/2013; y el 15 de marzo 2013, ver A/HRC/24/21, caso no. GTM 2/2013.Alleged victims: - More details... |
06 Apr 2016 24 May 2016 |
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Allégations de violations des droits à la liberté d’association et liberté d’opinion et expression de plusieurs associations ainsi que du directeur d’un journal indépendant au Burundi. Selon les informations reçues, les comptes bancaires de dix organisations non-gouvernementales auraient été gelés et une ordonnance ministérielle aurait ordonné la suspension de leurs activités. Un ordre d’extradition aurait été formulé contre M. Antoine Kaburahe en lien avec ses activités légitimes en tant que journaliste. Des préoccupations sont exprimées quant au fait que ces mesures cherchent à restreindre les activités légitimes des organisations de la société civile et des médias au Burundi. Des préoccupations sont exprimées quant au fait que ces atteintes au droit à la liberté d’association et au droit à la liberté d’opinion et d’expression auraient lieu dans un contexte de graves violations des droits de l’homme dont seraient responsables notamment les forces de sécurité burundaises, et pourraient faire partie d’une répression systématique de la société civile et des médias indépendants au Burundi. Cette situation pousserait un nombre croissant de défenseurs des droits de l’homme et de journalistes à fuir le pays.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Allegations concerning the imminent execution of two individuals in Bangladesh following unfair trials. According to the information received, in 2013, Mr. Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid and Mr. Salauddin Quader Chowdhury were sentenced to death by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh on charges of war crimes and genocide. Their trial and appeal processes reportedly failed to meet international standards on fair trial and due process. On 17 and 18 November 2015, the Appelate Division of the Supreme Court rejected the defendants’ review applications, which were effectively their last appeal. The defendants may be executed at any time. Mr. Chowdhury and Mr. Mujahid were the subject of two previous communications sent on 3 October 2012, see A/HRC/22/67, case no. BGD 6/2012, and 16 November 2012, see A/HRC/22/67, case no. BGD 8/2012. Mr. Chowdhury was also the subject of one earlier communication sent on 21 February 2011, see A/HRC/18/51, case no. BGD 2/2011.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Allégations de violations du droit à la vie et des libertés d’expression, de réunion et d’association pacifique ainsi que de cas de torture. Selon les informations reçues, le corps de M. Welli Nzitonda, aurait été retrouvé dans une maison du quartier de Mutakura où il avait été arrêté deux heures auparavant par la police. Ce fait s’ajoute à de nombreuses allégations d’exécutions arbitraires, détentions arbitraires, torture, de violations des libertés d’expression, de réunion pacifique et d’association, des restrictions à la liberté de circulation, ainsi que des allégations de discours d’incitation à la violence de la part de représentants de l’Etat.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
07 Jan 2016 29 Jan 2016 |
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Allegations relative to judicial proceedings, with no access to appeal procedures, against a journalist and a group of 23 individuals for exercising their legitimate right to freedom of expression. According to the information received, on 2 December 2014, Mr. David Bergman, a journalist, was convicted and sentenced by the International Crimes Tribunal of Bangladesh under contempt of court charges for having published on his blog three articles challenging the ‘death figure’ of the 1971 Liberation War and expressing criticism of the Tribunal. Reportedly after 49 persons signed a letter expressing concern at his conviction, 23 of them were charged for contempt and, on 10 June 2015, one of the signatories, Mr. Zafrullah Chowdhury, was found guilty by the Tribunal. It is further reported that the law does not provide access to appeal in such cases. Following a petition with the High Court division of the Supreme Court, Mr. Chowdhury made an “Application for Complete Justice” at the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, the hearing of which is due to take place on 26 July 2015.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Alleged arbitrary detention and torture of an Italian citizen of Moroccan origin in the context of the secret detention, rendition and torture programme operated by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency after 11 September 2001. According to the information received, between March 2002 and April 2011, Mr. Abou Elkassim Britel was secretly detained in Pakistan and Morocco, with the alleged complicity of Italian authorities, as well as alleged involvement, in the form of logistical support to the rendition programme, of Portuguese authorities. During this period, Mr. Britel was subjected to torture and ill-treatment, without access, or with obstructions to access, to his family or lawyers, and was not presented before a court within a reasonable time. Mr. Britel was pardoned and released on 14 April 2011. To date, no investigation has reportedly been initiated into the alleged events and no reparation or adequate psychological and medical rehabilitation has been provided to him and/or his family members. Communications with the same contents are also being addressed to the Governments of Italy, Morocco, Pakistan and Portugal.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
03 Aug 2015 |
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Alleged arbitrary detention and torture of an Italian citizen of Moroccan origin in the context of the secret detention, rendition and torture programme operated by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency after 11 September 2001. According to the information received, between March 2002 and April 2011, Mr. Abou Elkassim Britel was secretly detained in Pakistan and Morocco, with the alleged complicity of Italian authorities, as well as alleged involvement, in the form of logistical support to the rendition programme, of Portuguese authorities. During this period, Mr. Britel was subjected to torture and ill-treatment, without access, or with obstructions to access, to his family or lawyers, and was not presented before a court within a reasonable time. Mr. Britel was pardoned and released on 14 April 2011. To date, no investigation has reportedly been initiated into the alleged events and no reparation or adequate psychological and medical rehabilitation has been provided to him and/or his family members. Communications with the same contents are also being addressed to the Governments of Italy, Morocco, Pakistan and the United States of America.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
05 Aug 2015 |
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Alleged arbitrary detention and torture of an Italian citizen of Moroccan origin in the context of the secret detention, rendition and torture programme operated by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency after 11 September 2001. According to the information received, between March 2002 and April 2011, Mr. Abou Elkassim Britel was secretly detained in Pakistan and Morocco, with the alleged complicity of Italian authorities, as well as alleged involvement, in the form of logistical support to the rendition programme, of Portuguese authorities. During this period, Mr. Britel was subjected to torture and ill-treatment, without access, or with obstructions to access, to his family or lawyers, and was not presented before a court within a reasonable time. Mr. Britel was pardoned and released on 14 April 2011. To date, no investigation has reportedly been initiated into the alleged events and no reparation or adequate psychological and medical rehabilitation has been provided to him and/or his family members. Communications with the same contents are also being addressed to the Governments of Italy, Morocco, Portugal and the United States of America.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
09 Jun 2015 |
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Allégations de torture d’un citoyen italien d’origine marocaine, dans le cadre du programme de détention secrète, transfert et torture mis en place par la Central Intelligence Agency des États-Unis après le 11 septembre 2001. Selon les informations reçues, M. Abou Elkassim Britel aurait été maintenu en détention secrète au Pakistan et au Maroc, avec la complicité présumée des autorités italiennes, ainsi que la complicité du Portugal, sous la forme de soutien logistique au programme de transfert, entre mars 2002 et avril 2011. Au cours de cette période, M. Britel a été soumis à de la torture et à des mauvais traitements, sans accès ou avec des obstructions à l’accès, à sa famille ou à des avocats, et n’a pas été présenté devant un tribunal dans un délai raisonnable. À ce jour, il semble qu’aucune enquête n’ait été ouverte en ce qui concerne les faits allégués et aucune réparation ou réhabilitation psychologique au médicale adéquate ne semble avoir été apportée à M. Britel et/ou aux membres de sa famille. Des communications avec le même contenu sont également adressées aux Gouvernements de l’Italie, des États-Unis, du Pakistan et du Portugal.Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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Alleged arbitrary detention and torture of an Italian citizen of Moroccan origin in the context of the secret detention, rendition and torture programme operated by the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency after 11 September 2001. According to the information received, between March 2002 and April 2011, Mr. Abou Elkassim Britel was secretly detained in Pakistan and Morocco, with the alleged complicity of the Italian authorities, as well as alleged involvement, in the form of logistical support to the rendition programme, of Portuguese authorities. During this period, Mr. Britel was subjected to torture and ill-treatment, without access, or with obstructions to access, to his family or lawyers, and was not presented before a court within a reasonable time. Mr. Britel was pardoned and released on 14 April 2011. To date, no investigation has reportedly been initiated into the alleged events and no reparation or adequate psychological and medical rehabilitation has been provided to him and/or his family members. Communications with the same contents are also being addressed to the Governments of Morocco, Pakistan, Portugal and the United States of America.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
05 Aug 2015 |
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Comunicación relativa a concesión de préstamos recibida durante la dictadura militar de Augusto Pinochet y posible complicidad financiera que habría contribuido a las violaciones manifiestas de los derechos humanos cometidas en Chile en ese período. La carta solicita información sobre las medidas tomadas para dar seguimiento a las conclusiones del informe de 1978 del Relator Especial de la Subcomisión de Prevención de Discriminaciones y Protección a las Minorías sobre el impacto de la ayuda económica y la asistencia extranjera sobre el respeto de los derechos humanos en Chile (E/CN.4/Sub.2/412, vols. I-IV), y sobre otras posibles medidas en favor de la investigación y análisis de estas cuestiones, por ejemplo en el marco de procedimientos judiciales, el trabajo de comisiones de la verdad, instancias académicas y sobre las medidas tomadas para que esta cuestión sea incorporada en el currículo de la educación pública.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Allégations relatives à l’usage excessif de la force par la police contre des manifestants qui aurait entrainé la mort de plusieurs d’entre eux, ainsi qu’à l’arrestation de plus de 200 manifestants, à la suspension de l’émission de plusieurs radios et à l’arrestation et détention provisoire d’un défenseur des droits de l’homme. Selon les informations reçues, le 26 avril 2015, de larges manifestations pacifiques auraient eu lieu à Bujumbura contre la candidature de l’actuel président Pierre Nkurunziza à la prochaine élection présidentielle. La police aurait tenté de disperser les manifestants et utilisé des gaz lacrymogènes, des canons à eau, des grenades et des armes à feux à balles réelles. Certains rapports indiquent un bilan d’au moins six morts, dont un policier, et 15 blessés au cours des affrontements, et plus de 200 arrestations de manifestants. Le gouvernement aurait interdit la réalisation et émission de reportages en direct des lieux des manifestations par la Radio Publique Africaine (RPA), la Radio Isanganiro et la Radio Bonesha FM. Le 27 avril 2015, M. Pierre-Claver Mbonimpa, défenseur des droits de l’homme, aurait été arrêté à la Maison de la Presse de Bujumbura alors qu’il s’y rendait pour donner une interview. M. Mbonimpa a fait l’objet de communications précédentes envoyées le 26 novembre 2009, voir A/HRC/13/22/Add.1, paras. 213- 218, cas BDI 3/2009 et le 28 mai 2014, voir A/HRC/27/72, cas BDI 1/2014.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
04 May 2015 |
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Alegaciones relativas a la decisión del Consejo de Ministros de rechazar las solicitudes de extradición de varios ciudadanos españoles, presentadas por autoridades judiciales argentinas, con relación a una serie de delitos que incluirían violaciones graves de los derechos humanos y crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos durante el franquismo. Según la información recibida, el 13 de marzo de 2015, el Consejo de Ministros habría tomado la decisión de rechazar dicha solicitud de extradición, sin iniciar procedimientos judiciales a nivel nacional para investigar y sancionar a los responsables de violaciones graves de los derechos humanos, incluyendo tortura, ejecuciones sumarias y desapariciones, cometidas durante el régimen franquista. Esta decisión negaría los derechos de las víctimas y sus familiares a la justicia y a la verdad. Se expresa grave preocupación por los argumentos esgrimidos por el Gobierno, los cuales ignorarían las normas y estándares internacionales de los derechos humanos, así como las recomendaciones formuladas por varios mecanismos internacionales de derechos humanos. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Alegaciones relativas al presunto inminente cierre del laboratorio de la Asociación para la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica (ARMH) en el Campus Ponferrada de la Universidad de León. Según las informaciones recibidas, el laboratorio de la ARMH, cedido por la Universidad de León, donde se llevan a cabo exhumaciones de restos de víctimas encontradas en fosas de la Guerra Civil y la represión franquista, cesaría sus actividades en debido a la falta de financiación.Alleged victims: - More details... |
04 Aug 2015 |
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Alegaciones sobre la posible aplicación de una amnistía por los delitos de genocidio y crímenes de lesa humanidad, retrasos en el proceso judicial y alegaciones relativas a la falta de garantías de imparcialidad e independencia en la selección de magistrados de la Corte Suprema y salas de apelaciones. Según las informaciones recibidas, los retrasos debidos a la anulación de una fase del debate del juicio por genocidio y crímenes de lesa humanidad contra el ex Jefe de Estado Sr. Efraín Ríos Montt; la posible re-victimización de los testigos y víctimas si tuvieran que volver a dar testimonio; la posible aplicación de una amnistía a delitos que constituirían violaciones graves de los derechos humanos, crímenes de lesa humanidad y genocidio; así como la falta de garantías para la imparcialidad e independencia de la justicia señaladas en el proceso de selección de magistrados de la Corte Suprema y salas de apelaciones, vulnerarían el derecho a la verdad y el acceso a la justicia para las víctimas y familiares de violaciones graves de los derechos humanos cometidas en Guatemala durante el conflicto armado interno. Esta comunicación se refiere a comunicaciones anteriores enviadas el 18 de agosto de 2014, ver A/HRC/28/85, caso no. GTM 5/2014; el 2 de mayo 2014, ver A/HRC/27/72, caso no. GTM 4/2014; el 30 de octubre 2013, ver A/HRC/25/74, caso no. GTM 9/2013; el 17 de mayo 2013, ver A/HRC/24/21, caso, no. GTM 5/2013; y el 15 de marzo 2013, ver A/HRC/24/21, caso no. GTM 2/2013.Alleged victims: - More details... |
26 Dec 2014 15 Jan 2015 |
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Allegations concerning the slow progress of the trial in the case of the “Maguindanao Massacre”, the killing of witnesses to the trial, and the lack of reparations to the victims. According to the information received, the trial on the massacre of 58 persons, including 24 women and 30 journalists, started in 2010 before the Regional Trial Court of Quezon City; however, not a single case has been concluded. Reportedly, at least four witnesses have been killed and relatives of witnesses have also reported attacks, threats and harassment. No form of reparation has been provided to the victims. Media coverage of the trial has reportedly been banned since mid-2014. This case was the subject of earlier communications sent on 30 November 2009, see A/HRC/14/23/Add.1, paras.1840-1880 (case no. PHL 11/2009), on 23 December 2009, see A/HRC/16/52/Add.1, para. 167 (case no. PHL 13/2009) and on 19 July 2010 see A/HRC/17/27/Add.1, paras. 1815-1822 (case no. PHL 7/2010).Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Alleged court application for the closure of an umbrella human rights organization and defamation of an affiliated non-governmental organization (NGO). According to the information received, on 17 January 2013, the Ministry of Justice warned that the Historical, Educational, Human Rights and Charitable Society Memorial (Society Memorial) had violated the Law governing NGOs. On 21 July 2014, the Ministry registered Human Rights Centre Memorial (HRC Memorial), which is a member of Society Memorial, as a “foreign agent”. That decision is under appeal. On 24 September 2014, the Ministry filed a case with the Supreme Court, citing infringements of the law. A hearing was to be held on 13 November 2014 but was deferred to 17 December at the request of the Ministry. On 26 September 2014, members of HRC Memorial were allegedly denied access to the villages of Vremenniy and Gymry, in Dagestan, during investigations carried out by them into alleged human rights violations. On 10 October 2014, state television channel NTV broadcasted footage of the attempted visit and accused members of HRC Memorial of providing support to terrorists allegedly hiding in Vremenny. The above-mentioned laws and HRC Memorial were the subject of three previous communications dated 13 June 2013, see A/HRC/25/74, case no. RUS 3/2013; 18 December 2013, see A/HRC/26/21, case no. RUS 13/2013; and 20 June 2014, case no. RUS 5/2014. Alleged victims: - More details... |
17 Dec 2014 |
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Alleged attacks, threats and acts of intimidation against members of a non-governmental organization (NGO) actively involved in commemorating the Srebrenica genocide of 1995. According to the information received, on 8 July 2014, during a commemoration of the genocide, Ms. Staša Zajovic, co-founder of the NGO Women in Black, and three staff members of the same organization, were physically and verbally attacked in Valjevo by a group of assailants, some of whom were wearing t-shirts bearing the image of Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic. The police reportedly failed to provide adequate protection. Prior to this incident, the then spokesperson of the Anti-Terrorist Unit of the Ministry of Interior had incited hooligans to act violently against members of Women in Black. A nationalist right wing organization also organized a hostile protest in front of the organization’s premises. Alleged victims: - More details... |
18 Nov 2014 11 Dec 2014 |
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Alleged incompatibility of the recently adopted Nepal Act on the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons, Truth and Reconciliation, 2071 (2014), with international obligations. According to the information received, the Act, adopted on 25 April 2014, is incompatible with international obligations in the areas of 1) the competence of the Commission to recommend amnesties for perpetrators, including for gross violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law, 2) the competence of the Commission to initiate reconciliation processes in the absence of a request by the victim or the offender, and 3) the selection procedures for Commission members.Alleged victims: - More details... |
12 Dec 2014 |
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Allegations concerning the confirmation of death sentences against 220 individuals in Egypt, following unfair and politically motivated trials. According to the information received, on 24 March 2014, a Court in Minya sentenced 529 people to death on charges related to an attack in August 2013 on a police station in Matay, in protest of the violent dispersal of supporters of former President Mohamed Morsi. The sentences were pronounced following legal proceedings reportedly marred with irregularities. On 28 April 2014, another group of 683 individuals were provisionally sentenced to death by the same Court in connection to an attack on a police station in al-Adwa, following a similar trial purportedly similarly procedurally flawed. Also on 28 April 2014, the Court confirmed 37 of the 529 provisional death sentences imposed on 24 March 2014. On 21 June 2014, the Court upheld 183 of the 683 provisional death sentences imposed on 28 April 2014. The defendants are all allegedly supporters of former president Mohamed Morsi.Alleged victims: - More details... |
04 Jul 2014 |
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Alegaciones de abuso de poder por parte del Tribunal de Honor del Colegio de Abogados y Notarios de Guatemala que suspendió a una jueza del ejercicio de la profesión de abogada por un año. Según la información recibida, el Tribunal de Honor informó el 4 de abril de 2014 a la Jueza Yassmin Barrios que iba a ser sancionada pecuniariamente, amonestada y suspendida en el ejercicio de su profesión de abogada por un año por haber supuestamente cometido una falta grave durante el juicio contra el Sr. Efraín Ríos Montt y el Sr. José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez por genocidio y delitos contra los deberes de humanidad. Se informa que el abogado que habría presentado la denuncia ante el Tribunal de Honor era uno de los defensores del imputado Rodríguez Sánchez. Se alega que el Tribunal de Honor actuó fuera de su competencia y que el órgano legalmente competente para evaluar las actuaciones de los jueces e imponerles las sanciones disciplinarias, la Junta de Disciplina Judicial, ya había desestimado la misma denuncia. Se expresa profunda preocupación ante la decisión emitida por el Tribunal de Honor que se enmarca en un contexto de ataques, amenazas e intimidación que afecta a los operadores de justicia que luchan contra la impunidad de graves violaciones a los derechos humanos en Guatemala. La Jueza Barrios ya fue objeto de un llamamiento urgente previo en el cual se denunciaban supuestas amenazas e intimidaciones, enviada con fecha 30 de octubre de 2013, ver A/HRC/25/74, no. de caso GTM 9/2013. Alleged victims: 1 More details... | |
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The communication addresses the situation surrounding the decision of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina of 22 October 2013 ordering the quashing of the verdicts in the cases of ten individuals convicted of war crimes against civilians and genocide, following the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of Maktouf and Damjanovic vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina. Concerns are raised as to the legal developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina following the domestic application of this ECtHR judgement, specifically about the following issues: 1) the apparent automatic application of the aforementioned ECtHR judgment in at least a dozen cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina in contravention of the actual ruling of the same judgment; 2) the release of the defendants, guilty of genocide and war crimes against civilians, without remand pending re-trial, and its impact on the protection of victims from violence, re-victimization and intimidation; and 3) the lack of a comprehensive transitional justice strategy to complement the criminal justice process in the country.Alleged victims: 10 More details... |
20 Jun 2014 |
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Alegaciones relativas a la adopción de la Ley Orgánica 1/2014, de 13 de marzo, que modifica la Ley Orgánica 6/1985, de 1 de julio, del Poder Judicial, relativa a la justicia universal, y que restringiría la aplicabilidad del principio de jurisdicción universal por los tribunales españoles.Alleged victims: - More details... |
08 Jul 2014 |
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Des allégations sont exprimées quant aux droits des victimes de disparition forcée et leurs familles, notamment concernant le droit à la vérité et l’accès à la justice. Selon les informations reçues, le 12 août 2013, un charnier aurait été découvert près du village de Ras El-Ma, Azzaba, dans la wilaya de Skikda, qui pourrait contenir les corps de personnes qui seraient des victimes de disparition forcée. Il a été rapporté qu’une enquête serait en cours. Les familles de victimes de disparition forcée n'auraient cependant pas été dument informées du déroulement et possibles conclusions d’une enquête. Des préoccupations sont exprimées concernant les articles 45 et 46 de l’ordonnance n° 06-01 du 28 Moharram 1427, correspondant au 27 février 2006, portant sur la mise en œuvre de la Charte pour la Paix et la Réconciliation Nationale, notamment à l’égard du droit à la vérité et l’accès à la justice.Alleged victims: - More details... |
11 Apr 2014 |
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Presunto cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal (Tutela Legal) de la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador y de su archivo que contendría información sobre casos de violaciones a los derechos humanos, incluyendo desapariciones forzadas. Según la información recibida, el día 30 de septiembre de 2013, la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador decretó el cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal de dicho Arzobispado. Se expresa preocupación por la protección de los aproximadamente 50.000 archivos en poder de Tutela Legal y por la preservación de la confidencialidad de los datos que contiene. Se señala la importancia del resguardo del Archivo, por el riesgo que podría representar para numerosas víctimas, familiares y testigos y para la promoción de la verdad, la justicia, la reparación y las garantías de no-repetición. La decisión de cerrar la Oficina de Tutela Legal ocurre diez días después de la admisión por la Sala de lo Constitucional de una demanda de inconstitucional contra la Ley de Amnistía General para la Consolidación de la Paz; proceso que podría permitir la apertura de procesos judiciales y en el marco de los cuales la documentación y archivos de la Oficina de Tutela Legal podrían jugar un rol central. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Presunto cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal (Tutela Legal) de la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador y de su archivo que contendría información sobre casos de violaciones a los derechos humanos, incluyendo desapariciones forzadas. Según la información recibida, el día 30 de septiembre de 2013, la Arquidiócesis de San Salvador decretó el cierre de la Oficina de Tutela Legal de dicho Arzobispado. Se expresa preocupación por la protección de los aproximadamente 50.000 archivos en poder de Tutela Legal y por la preservación de la confidencialidad de los datos que contiene. Se señala la importancia del resguardo del Archivo, por el riesgo que podría representar para numerosas víctimas, familiares y testigos y para la promoción de la verdad, la justicia, la reparación y las garantías de no-repetición. La decisión de cerrar la Oficina de Tutela Legal ocurre diez días después de la admisión por la Sala de lo Constitucional de una demanda de inconstitucional contra la Ley de Amnistía General para la Consolidación de la Paz; proceso que podría permitir la apertura de procesos judiciales y en el marco de los cuales la documentación y archivos de la Oficina de Tutela Legal podrían jugar un rol central. Alleged victims: - More details... |
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Presuntas amenazas de muerte e intimidaciones contra una jueza en Guatemala. Según las informaciones recibidas, la Sra. Yassmin Barrios, Presidenta del Tribunal que juzgó durante 2013 un caso por delitos de genocidio y de lesa humanidad, habría recibido amenazas de muerte e intimidaciones que pudieran poner en riesgo su vida y su integridad física y mental. La jueza habría recibido una llamada del extranjero en la que se le comunicaba un plan para asesinarla. La Jueza Barrios presidió el tribunal que llevó a cabo el juicio contra el ex jefe de Estado, Efraín Ríos Montt, y el ex jefe de inteligencia, José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, por genocidio y crímenes de lesa humanidad, el cual se desarrolló entre el 19 de marzo y el 10 de mayo de 2013. La patrulla asignada para vigilar su residencia habría sido retirada en varias ocasiones sin justificación, dejándola sin protección adecuada. El 28 de junio de 2013, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos otorgó medidas cautelares a favor de la Jueza Barrios.Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
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Presunta clausura y potencial clausura de ciertos casos judiciales relativos a desapariciones forzadas, tortura y ejecución ocurridos durante el período dictatorial uruguayo. Según la información recibida, con fechas 22 de febrero de 2013, 8 de marzo de 2013, 13 de marzo de 2013, y 8 de abril de 2013 la Suprema Corte de Justicia de Uruguay ha resuelto la inconstitucionalidad de los artículos 2 y 3 de la Ley 18.831 de 2011 que habilitaba la investigación de los delitos cometidos por oficiales de las fuerzas armadas y policiales durante el período dictatorial finalizado en 1985 e impedía la aplicación de plazos de prescripción a los mismos por considerarlos delitos de lesa humanidad. Según se informa, estas decisiones de la Suprema Corte de Justicia consideran que la referida norma viola el principio de constitucionalidad legal y de irretroactividad de la ley penal más gravosa estableciendo así la imposibilidad de que esa ley opere retroactivamente y declarando la prescripción de los delitos cometidos durante la dictadura. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
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Alleged threats of violence widely published in mass media and official harassment of human rights defenders and an alleged physical attack against a human rights defender. According to the information received, Ms. Mandira Sharma and Messrs. Subodh Pyakhurel, Kanak Mani Dixit, Sushil Pyakhurel, Charan Prasai and Kapil Shrestha, all members of the Accountability Watch Committee (AWC), have been the subject of stigmatising remarks in newspapers, online news portals and on radio stations. These reports have also included calls to 'people's action' against them, understood in the Nepalese context to imply violent attacks. All these media are reportedly affiliated with a Maoist political party currently in government. It is alleged that the threats have been motivated by AWC efforts in securing the arrest in Britain of an army colonel now being investigated for torture incidents in Nepal in 2005 as well as the arrest of Maoist cadres for the murder of a journalist in 2004. Additionally, Ms. Mandira Sharma has received messages of an investigation being opened against the organisation, Advocacy Forum, of which she is the head, potentially putting its human rights activities at risk. Furthermore, Mr.Yadav Prasad Bastola, the executive director of the Human Rights Alliance, was allegedly attacked by six unidentified masked persons on 28 February 2013 while walking home. Alleged victims: 7 More details... | |
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Allégations quant à certaines dispositions du projet de loi portant création, mandat, composition, organisation et fonctionnement de la Commission Vérité et Réconciliation. Selon les informations reçues, la dernière version du projet de loi pose six préoccupations majeures, notamment : 1) pardon et la réconciliation, 2) la stratégie globale concernant les mesures de justice transitionnelle, 3) l’indépendance et l’impartialité de la CVR, y compris la procédure de sélection de ses membres, 4) le mandat de la CVR, 5) l’amnistie pour les crimes de génocide, crimes de guerre, crimes contre l’humanité, crimes de violences sexuelles et des violations flagrantes des droits de l’homme et 6) la protection des victimes et des témoins.Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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Alleged increasing climate of violence in the context of the protests related to the trials before the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal. According to the information received, large-scale protests have been held across Bangladesh since 5 February 2013. The protests were reportedly triggered by the pronouncement of verdicts against the leaders of the opposition Party Jamaat-e-Islami before the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal. It is alleged that the protests turned violent, leading to clashes and attacks, including lethal attacks, perpetrated by both State and non-State actors. At least 88 persons were allegedly killed from 5 February to 5 March 2013. A large number of deaths were reportedly caused by the excessive use of force by the security forces while policing the protests. It is reported that serious attacks occurred against the members of the Hindu community, as well as against journalists and other media workers. At the time of drafting this communication, the protests and the ensuing violence in Bangladesh was still on-going. The proceedings undertaken and the sentences pronounced by the Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal have been the subject of previous communications (see A/HRC/22/67, case no BGD 6/2012 and BGD 8/2012, and A/HRC/23/51, case no BGD 3/2013).Alleged victims: 38 More details... | |
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Presuntos actos de hostigamiento contra colaboradores de la Comisión de la Verdad para la Investigación de las Violaciones a los Derechos Humanos Durante la Guerra Sucia de los años sesenta y setentas del Estado de Guerrero. Según las informaciones recibidas, los días 26, 27 y 28 de enero de 2013, varios individuos habrían preguntado por el Sr. Carlos Ernesto López, un miembro del equipo de investigadores especializados en documentación de la Comisión, en la zona donde vive. Posteriormente, el Sr. López habría recibido un mensaje amenazante. El autor del mensaje le habría advertido que sabía dónde vivía y que iría allí a menos que despidiera a uno de sus empleados sin remplazarlo. El 3 de febrero de 2013, el Sr. Miguel Flores Leonardo, sobreviviente de una presunta desaparición forzada e hijo de un presunto desaparecido, habría afirmado que una persona asociada con él habría recibido amenazas. El autor de una de las presuntas amenazas se habría referido al Sr. Flores Leonardo.Alleged victims: 2 More details... | |
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Alegaciones de existencia de un clima de violencia e intimidación en contra de abogados, jueces, fiscales y otros sujetos procesales, que actualmente se padece en el país. Según se informa, esto afecta especialmente a aquéllos operadores de justicia que conocen procesos penales de alto riesgo e impacto social, particularmente los relacionados con casos de corrupción así como casos de graves violaciones a los derechos humanos ocurridas en el pasado, como crímenes de genocidio y lesa humanidad. Respecto a la grave situación de los operadores de justicia que trabajan en casos relacionados con la corrupción, nos referimos en particular al asesinato el 14 de febrero de 2013 de la abogada penalista la Sra. Lea De León. Alleged victims: 1 More details... |
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Possible promulgation of an ordinance that would allegedly contravene international standards and promotion of public officials allegedly involved in serious human rights violations or violations of international humanitarian law in the context of the armed conflict in Nepal. According to the information received, in the absence of a legislative body, on 28 August 2012, the Council of Ministers transmitted an ordinance establishing a Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Person, Truth and Reconciliation to the President of Nepal. In the event the ordinance is promulgated, the Commission would reportedly be vested with the competence to recommend to the Government the granting of amnesties including for crimes under international law. Additionally, the Commission would have the competence to initiate reconciliation processes in the absence of an application from the victim or the perpetrator. Alleged victims: - More details... | |
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The National Truth Commission of Brazil was formally constituted with the appointment of the Commission members on 16 May. Since the signing into law by President Rousseff in November 2011, this is the next critical step towards the establishment of the National Truth Commission responsible for investigating human rights violations, including killings, torture and forced disappearances committed under military rule between 1964 and 1985. The Special Rapporteurs referred to the benefits of a commission of inquiry (A/HRC/19/61) and the integral role the mechanism can provide to facilitating the formal investigation of legacies of killings, torture and other forms of ill-treatment, and pave the way to effective and fair prosecutions. Reference was also made to HRC Res. 18/7 of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, who can contribute, upon request, to the provision of technical assistance or advisory services on issues pertaining to that mandate. Alleged victims: - More details... |