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Media Freedom and Democracy in Fiji

On Wednesday, September 17, 2014, Fiji held democratic elections for the first time since a military coup in 2006. The 2006 coup ousted Fiji’s then civilian prime minister and filled the government...

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Human Rights Situation in the Pacific Region of Colombia | Situación de...

Human Rights Situation in the Pacific Region of Colombia Vea este artículo en español aquí. Commissioners: José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, James L. Cavallaro, Emilio Álvarez...

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Case 12.626 Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales), United States | Caso 12.626 Jessica...

Vea este artículo en español aquí. Case 12.626 Jessica Lenahan (Gonzales), United States Commissioners: Tracy Robinson, Felipe González, Rosa María Ortiz, and Elizabeth Abi-Mershed (Assistant Executive...

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Trafficking of Workers in Thailand

Over the past few months, news and human rights organizations have called for stronger anti-trafficking and human smuggling laws in Thailand. Observers worry that Thailand is breaching its commitments...

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Enough Project Calls for Economic Sanctions on Combatants in the Democratic...

According to the Enough Project, presentations to the United Nations Security Council by the Special Representatives on Sexual Violence in Conflict and Children and Armed Conflict called for sanctions...

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Military Accountability in Bangladesh

On March 23, 2011, a member of Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) shot sixteen year old Limon Hossain in the leg in a field near his village in southern Bangladesh. The shooter and his squad had...

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Laos Human Rights Record Under U.N. Review

Sombath Somphone, from AK Rockefeller via Flickr under CC BY-SA On January 20, 2015, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) met in Geneva, Switzerland to examine Laos’s human rights record....

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Human Rights Situation of LGBTI Persons in Venezuela

Petitioners present their case to the Commission. Photo credit: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, via Flickr. Commissioners:  Rosa María Ortiz, José de Jesús Orozco Henríquez, Felipe González,...

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Corporations, Human Rights, and Prior Consultation in the Americas

Commissioners:  Rose-Marie Belle Antoine, James L. Cavallaro, Paulo Vannuchi, Emilio Álvarez Icaza Longoria Petitioners:  Asociación Interamericana para la Defensa del Ambiente (AIDA) Justiça Global,...

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