Homeland Security & Terrorism
HRW Attempts to Shame U.S. Into Joining International Munitions Treaty
September 21, 2011
Human Rights Watch has criticized the United States and other powers for not joining the 2008 Convention on Cluster Munitions.HRW Equates Government Responses to 9/11 Attacks with Terrorist Acts
September 14, 2011
Human Rights Watch says those leading the counter-terrorism charge after the 9/11 attacks adopted the ends-justify-the-means logic of the terrorists and measures such as Guantanamo, military commissions, CIA "black sites," and water-boarding showed a blatant disregard for human rights.New Commission Initiative Aims to Counter Violent Extremism in Europe
September 14, 2011
Last week, Cecilia Malmström, European Commissioner for Home Affairs, launched the Radicalisation Awareness Network, the purpose of which is to counter violent extremism across Europe by supporting Member States' efforts to prevent violent radicalisation and the recruitment of individuals to terrorist activities.COE Human Rights Chief Criticizes Supporters of U.S. Counter-Terrorism Efforts
September 7, 2011
Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights, laments that some European nations have been "deeply complicit" in the counter terrorism strategies pursued by the CIA, specifically in the areas of rendition, detention, and interrogation.Iran's President Calls for UN Security Council to Intervene in UK Riots
August 11, 2011
Having offered to send an expert team to investigate human rights abuses amid the riots, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on the United Nations Security Council to intervene over the British government's handling of the recent riots.Human Rights Watch Seeks Prosecution of Bush Administration Officials for Torture
July 20, 2011
In a recent article, Kenneth Ross, Executive Director of Human Rights Watch, declared the Obama Administration to be in violation of international law, including the UN Convention Against Torture and the Geneva Convention, for failing to prosecute Bush Administration officials for alleged torture.HRW Praises ECHR Decision Regarding UK Forces in Iraq
July 17, 2011
Human Rights Watch has praised the European Court of Human Rights for ruling on July 7 that the European Convention on Human Rights extends to war zones located outside of Europe and that the UK had violated the Convention for its "failure to adequately investigate the killings of five Iraqis by its forces there."North Korea to Chair UN Conference on Disarmament
July 10, 2011
Based on the alphabetical order of the participating Member States, North Korea, a country that has defied a UN arms embargo by exporting weapons and sensitive technologies to rogue regimes, has been appointed as Chairman of the upcoming four-week United Nations Conference on Disarmament.UN Official Blasts Security Council Efforts to Identify and Impede Terrorists
July 6, 2011
In a recent statement, Martin Scheinin, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and counter terrorism, maintains that the current UN Security Council-sponsored terrorist listing procedures violate fair trial and due process standards and that reforms designed to implement an effective de-listing procedure are insufficient to assure national and European Courts that due process concerns are being adequately addressed.Human Rights Watch Criticizes EU for Placing Top Priority on Protecting Borders
June 29, 2011
HRW has criticized the European Council for focusing largely on protecting EU borders and migration management at its recent summit and spending too little time focusing on reforming the EU asylum policy and resettling refugees from North Africa.A JOINT PROGRAM OF
