International Organizations

AI Recommends Climate Action by UN Women's Rights Committee

February 24, 2016

A submission from Amnesty International ("AI") to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women ("CEDAW") applauds CEDAW's scrutiny of government action on global warming due to "the disproportionate impact it has on women and girls" and recommends a broad CEDAW review of states' obligations to counter climate change.
NGOs Recommend Broad Convention on Crimes Against Humanity

February 24, 2016

Writing to Professor Sean Murphy of the UN International Law Commission on his development of an international Convention on crimes against humanity, a group of nongovernmental organizations warn that such a Convention must include universal jurisdiction and an obligation for governments to try suspects of such crimes who are located in their territory.
NGOs Object to Proposed EU Counterterrorism Directive

February 24, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations have published their human rights-based objections to the European Commission's proposed Directive on Combating Terrorism, arguing in part that the directive contravenes European and other international human rights instruments and demanding that the EU perform a "human rights impact assessment" on the proposal.
NGOs Call for UN Human Rights Mechanism in Yemen

February 24, 2016

A group of nongovernmental organizations, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish an "international mechanism" to investigate alleged human rights violations committed by all parties to the ongoing armed conflict in Yemen and to facilitate "fair trials" of violators.
HRW: NATO's Migrant Mission Violates Human Rights Principles

February 24, 2016

While conceding that an operation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ("NATO") returning to Turkey migrants trying to enter Greece does not "technically" violate European human rights instruments, Human Rights Watch ("HRW") argues that the operation undercuts the basis of these instruments and demands that European countries provide a path of entry for migrants.