Rapports

COLOMBO, 5 May 2011 (IRIN) - The US government has called on the Sri Lankan authorities to address allegations of war crimes through a national mechanism. "We hope that the Lessons Learned and Reconciliation Commission [ http://www.llrc.lk/…

The report begins with an overview of accountability in the humanitarian system in 2010 written by John Borton, an experienced consultant and researcher. Borton identifies areas of both positive development and continuing need in relation to…

Introduction It is extremely difficult to assess the worldwide scale of human trafficking because of the clandestine nature of the crime. The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) estimates that there are, at a minimum, approximately…

WOM/1848 Commission on the Status of Women Fifty-fifth Session 14th Meeting* (AM) As Commission Heads into Last Day of Two-Week Session Delegations Prepare Agreed Conclusions on Equal Access to Education Forced into early marriage and trafficked into sometimes life-threatening situations, girls around the world…

Margaret Aguirre Director, Global Communications 310.826.7800 maguirre@InternationalMedicalCorps.org February 23, 2011 - London - With alarming numbers of conflict-affected Afghans suffering from mental illness and substance abuse, International Medical Corps has launched an 18-month mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment program in…

The Pakistan government must immediately provide accountability for the alarming number of killings and abductions in Balochistan attributed to government forces in recent months, Amnesty International said today. Amnesty International also called on Baloch armed groups to avoid attacks that target…

The Afghan government must investigate thousands of allegations of human rights violations, criminal activity and electoral fraud by members of the country's parliament, which begins its second term on 26 January, Amnesty International said. At least 40 parliamentarians are accused of…

Introduction Around the 1990s the international community eventually directed its attention to the atrocities in North Korea (NK: hereinafter) when the realities of these atrocities began to surface, piece by piece, from the live testimony of slave labor workers in…

Executive Summary This report highlights the urgent, unmet medical and emotional needs of survivors of family and sexual violence in Papua New Guinea and recommends concrete action in order to meet these needs. Family and sexual violence have…

KABUL, 20 January 2011 (IRIN) - Pro-government militias in parts of Afghanistan are believed to be recruiting underage boys and sometimes sexually abusing them in an environment of criminal impunity, local people and human rights organizations say. In a bid…