The daily update of human rights events around the world.
ZIMBABWE: Mugabe’s Zanu PF backtracks on inclusive government
The Zanu PF caretaker government has begun to backtrack on the inclusive government by dithering to discuss contentious issues in line with the SADC resolutions. This Is Zimbabwe
ISRAEL: ICC Investigating Israel War Crimes Charges
The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague announced a preliminary investigation Tuesday into whether Israel committed war crimes during the recent Gaza war, following the Palestinian National Authority’s (PNA) move to recognize the ICC’s authority in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. IPS
NIGERIA: Government to be Quizzed on Human Rights Record at UN
As the Nigerian government prepares to be quizzed over its human rights record by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Amnesty International called on the government to take its human rights responsibilities seriously and implement any recommendations coming from the Council as quickly as possible. Common Dreams
US: Study Challenges Claims of Gitmo Recidivism
A prominent law professor says the U.S. Defense Department is issuing questionable data on the number of Guantanamo detainees who have been released “and then returned to the battlefield” because the government “is now in a position where they have to find some bad guys – even if they have to invent them by naming people who were never there”. IPS
NEPAL: Law on Disappearances Provokes Outcry
Despite loud opposition, the Maoist-led coalition government of Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal has vowed to push through an ordinance to resolve the cases of hundreds of people ‘disappeared’ during the decade-long people’s war waged between Maoist rebels and the forces of the former monarchy. IPS
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