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UN Committee Comments on "Torture" Encourage Lawsuits
July 10, 2014
In their examination of the Holy See's report under the Convention against Torture, comments by members of the UN Committee against Torture referring to sex abuse by clergy members as potential torture could encourage the filing of new lawsuits against the Catholic Church.
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HRW Pushes U.S. to Support Palestinian Petition to ICC
June 20, 2014
Human Rights Watch ("HRW") has published an article calling for the U.S. to cease its opposition to a petition by Palestinians requesting the International Criminal Court ("ICC") to take jurisdiction of alleged crimes by Israeli and Palestinian officials.
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AI Favors Insertion of Nontraditional Rights in Irish Constitution
June 20, 2014
Amnesty International ("AI") has called for the inclusion of legally enforceable economic, social, and cultural rights in the Irish Constitution, in fulfillment, it argues, of the country's obligations under international law.
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ACLU Petitions International Commission on Executions in U.S.
June 20, 2014
The American Civil Liberties Union ("ACLU") has filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights arguing that scheduled executions in Missouri and Oklahoma should not proceed due to international law prohibiting cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.
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UN OHCHR Seeks Further Action on U.S. Death Penalty Ruling
June 20, 2014
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights ("OHCHR") has called for the U.S. to build on a recent ruling by its Supreme Court restricting the execution of persons with mental and intellectual disabilities by imposing a nation-wide moratorium on the death penalty.
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