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More Human Rights Reforms Under Discussion
Readers interested in reform within the international human rights system, including the reform of the UN human rights treaty monitoring system previously discussed here, may be interested in...
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Venezuela denounces American Convention on Human Rights
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has given notice of its intention to withdraw in a year’s time from the leading regional human rights treaty in the Americas, with the Secretary-General of the...
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The IACtHR Advisory Opinion: one step forward or two steps back for LGBTI...
On 9th January 2018, the IACtHR issued Advisory Opinion No. 24 on gender identity, equality and non-discrimination for same-sex couples, a ground-breaking decision for the advancement of LGBTI rights...
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Military Courts and Human Rights Violations in Brazil from the Perspective of...
The Supreme Federal Court of Brazil will soon rule (under a constitutional review case called Ação Direta de Inconstitucionalidade no. 5032, commonly referred to as ADI 5032) whether members of the...
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Overcoming the Backlog in the Initial Review of Petitions in the...
Human rights systems may be victims of their own success, as they can become dysfunctional under the unbearable weight of their massive caseloads. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights...
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