Racial And Ethnic Minorities
"... States Parties undertake to prohibit and to eliminate racial discrimination in all its forms and to guarantee the right of everyone, without distinction as to race, colour, or national or ethnic origin, to equality before the law ..." (International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Article 5, 1969) News
South African Court issues landmark ruling against pre-paid water meters in Johannesburg township, requires provision of 50 litres of water free per person per day
May 1, 2008 - Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE), Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE)
The High Court of South Africa has ruled that the City of Johannesburg’s forced prepayment water meters scheme in Phiri, a township in Soweto, is unconstitutional. This judgement, in which the Geneva-based Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) provided a third party submission (amicus curiae), also reaffirmed the principle of progressive realisation and increases the minimal amount of safe drinking water that the City is obligated to provide.
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US prison rate soars even higher
March 4, 2008 - BBC News
The US prison population has risen further, with one in 138 people now in jail, new official figures reveal. There are more than 2.1 million US citizens in jail - more than in any other country, the Bureau of Justice Statistics says. The government says putting and keeping criminals in jail is working. Recent figures have shown violent crime and murder falling. But critics say less severe ways of approaching crime are being ignored.
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Holocaust museum teams with Google on Darfur project
April 10, 2007 - Caroline McCarthy, CNET News
The "Crisis in Darfur" project was launched Tuesday at a press conference in Washington, D.C., where the Holocaust Memorial Museum is located. Interested Web users can now download the Google Earth layer, which contains interactive content assembled by the museum, including photographs, data, and eyewitness testimonies. With the Crisis in Darfur layer, users can zoom in on detailed satellite photographs of the destruction in Sudan: more than 1,600 villages that have been damaged or destroyed, and more than 100,000 structures including mosques, schools, and homes.
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Burma: Army Forces Thousands to Flee
November 30, 2006 - Human Rights Watch
Thousands of Burmese civilians forced to flee from army attacks in Karen state are trekking through free-fire zones in search of safety and food aid, Human Rights Watch said today. More than 200 civilians have reached camps near the Thai border, but another 3,000 are still on the move, according to credible recent reports received by Human Rights Watch.
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The Special Rapporteurs - a three-part series
September 6, 2006
Special rapporteurs are appointed by the United Nations to monitor and report on how people's human rights are protected or violated. The job combines diplomatic and investigative skills, the work is hard, and at times it is hazardous.
In this three-part series, Gemma Mortensen meets the special rapporteurs for racism, defence of human rights and violence against women.
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