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Egypt to follow-up on Human Rights recommendations

At the occasion of Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review by the Human Rights Council in Geneva, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) expresses its satisfaction with regard to the number of important recommendations addressed to the Egyptian delegation by members of the Human Rights Council. Most of these recommendations meet those expressed by FIDH and its local partners in the information they submitted to the UN and made public prior to the review. FIDH welcomes the fact that the Government of Egypt accepted the majority of these recommendations.
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OSCE : human rights remain the major challenge, lack of political will undermines the Organisation’s credibility

Paris - November 30, 2009: In an open letter to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) participating States, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) expresses its concern over continuous serious human rights violations occuring in the OSCE area and questions the organisation’s relevance in the international arena. ...
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FIDH

Operation Cast Lead, One Year After: Accountability, a Key Challenge for Peace

"This report, says Souhayr Belhassen, FIDH President, is an attempt to create a comprehensive reference of FIDH’s own and multi-lateral actions in demanding and challenging accountability for the violations of international human rights and humanitarian law which occur in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. ...
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FIDH

Launch of 20th anniversary Global Campaign for Migrants Rights Convention

A global campaign to challenge countries to end abuse of migrants by protecting their human rights will be launched [1] around the world on 18 December....
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FIDH

Turkey : 22 trade unionists finally released after almost six months of arbitrary detention!

Geneva-Paris, November 25, 2009. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), welcomes the release of 22 leaders and members of the Confederation of Public Employees’ Trade Unions (KESK) and of its affiliates, including the teachers’ trade union Egitim-Sen, detained since May 28, 2009....
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FIDH

Turkey : A "Mothers for Peace" member has remained arbitrarily detained for more than six months

Paris-Geneva, October 28, 2009. The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), expresses its deepest concern about the ongoing arbitrary detention of Ms. Hacer Nar, a member of the “Mothers for Peace” association, which struggles for the peaceful settlement of the Kurd issue and the right to obtain the truth on enforced disappearance cases occurred in Turkey, as well as a member of the Euromed Federation against Enforced Disappearances (FEMED). ...
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FIDH

World Day Against the Death Penalty: teaching abolition

On 10 October 2009, World Day Against the Death Penalty, the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty wishes to teach abolition to all citizens around the world, especially to teenagers aged 14 to 18....
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FIDH

Final statement of the conference of the World coalition against the death penalty

North Africa & Middle East : Final statement of the conference of the World coalition against the death penalty on capital punishment in MENA region, July 2009 ...
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