I should have picked up on this alot earlier. But anyway 20 coutries have ratified the Convention meaning it can enter into force so who are these twenty enlightened countries? Bangladesh – 30 November 2007 Croatia – 15 August 2007 Cuba – 6 September 2007 Ecuador – 3 April 2008 El Salvador – 14 December 2007 Gabon – 1 October 2007 Guinea – 8 February 2008 Hungary – 20 July 2007 India – 1 October 2007 Jamaica – 30...
Posts Tagged ‘ Human Rights ’
Gay Pride: Triumphalist or rembering a historical battle for human rights?
The other day I was bored and was watching BBC Parliament. It was a recording of the previous days debates in the House of Lords, which is very interesting. Though one member of the House gave me something to mull over and hence this post. Another thing that we see regularly—I do not know whether it is an annual event—is the gay pride parade, which I and many others consider to be triumphalist and could be used to incite...
Treaty of Lisbon Episode IV: The Charter of Fundamental Rights
OK, so I finally stopped procrastenating and wrote this post. Its a short one but there isnt much to say on it without quoting the entire document! The next post on Lisbon will be a surpirse one (in other words, I dont know what it will be about!!!) The Treaty of Lisbon does two things that will strengthen Human Rights with the EU. 1. It will allow the EU to accede to European Convention for the Protection of Human...
Nigeria – Update
After my last post on Nigeria, I’ve found two interesting blog posts over on FACT OR FICTION on the issue. One is a post on Nigeria’s human right obligations under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The second is an open letter to the President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo. USI LGBT have a page on their website about Nigeria, and what they are advocating to do, including contact...
GAY WITCH-HUNT IN NIGERIA
Via USI LGBT (email so no link) “Nigeria seems certain to legislate one of the world’s most sweeping and repressive anti-gay laws, unless international pressure is bought to bear on the Nigerian government in the next few weeks,” Peter Tatchell has stated. The leader or OUTRage! went on to say, “We appeal to gay and human rights groups worldwide to take urgent action to press the Nigerian government to uphold international human rights law and to drop this draconian...
State to let transsexuals alter gender in passports
Via The Irish Times and USI LGBT Transsexuals will be able to have their gender changed in new Irish passports in what will be the first statutory recognition of transgender rights in Irish legislation. However, the change comes as the State contests a landmark case in which a transsexual is trying to have her birth certificate changed from male to female. Dr Lydia Foy, a dentist from Kildare in her 50s, was born a male, married and fathered two...
Towns and regions take a stand against trafficking
The Congress of Local and Regional Authorities is apprealing to all European cities and regions to sign up online to a Declaration on the fight against trafficking in human beings. The Declaration, which was presented and opened for signature on 31 May 2006 , during the Congress session, has been signed by the local elected representatives of 17 local authorities, who have thereby committed themselves to take a series of measures in their own communities. All elected representatives of...
ICCL
Found the Irish Council of Civil Liberties Website today. Tis mostly undercontsruction but theres loads of info on it. Check it out by clicking the image above
B’Tselem update – 09 Oct 2006
1.4 million Gazans still without electricity twelve hours a day Israel must finance the rehabilitation of the power plant it bombed in the Gaza Strip. This is one of the conclusions of B’Tselem’s new report, Act of Vengeance, which describes and analyzes the harsh effects of the Israeli Air Force’s destruction of the power plant in June. B’Tselem states that the bombing was illegal, and calls on the government to finance upgrading the infrastructure for transferring electricity from Israel...
Human rights of mentally ill prisoners being denied – Neville
The recent tragic death in Mountjoy prison highlights the need to deal with prisoners who suffer from mental illness, according to Fine Gael Deputy Health Spokesman and President of the Irish Association of Suicidology, Deputy Dan Neville. “Mentally ill offenders should be afforded the option of a treatment programme instead of prison. A recent report shows that 60% of female and 35% of male prisoners have suffered from mental illness. This report again highlights the scandalous way the psychiatric...
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