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#Syria The Politics of Responsibility to Protect (and its many contingencies)
The Politics of Responsibility to Protect (and its many contingencies) http://bit.ly/13SXjll #R2P #Syria
@LyallGrant What hope for victims of #Syria conflict since UNSC has failed them?
#Russia blocked a #UN Security Council demand on Thursday that #Syria allow immediate access to thousands of civilians trapped by a government offensive on the city of Homs, diplomats said. http://ow.ly/mFfgQ
Western countries in UN SC ignore Russia’s proposals for response to situation in Homs – mission http://bit.ly/1a81uzL
Palestinian refugees not involved in #Syria conflict, says Abbas http://ow.ly/mF5Ik
.@tomporteous Yes, #UNSC has failed #Syria. But UK will continue to push for transition & provide vital humanitarian support $500m so far.
Video Report: Chaos and Crime: The Trials of Running a Syrian Refugee Camp – Free #Syria http://ow.ly/mwdq4
#Syria ’s neighbors ‘pushing back refugees’ – Human Rights Watch calls on Turkey, Jordan and Iraq to fully open their borders for…
Another regime massacre. #KafarBatna #Damascus #Syria http://ow.ly/i/2vopt
(07-02-13) Binish #Syria l #Assad MIGs Bomb and Kill Young Girl RIP – Political Solutions With Mass Murders?! http://ow.ly/i/2vY46
(07-02-13) #Damascus #Syria l Bloody Massacre of Civilians Including Children Committed by #Assad and Hezbollah http://youtu.be/oGrjE7cf45Y
http://www.hrw.org/ar/reports/2013/06/06 … http://fb.me/FeRN4DhE
مشكلة الصرف الصحي المنسية في سوريا http://fb.me/OoxoDEyd
Canada to accept up to 1,300 Syrian refugees – Free #Syria http://cbc.sh/goWz4FH
A Turkish hotel that hosts all #Syria ’s pains and memories – The National http://ow.ly/mDaO2
International Crisis Group: 3 Ways to Solve the #Syria Crisis: http://ow.ly/mBq35
Report: Syrian Women Face Detention, Torture – Free #Syria http://thebea.st/1aMFTL3
(07-01-13) #Homs #Syria l +18 #Assad Slaughters Children of Homs as World Watches http://youtu.be/U7RrMpjfoUg
Life as a Syrian refugee: A look inside the world’s second largest refugee camp – Free #Syria http://ow.ly/mya0Q
(06-30-13) #Waer | #Homs | Assad Burns Orchards Leaving No Food Left For People #Syria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wjWVWFtoGw …
(06-30-13) #Houle | #Homs | The World Continues To Watch As Civilians Are Bombed By Assad #Syria http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1uy4kCvNek …
#Syria peace conference soon? Don’t hold your breath http://mobilebeta.reuters.com/syria-peace-conference-dont-hold-your-breath-1 …
„The repeated failure of the Security Council to unify on the crucial issue of Syria I think is a stain on this body and something that I will forever regret – even though I don’t believe that outcome is the product of the action of the United States,“ Rice said.
„The council’s inaction on #Syria is a moral and strategic disgrace that history will judge harshly.“ Susan #Rice’s final word to the #SC.
Fascinating – Mapping children’s chances around the world @BBCWorld http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22688596 …
iainlevine #Syria death toll now tops 100,000 says watchdog. http://mobile.france24.com/en/20130626-syrian-death-toll-tops-100000-observatory-human-rights-women-children-killed?ns_campaign=editorial&ns_source=twitter&ns_mchannel=reseaux_sociaux&ns_fee=&ns_linkname=20130626_syrian_death_toll_tops_100000_observatory&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
#Syrian Group Says War Deaths Top 100,000 http://nyti.ms/11Hy5Hd
Meet TV’s „#ICC Team“ (any resemblance to International Criminal Court is purely coincidental) http://bit.ly/135JbbY #CrossingLines #NBC
Calculating the responsibility to protect – more interesting thoughts from Neomi Rao #R2P #Syria http://opiniojuris.org/2013/06/19/the-calculus-of-responsibility/ …
The Inside Story of Russia’s Fight to Keep the U.N. Corrupt – By Colum Lynch: When U.N. Secretary-General Ban … http://bit.ly/1354OrE
#Syria ’s Forgotten Crisis: Sanitation http://shar.es/A2A2i
#Syria death toll tops 100,000, rebels lose border town http://reut.rs/1aNgi4M
Syria Days of Rage Video Report: No sanctuary for #Syria ’s female refugees http://ow.ly/msv9w
More: Saying no to child marriage
The United Nations Security Council is the ostensible source for recognizing the conditions for the responsibility to protect. Yet the Security Council repeatedly fails to respond, in part because of the well-understood dynamic between the P3 on the one side and Russia and China on the other. An ineffective Security Council means, unsurprisingly, that any responsibility to protect will depend on strong states to preserve human security.
International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) shared Genocide Alert’s photo.
Check out what our member Genocide Alert has been doing. What is the role of the international responsibility to protect norm in developing an international response to the crises in Mali and Syria? Gregor Hofmann, an honorary research associate moderated a panel discussion on this very topic. Great work guys! http://on.fb.me/1480hTc
Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P)
New York, NY
New Syria report from the International Crisis Group, which examines the war that has produced scores of thousands of dead, a mushrooming regional sectarian conflict and millions of refugees and internally displaced persons:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/
http://una.org.uk/actions/obama-and-putin-set-date-syria-talks
A joint call for action on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
#UN
A joint call for action on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
https://plus.google.com/110621601354060013807/posts/ApQcZEDmjDE
“#Torture unfortunately continues to be practised in many countries, made possible by the dehumanization of the victim, torturer and society at large,” says one of the UN human rights experts issuing a joint statement. More: http://sm.ohchr.org/10QLBcV
“I had my hands and feet bound and was held captive for three weeks,” says Syrian refugee and torture survivor Sabeen. Read her story here: http://sm.ohchr.org/11XOB1j
June 26 – int day against #torture; for @HRW – yet another day fighting to stop torture and bring torturers to justice.
Today: int day against #torture. Think #Syria where tens of thousands are detained and subjected to horrific abuse. http://www.hrw.org/reports/2012/07/03/torture-archipelago-0 …
On int day against #torture, take a look at #Syria’s torture archipelago (video, maps) http://bit.ly/MFkWYe ; http://bit.ly/P3yFdG @hrw
„The council’s inaction on #Syria is a moral and strategic disgrace that history will judge harshly.“ Susan #Rice’s final word to the #SC.
تزف لكم جامعة القلمون شهيدها البطل منور العنزي – سعودي الجنسية – طالب تعويضات سنية – سنة رابعة الذي قضى تحت… http://fb.me/1fWA0UVUl
http://islamtoday.net/salman/artshow-28-185101.htm
https://plus.google.com/107939164162840699150/posts/R7UazPj66jF
#previous #articles #videos #SalmanAlodah
Torture is absolutely prohibited
http://physiciansforhumanrights.org/issues/torture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torture
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Day_in_Support_of_Victims_of_Torture
HRW: Lebanon police engaging in torture http://bit.ly/18gpJKu
د. سلمان العودة – مؤتمر فور شباب الرابع (صناعة القدوة)
New د. سلمان العودة – مؤتمر فور شباب الرابع (صناعة القدوة) http://bit.ly/10bp0W7 @salman_alodah
sacred-destinations.com/saudi-arabia/saudi-arabia-photos
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روح الريف أم صخب المدينة ؟
سلمان العودة » المقالات » روح الريف أم صخب المدينة؟ http://islamtoday.net/salman/artshow-28-188148.htm …
Water Conservation in Islam – ا لشيخ الدكتور سلمان العوده
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/environment/environ
#previous #articles #videos #water #environment #humanrights
#previous #articles #videos #economy #environment #humanrights
Tantra ist die Erforschung des Universums
hrw.org/middle-eastn-africa/iraq
U.S. Should Adopt Clear Strategy on Syria, End Contracts With Rosoboronexport | Human Rights First http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/2013/06/17/u-s-should-adopt-clear-strategy-on-syria-end-contracts-with-rosoboronexport/ …
Rights in Russia @rightsinrussia
Once More on Russia | Freedom House http://www.freedomhouse.org/article/once-more-russia …
Why should we support Russia’s membership in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)—since Moscow has already joined the #WTO—but exempt #Russia from #US efforts to “defend and promote” values? Why would we want to let it join another rules-based organization—and then defy its rules? It already does this in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe and ignores its commitments under the Universal Declaration of #HumanRights; it is even raising concerns in the WTO. Let’s think twice before welcoming Russia into more organizations where it can undermine their integrity.
freedomhouse.org/
UN urges Iraq to address human rights abuses http://bit.ly/11SmXE3
UN condemns ‘slaughterhouse’ executions
GENEVA: The UN’s top human rights officials is condemning Iraq’s widespread use of the death penalty, comparing it to a slaughterhouse.
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay says Iraq’s justice system is “too seriously flawed to warrant even a limited application of the death penalty,” let alone its execution of 33 people in the past month or its plans to put another 150 people to death.
Pillay said in a statement on Friday on that “executing people in batches like this is obscene. It is like processing animals in a slaughterhouse.”
gulftoday.ae/portal/daefe469-33b1-4408-a067-799a6b795856.aspx
#Iraq: After executions of 42 people over the past 2 days, we call onthe Gov’t to halt all #executions immediately http://sm.ohchr.org/16BiZ8w
“I am appalled about the level of executions in Iraq. I deeply deplore the executions carried out this week, and am particularly alarmed about continuing reports of individuals who remain at risk of execution,” UN rights expert Christof Heyns today urges an immediate halt of executions: http://bit.ly/S13CRg
Human Rights Watch: Iraq becoming ‚police state‘
Join us in calling on the G20 to end tax haven secrecy: Tax dodging by multinational companies costs developing countries over a hundred billion dollars every year – more than the entire global aid budget – at a time when the global crisis is prompting severe cuts in states’ budgets around the world and millions of children are denied a basic education.
developmentwatch.net, makeaidtransparent.org (Video).
In 2013 Russia will host the 2013 G20 summit, the Organization’s leaders decided at the Cannes summit. According to Russia’s Deputy Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, the countries have adopted Action plan for Growth and Jobs and Russia has also undertaken obligations in line with the document, namely to reduce inflation, unemployment and to keep the exchange rate of the ruble within fixed boundaries.
The G20 nations must act now to challenge this injustice by agreeing on measures to stop tax haven secrecy. Call on the G20 leaders to put tax haven secrecy on the agenda.
SIGN THE PETITION NOW: g20transparency.com/who_suffers.php
#Syria قافلة نبض الحياة
pic.twitter.com/UZcM3S2RZY http://www.pulsoflife.com
New سلمان العودة يخاطب حملة ( نبض الحياة ) لدعم سوريا http://bit.ly/11LCqEE @salman_alodah
#previous #article #video #physicians #syria
برنامج مع القرآن للدكتور سلمان العوده الحلقة 25
قناة أمجاد الفضائية- برنامج „مع القرآن“ للدكتور سلمان العوده الحلقة 25: http://youtu.be/29dVBpXJsYI
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UN Human Rights Council: “Traditional values” subverting the international human rights framework
@curlyP @GeorgeKCharonis Look at ARTICLE 19’s recent statement following discussions at EP on this:
UN Human Rights Council: “Traditional values” subverting the international human rights framework
ARTICLE 19 raised with the European Parliament its concerns at efforts made by Russia at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to call for recognition of “traditional values” as a vehicle for the promotion of human rights. Russia has successfully tabled three resolutions at the HRC since 2009, most recently in October 2012. We consider this to be part of a broad agenda by Russia to subvert the international human rights system, and to distract the HRC from its mandate of protecting and promoting human rights.
The resolutions tabled by Russia fail to advance a definition for “traditional values”, which is a vague concept alien to the human rights framework. Rather than support the promotion or protection of human rights, concepts such as “traditional values” have often been invoked to justify abuses against the rights of vulnerable minorities including LGBT people. These resolutions fail to acknowledge this fact, exposing the insidious agenda behind their attempts to seek recognition for the concept in the international human rights framework.
ARTICLE 19 believes that the rights contained within the Universal Declaration of Human Rights represent a coherent and universally agreed-upon framework for protecting the rights of all human beings. Traditions contrary to these standards must be modified or, if necessary, eliminated.
It is clear that Russia will not confine its “traditional values” agenda to the UN at Geneva or in New York. It is therefore important that the EU is aware of this attempt by Russia to qualify its human rights commitments in a vague manner and that the EU stands in firm opposition to this. The EU must act decisively and robustly to ensure that the negative trends are reversed.
At the same time, the EU and its member states must robustly support initiatives to promote equality on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity on the international stage. The EU should firmly encourage the HRC to follow up its landmark resolution 17/19 of 2011 on human rights, sexual orientation and gender identity. This led to a ground breaking OHCHR report on the issue. Given the developments highlighted above, it is clear that keeping the rights of LGBT people on the international agenda is as important now as ever before.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_rights
#previous #article #humanrights #traditionalValuesUN
deinayurveda.net/wordpress/2013/02/traditional-values-vs-human-rights-at-the-un
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Declaration_of_Human_Rights
In 1966 the General Assembly adopted the two detailed Covenants, which complete the International Bill of Human Rights; and in 1976, after the Covenants had been ratified by a sufficient number of individual nations, the Bill took on the force of international law.[1]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_law
سلمان العودة يجدد تحذيره من السفر إلى سوريا
#SYRIA Campaign against Arms Trade
The government refused to act when Assad’s arms suppliers exhibited in the UK last year. Now they’ve booked a space at the London arms fair in September.
Just one reason why we’re acting to #StopDSEi Get involved: http://www.stopthearmsfair.org.uk #Syria
facebook.com/Defence and Security Programme – Transparency International UK
facebook.com/campaignagainstarmstrade
Interesting piece on the developing US politics of Syrian intervention http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/does-samantha-power-mean-war/ …
Syria: new evidence. Call on @lassecgen & #UNSC to refer Assad to the #ICC to be tried for crimes against humanity http://www.avaaz.org/en/arrest_syrias_torturers_e/?wuUSsbb …
Dozens of children being buried on a weekly basis due to #Assad bombardment. #Syria #Assadcrimes pic.twitter.com/yFJ8PcVLyw
The Massacre of #KafrHamra #Aleppo. 64 dead. horrific video of kids rediced to flesh and bones. #Syria http://tmblr.co/ZrII2xmV55CG #Canada #USA
Legally Meaningless “Red Line” Crossed in Syria http://bit.ly/120w57Z
On ICC and Syria, if rebels are recognized as effective government, they could in theory give court jurisdiction.
This image is NOT acceptable! Wake up!!! #HumanRights #UN #EU #ChildrenRights #Syria pic.twitter.com/bE1MpgGc7n #PUTIN #OBAMA #HARPER
MJ Rosenberg Jeremy Scahill’s WAR GAMES taught me (I didn’t know) that Obama’s killing policies in Muslim world worse than Bush’s. Bush had limits.
Free Syria Media Hub visit our page dedicated to the victims of the war criminal bashar al #assad http://a9pus5.wix.com/syrian-conflict- … 18+ #us #uk #obama #kerry #mccain #icc
Assad #NobodyLikesYouBecause U & your thugs have killed 95,000 Syrians, just bc they wanted freedom from 4-decades of military dictatorship
Shocking numbers of civilian deaths in Syria
Shocking numbers of civilian deaths in Syria http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22886730 …
#previous #article #law #warcrimes #humanrights #tobycadman
Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) via Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (GCR2P). Analysis: Hard choices: When the Syria aid response runs out of money http://shar.es/xaYCt
At least 93,000 people killed in #Syria conflict indicates updated UN study – Pillay
I urge the parties to declare an immediate #ceasefire before tens of thousands more people are killed or injured,” says UN #HumanRights chief Navi #Pillay . “Nobody is gaining anything from this senseless carnage. And States with influence could, if they act collectively, do a lot more to bring the conflict to a swift end, thereby saving countless more lives. The only answer is a negotiated political solution. Tragically, shamefully, nothing will restore the 93,000 or more individual lives already lost.”
More: http://sm.ohchr.org/18ARo9Z
تشير دراسة للأمم المتحدة تم تحديثها مؤخراً أن 000 93 شخص على الأقل قُتلوا في النزاع #السوري -بيلاي
„أحث الأطراف على إعلان وقف فوري لإطلاق النار قبل أن يتعرض عشرات الألاف الأخرين للقتل أو الإصابة،“ قالت المفوضة السامية لحقوق الإنسان نافي #بيلاي، „لا أحد يكسب أي شيء من هذه المجزرة التي لا معنى لها. ويمكن للبلدان ذات النفوذ، إذا تصرفت على نحو جماعي، أن تفعل الكثير لإنهاء النزاع بسرعة وبذلك تنقذ أرواحاً أخرى لا حصر لها. والاجابة الوحيدة هي حل سياسي يتم التفاوض بشأنه. ومن الفاجع والمخزي أنه ليس هناك أي شيء سيعيد إلى الحياة أرواح الأشخاص البالغ عددها 000 93 التي فُقدت فعلاً.“
للمزيد: http://sm.ohchr.org/195Xpbv
© +UNHCR
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White House now says 150 killed by chemical weapons in Syria.
Total death toll? Nearly 93,000, per U.N. http://propub.ca/14zyMTv
DCHRS ESTABLISHES LOCAL OFFICES IN SYRIA
Local Offices to Document and Report Ongoing Human Rights Violations
Damascus – 10/06/2013 The Damascus Center for Human Rights Studies has established three local offices inside Syria. These offices are managed by activists and human rights defenders. One of the offices will operate in and cover northern Syria, the second the middle regions and provinces, and the last the southern parts of the country.
Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect (R2P)
U.N. documents 93,000 deaths in Syria, says real toll much higher http://reut.rs/195SWFJ
International court sidelined so far despite Syrian horrors – Yahoo! News http://news.yahoo.com/international-court-sidelined-far-despite-syrian-horrors-175035497.html
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Click here to read the press release dchrs.org/english/news.php?id=1236&idC=1
#previous #articles #videos #syria
FCO advice remains against all travel to Syria. Including for journalists, MPs/MEPs, tourists, business, extremists.
Canadian Dam Builder Rocked by Corruption
Tue, 06/04/2013 – 2:23pm
By: Zachary Hurwitz, International Rivers
internationalrivers.org/blogs/258/canadian-dam-builder-rocked-by-corruption
SNC-Lavalin, Inc., a Canadian engineering firm that had been in discussions to participate in the construction of the Grand Inga Dam Complex in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has been rocked by a corruption scandal that involved widespread bribery payments to local officials.
As reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) on May 15th, the firm had disguised bribe payouts to local officials as so-called „project consultancy costs“ using the terms „PCC“ or „CC,“ on at least 13 contracts for the design and supervision of infrastructure megaprojects between the years 2008-2011.
As a result, the World Bank has added the company and its 100 controlled affiliates to the Bank’s List of Debarred Firms. According to the CBC, the engineering firm agreed to a ten-year ban from project contracts supported by the World Bank. Similarly, the Canadian International Development Agency has also banned the firm from bidding for contracts.
SNC-Lavalin’s corruption scandal highlights how significant poor governance could be for the planned Grand Inga Dam Complex in the DRC. The company had been in discussions with the Kinshasa government to participate in the Inga 3 Dam and mid-sized hydropower projects on the Congo River, for which the Bank has commited to providing technical assistance. Due to the recent scandals, however, the DRC and the World Bank have had to drop SNC-Lavalin, and questions remain as to how much more corruption, bribes, and money-laundering will be created by the Grand Inga Dam rather than real benefits for the poor.
The Inga 3 Dam and the mid-sized hydropower projects would create a stepping stone for construction of the Grand Inga Dam, which would be the world’s largest. The South African government has signed a power purchasing agreement to import a percentage of the electricity generated by the Inga 3 Dam, but large mining companies also seek to consume the electricity to transform the immense mineral deposits in the DRC’s eastern region, which has been characterized by violent conflict for near two decades.
In May, President Jim Kim stated that the World Bank would give multi-billion dollar support to infrastructure investments in the country and Sub-saharan Africa as a whole.
SNC-Lavalin, Inc. has previously participated in contracts for India’s Kerala Dam, Afghanistan’s Dahla Dam, and Angola’s Matala Dam. In Angola, the company is facing a separate scandal in which its hydropower division allegedly hid commission fees laundered by staff.
The company has also participated in contracts for rural electrification and grid expansion in Cambodia, and contracts for road and highway expansion across multiple countries.
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#Myanmar: UN expert urges Government to act on local regulations targeting Rohingya Muslims in #Rakhine State
United Nations Human Rights
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UN expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar Tomás Ojea Quintana says the Government must respond unambiguously to the revival of a local order limiting the number of children that #Rohingya Muslims can have to two. Contraventions can result in fines and prison sentences under section 188 of the Myanmar Penal Code. More: http://sm.ohchr.org/143bXr3
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Rakhine children play inside a tent at the refugee camp in Sittwe, Myanmar, 31 October 2012.
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