Access to naloxone, an antidote to opiate overdose, is not only saving lives around the world but also giving drug users hope for a second chance.
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Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, United States
Topics: #OD11, Azadeh Momenghalibaf, Drug Policy Alliance, drug users, Eurasian Harm Reducation Network, harm reduction, Harm Reduction Coalition, I'm the Evidence Naloxone Works, opiates, Overdose Awareness Day, Roxanne Saucier, video, Xin Deming
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Muammar Qaddafi’s recent offer to talk has raised the question of whether the transition to peace is helped or hampered by a public International Criminal Court arrest warrant. Would keeping indictments confidential facilitate justice?
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Naloxone is a safe, easy-to-use antidote to overdose from heroin or other opioids that can be administered by just about anyone with minimal training, but in many countries, legal and policy barriers are keeping it out of the hands of those who need it most.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, United States
Topics: Amy Winehouse, Azadeh Momenghalibaf, Chicago Recovery Alliance, codein, harm reduction, heroin, hydromorphone, International Overdose Awarness Day, morphine, naloxone, opiate overdose, opioids, oxycodone, vicodin
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International law requires Libya's National Transitional Council to implement the arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court, and to hand any suspects it holds over to The Hague.
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After some six years of proceedings, the International Criminal Court trial of Thomas Lubanga is entering its final phase. The case has been marked by both milestones and near-disasters for international justice.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Alison Cole, child soldiers, complementarity, Democratic Republic of Congo, intermediaries, International Criminal Court, international justice, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, rape, Thomas Lubanga
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There is outrage aplenty but minimal action over the Assad government's escalation of violence. Syria's neighbors and key Western governments need to help broker a new political framework.
Posted in: Governance & Accountability, Middle East
Topics: Bashar al-Assad, Fatima Ayub, Syria, United Nations
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After two years of consultations on the right of free of expression, the UN Human Rights Committee has strengthened protections for new media, and says blasphemy laws should not be used to restrict legitimate free expression.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Article 19, blasphemy, European Court of Human Rights, freedom of information, General Comment No.34, Inter-American Court of Human Rights, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, international justice, Organization of Islamic Conference, Sandra Coliver, UN Human Rights Committee, UN Human Rights Council
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The rise of cell phones in the developing world has led many to proclaim the digital divide a thing of the past. In reality, advances in technology are creating new kinds of inequities.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Health, Middle East
Topics: Africa, Brett Davidson, digital divide, health media, Kenya, mobile health, public health, technology
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For too long, human rights organizations have shied away from making disability rights part of their mandate. This must change.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Health, Latin America & the Caribbean, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, Council of Europe, disability rights, human rights, Interights, Ireland, Mary McAleese, Susan Treadwell, Thomas Hammarberg, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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The human rights and anti-migrant sides of the EU immigration debate went head to head at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, in a controversial case over "push-backs," or interceptions, of migrants in the Mediterranean.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Middle East, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, European Court of Human Rights, Hirsi v. Italy, Italy, Libya, migrants, refoulement, Sarah Montgomery, UNHCR