The peninsula of Bakassi has long been the subject of a territorial dispute between Cameroon and Nigeria. Now it shows what can happen to people's nationality and citizenship rights when control over the territory where they live shifts from one country to another.
Archive for the “Africa” Category
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The positive outcome of the recent elections in Senegal should not make us close our eyes to the inadequacies of the electoral process and the tensions that marked the period leading up to the elections.
Posted in: Africa, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Abdul Tejan-Cole, democracy, Macky Sall, Senegal, Youssou Ndour
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The International Criminal Court issued its first judgment today—a milestone in the path towards accountability.
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I previously expressed dismay and pessimism about the “progress” on LGBT rights at the United Nations. Unfortunately my fears were well-founded and the Human Rights Council debate on March 7 on the topic was a circus.
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The current edition of Openspace, a journal produced by the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, focuses on international criminal justice. It offers a wealth of information, analysis, and comment about this critical and increasingly controversial concept.
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Footage being collected in Syria by smart phones and video cameras has the potential to provide documentation which could serve as critical evidence in future criminal trials.
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Health and human rights groups have mobilized in Kenya to support patients who are unable to access medicines to combat drug-resistant tuberculosis. Fewer than half of the patients with this infectious disease receive proper treatment.
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Two legal aid clinics in eastern Congo are helping rape survivors seek justice while helping to cover medical expenses and providing daily psychological services.
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The evolution of the case load of the East African Court of Justice also reminds us that those who seek to promote human rights through the legal process must sometimes look beyond traditional forums in order to seek justice.
Posted in: Africa, Rights & Justice
Topics: Burundi, Case Watch, East African Community, East African Court, Kampala bombings, Katalin Dobias, Kenya, litigation, Mount Elgon, rendition, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
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We urgently need debate on what the global norms for freedom of expression—not just national ones—should be. A new website aims to help make that happen.
Posted in: Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America & the Caribbean, Media & Arts, Middle East, Rights & Justice, United States
Topics: Arundhati Roy, Aryeh Neier, debate, free speech, Free Speech Debate, freedom of expression, Khaled Fahmy, Max Mosley, media freedom, Mohsen Kadivar, Timothy Garton Ash, Yan Xuetong