by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Aug 1, 2022 | CAP LC United Nations, HRC 50, news
CAP Liberté de Conscience, along with Human Rights Without Frontiers and other international NGOs, are very concerned about repeated massacres of Amharas in total impunity in Ethiopia as well as mass arrests by the Ethiopian federal government of Amhara activists, journalists and other critics.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 11, 2022 | CAP LC United Nations, HRC 50
CAP Liberté de Conscience shares its deep concerns with Human Rights Without Frontiers which has documented, for the International Criminal Court, the grave responsibility of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia in the outbreak and extension of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
CAP calls upon the U.N. to collaborate with the ICC which is currently busy evidencing war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Ukraine and identifying the perpetrators to be held accountable.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 3, 2022 | CAP LC United Nations, HRC 50
The Civil Society Coalition believes that the war in Ukraine will stop when the Russian people are able to express their opposition to it. We therefore urge the Human Rights Council, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Secretary-General along with all other relevant UN human rights mandate-holders and special procedures to speak out and demand the release of all prisoners of conscience detained by the Russian Federation for the crime of opposing its aggression in Ukraine.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 3, 2022 | CAP LC United Nations, HRC 50
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) became international law in 1976. As we all know, they are the cornerstones of the United Nations human rights system.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 3, 2022 | CAP LC United Nations, HRC 50
HRC 50 : Incidents targeting the Amhara community
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 3, 2022 | CAP LC United Nations, HRC 50, news
Item 4 Interactive dialogue on the oral briefing of the International Commission of Human Rights Experts on Ethiopia
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 1, 2022 | CAP LC Event Coming, HRC 50, news
Hybrid forum where scholars and Tai Ji Men members will discuss the importance of robust parliamentarism in building peaceful, equitable, and inclusive societies as well as transparent and accountable institutions. They will explore the Tai Ji Men case, and iconic case where a democratic Parliament failed to keep rouge bureaucrats in check, while calling for effective parliamentarism to clarify the injustices vested on the spiritual movement and others.
by CAP Liberté de Conscience | Jul 1, 2022 | CAP LC United Nations, HRC 50
On 13 July 2021, Fernand de Varennes, Special Rapporteur on minority issues, addressed a side-event on the persecution of Ahmadi Muslims Worldwide organised by the International Human Rights Committee and the “Coordination des associations et des particuliers pour la liberté de conscience”, along with colleagues on freedom of religion or belief and on freedom of expression. He pointed out how Ahmadis appear to be increasingly marginalised as minorities in a number of countries, subjected even to severe restrictions on the practice of their religion with other members of their community, and targeted by hate speech in social media. »