Arms Trade Treaty Shows Remarkable Progress
May 1, 2013
JURIST Guest Columnist Clare da Silva of Amnesty International argues that the new Arms Trade Treaty shows remarkable progress in the international regulation of arms transactions...On April 2, 2013, the United Nations General Assembly voted overwhelmingly in favor of a global treaty that applies in....... [more] 
UN General Assembly approves global arms treaty
April 3, 2013
The UN General Assembly on Tuesday approved the first global arms treaty a week after Syria, North Korea, and Iran blocked it. The treaty, which regulates trade of conventional weapons, passed with 154 member states voting in favor of the treaty. Only 3 states voted against the treaty on the basis t....... [more]
UN rights expert concerned over situation in Iran
March 13, 2013
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, on Tuesday expressed concern over current human rights situations in Iran. In his report, Shaheed found continued widespread systemic violations of human rights in Iran, with reports from NGOs, human rights defende....... [more]
Argentina congress approves pact with Iran to probe community center bombing
February 28, 2013
The National Congress of Argentina on Thursday approved an agreement with Iran to investigate the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Buenos Aires. Argentinian courts have long accused Iran of sponsoring the attack, which killed 85 people, and in 2007 Argentinian authorities secured Interp....... [more]
HRW urges two countries to give detainees access to lawyers
February 24, 2013
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Saturday urged both the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Iran to allow detainees access to lawyers and provide them with basic rights. It urged UAE to not only grant immediate access to lawyers, but also to either charge or release 13 Egyptian detainees who are accused of h....... [more]
UN rights experts urge Iran to release detained opposition leaders
February 12, 2013
Three independent UN human rights experts on Monday called for the immediate release of two key opposition leaders and their family members in Iran. Former presidential candidates Mehdi Karoubi and Mir Hossein Mossavi have been confined to their homes since February 2011 after staging a rally in sol....... [more]
UN secretary general condemns attack on Iran exile camp
February 9, 2013
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday condemned a mortar attack on Camp Liberty, an Iranian exile camp near the Iraq capital Baghdad. The attack reportedly killed six people and injured several others. The camp functions as a temporary holding facility for over 3000 exiles, w....... [more]
UN rights experts urge Iran to release detained journalists
February 5, 2013
A group of UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday urged Iran to end the recent crackdown on journalists and to release those who have been already been detained. The group includes the Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Chair-Rapporteur of the Working Group on arbit....... [more]
Iran impeaches labor minister over controversial appointment
February 3, 2013
The Iranian Parliament on Sunday voted 192-56 to impeach the country's labor minister, Abdolreza Sheikholeslami, because he appointed an official who was implicated in the deaths of anti-government prisoners in 2010. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that this constituted an abuse of power by parli....... [more]
UN rights experts urge Iran not to execute Ahwazi activists
January 28, 2013
A group of independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged Iran to stop the execution of five Ahwazi activists. UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran Ahmed Shaheed stated that the execution of Mohammad Ali Amouri, Sayed Jaber Alboshoka, Sayed Mokh....... [more]
Argentina, Iran create commission to investigate 1994 community center bombing
January 28, 2013
Argentina signed an agreement with Iran on Sunday to create an independent Commission of Truth to investigate the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish community center. Argentinian courts have accused Iran of sponsoring the attack, which killed 85 people, and in 2007 Argentinian authorities secu....... [more]
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