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 council to investigate North Korea human rights violations
March 21, 2013
The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Thursday adopted a resolution establishing a commission of inquiry to investigate ongoing human rights violations in North Korea. The resolution was unanimously passed during the 22nd Regular Session of the council. The council voted to establish the commission....... [more]
UN rights expert urges international inquiry into North Korea violations
March 12, 2013
The UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman on Monday urged the international community to establish comprehensive investigative mechanisms to probe and document human rights abuses in North Korea. The report, presented to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), stems fr....... [more]
UN rights experts urge investigation into North Korea political prisons
February 28, 2013
UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in North Korea Marzuki Darusman and a group of independent human rights experts on Thursday announced their support for an international inquiry into human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to bring awareness to the country's system....... [more]
UN rights expert urges probe of North Korea
February 5, 2013
UN Special Rapporteur on North Korea Marzuki Darusman has urged the UN Human Rights Council and General Assembly to investigate human rights violations in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In a report released Tuesday, Darusman noted the accrual of 22 separate reports filed since 2003 docum....... [more]
UN rights chief condemns human rights record in North Korea
January 14, 2013
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Monday condemned the human rights record of people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), calling on the international community to make efforts to improve the situation. Pillay expressed concern that the international community is....... [more]
HRW: UN commission must examine human rights in North Korea
January 11, 2013
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called Friday for a UN commission to examine human rights abuses in North Korea. The rights group stated that little has changed within the totalitarian government since Kim Jong-un succeeded his father Kim Jong-il in leading the country one year ago. HRW stated the situati....... [more]
UN criticizes North Korea human rights record and focus on military
November 4, 2012
The UN's Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People?s Republic of Korea (DPRK), Marzuki Darusman, expressed concern on Friday about the lack of development in human rights in the nation. The DPRK, better known as North Korea, has struggled with securing its c....... [more]
South Korea attempts to halt distribution of anti-North Korea leaflets
October 22, 2012
The South Korean government attempted to halt the distribution of anti-North Korea pamphlets across the border into North Korea by activists on Monday after threats from North Korea. North Korea threatened military action if South Korean activists carried out their plan to pass leaflets across the b....... [more]
US boycotted nuclear test ban treaty
September 23, 2012
On September 23, 2005, the US completed a three day boycott of a UN conference aimed at encouraging countries to sign the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty. The treaty was adopted on September 10, 1996, but has yet to be entered into force, as not all nuclear-able states have ratified it. India....... [more]
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