The International Labour Organization (ILO) Thursday called for a ban on child labor in mines and quarries as the focus for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12. The agency has...
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UN rights official calls detention of former Haiti PM illegal
Thierry Fagart, human rights head of the UN stabilization mission in Haiti , has called the 10-month detention of former Haitian Prime Minister Yvon Neptune without an appearance before a judge illegal under the Haitian constitution...
UPDATE ~ Negroponte vows not to allow torture as intel director
John Negroponte on Tuesday promised that security and intelligence agencies would not use torture in gathering intelligence under his watch as National Director of Intelligence. Negroponte faced tough questioning during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence...
US withdraws from world court protocol on consular access after unfavorable ruling
The US State Department announced Wednesday that the United States has withdrawn from a protocol giving the International Court of Justice at the Hague authority to decide disputes between states arising from interpretation of the 1963 Vienna...
US considers temporary protection for illegal Haitian immigrants
The US government will consider on a case-by-case basis allowing Haitian illegal immigrants who were victims of Tropical Storm Jeanne to stay in the US, so long as they are not violent criminals. Bill Strassberger, from the US Bureau...
