The international community’s failure to respond to the world’s worst displacement crisis since World War II is shameful.

27/11/2014 – Write for Rights was first launched in 2001 as a 24-hour letter writing marathon in Poland. By 2013 it had grown into a global campaign with hundreds of thousands of people from 140 countries taking part.

Corporación Claretiana Norman Pérez Bello -Centro Claretiano de Investigación y Educación Popular

Careful, detailed analysis is needed – not fast-tracking and grandstanding.

26/11/2014 – On 20 – 21 November 2014, almost 20 years since its last review, Romania again appeared in front of the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). NGOs present during the review sessions are deeply concerned over discriminatory statements by the Romanian representatives and the government’s failure to engage in a constructive dialogue with the UN Committee as to the extent of which civil society organizations consider that Romania has failed to meet its international obligations prescribed by the Covenant.

26/11/2014 – Amnesty International explores how the Victims and Land Restitution Law (Law 1448), implemented in 2012, is failing the vast majority of people whose lands were stolen. Many have been unable to return home due to ongoing threats of violence and the slowness of the restitution process.

A request to the European Court must be lodged within the next two weeks. The clock is ticking.

24/11/2014 – Amnesty International is deeply concerned over reports of excessive use of force and misuse of less-lethal weapons against protesters, ill-treatment of bystanders and attacks against photojournalists and journalists by riot police during and after demonstrations in Athens on 13 and 17 November 2014.

The humanitarian assistance offered by the international community has been pitifully low, but Turkey also needs to do more to request and facilitate it.

19/11/2014 – In just over three years, over 3.2 million women, men and children have fled violence, persecution and other intolerable hardships in Syria for the hope of safety and security outside of the country. Neighbouring states have disproportionately shouldered the responsibility to receive Syrian refugees. As of October 2014, Lebanon has 1.13 million registered Syrian refugees, Jordan is hosting 619,000 Syrian persons of concern, while at least 1.6 million refugees from Syria reside in Turkey.

13/11/2014 – Tomorrow marks seven years since the European Court of Human Rights found the Czech Republic to be in breach of the European Convention on Human Rights with respect to unlawful discrimination of Romani pupils in the Czech education system. Seven years on, these violations of the right to education and discrimination have not been addressed and Roma pupils continue to experience segregated education across the country.

These continuing civilian deaths – a predictable result of such attacks – are inexcusable and those responsible on both sides must be held accountable.