08/12/2014 – On 9 December 2014 UNHCR will convene a ministerial level pledging conference in Geneva on resettlement and other forms of humanitarian admission for refugees from Syria.

The situation for the most vulnerable refugees from Syria is becoming increasingly desperate.

We will now appeal to Strasbourg, who might not be as inclined to put their trust in the UK government given what we know so far.

Next week’s pledging conference must be used to turn the tide around. It is time for world governments to take the courageous steps needed to share the responsibility for this crisis and help avert further suffering.

05/12/2014 – The Hungarian police must withdraw an offensive ‘awareness raising’ video, which explicitly puts the blame for sexual violence and responsibility for its prevention on women and girls, Amnesty International said in a letter sent to the country’s Minister of Interior.

04/12/2014 – This briefing presents an overview of the international response to the Syrian refugee crisis – in particular the response to calls by UNHCR for resettlement of vulnerable refugees – and highlights some of the most serious human rights issues facing refugees in the main host countries.

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.