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Mali: Killings, 'Disappearances' in Military Operations

Mali: Killings, ‘Disappearances’ in Military Operations Investigate Alleged Security Force Abuses in Mopti Region NEW YORK, USA, April 20, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Malian soldiers have allegedly killed at least 34 villagers, forcibly disappeared at least 16 people, and severely mistreated detainees during counterterrorism operations in Mali’s central Mopti region, Human Rights Watch said today. Mali’s transitional government should conduct credible and impartial investigations...
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Amicus brief on killings of human rights defenders in Colombia

Subject: Human Rights Watch Amicus Curiae on abuses against human rights defenders José Miguel Vivanco, on behalf of Human Rights Watch, located at 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th floor, New York, United States, presents this amicus brief to the Honorable Constitutional Court of Colombia in the case T8018193, 11001310304520200002500 concerning ongoing abuses against human rights defenders and social leaders in Colombia. We respectfully state: Purpose and Summary of this Submission Human Rights Watch re...
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Killings, 'Disappearances' in Military Operations: Mali

Human Rights Watch Malian soldiers have allegedly killed at least 34 villagers, forcibly disappeared at least 16 people, and severely mistreated detainees during counterterrorism operations in Mali’s central Mopti region, Human Rights Watch said today. Mali’s transitional government should conduct credible and impartial investigations into these incidents. All were committed since the transitional government took power in an August 18, 2020 coup. “Mali’s security forces have shown scant...
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LankaWeb – Did Sri Lanka commit 'war crimes'? International Legal luminary Sir Desmond de Silva says NO

to determine if they are permissible collateral damage, a  violation of IHL only occurs if there is an intentional attack directed against civilians (violation of principle of distinction),  or if an attack is launched on a military objective with the knowledge that the incidental civilian injuries would be clearly excessive in relation to the anticipated military advantage (violation principle of proportionality).” In the final stages of the war, according to the Report of the Secretary ...
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Shoot-On-Sight Order: Legal Synonym for Extrajudicial Killing and Abridgement of Right to Life?

Introduction A media release of Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, on 3rd March, 2021 gave marching orders to security agents to shoot-on-sight any civilian found in the forest with an AK-47 weapon. Since then the media has been abuzz with mainly non-legal analyses of the subject, until the President directly corroborated the order on 11th March, 2021 during his meeting with the nation’s traditional rulers on the subject of insecurity in Nigeria. Some ana...
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Letters to the EU Urging the Implementation of Effective Steps to Ensure Justice to the Palestinian People at the ICC

Bethlehem/PNN/ On 13 March 2021, Al-Haq sent letters to the High Representative of the European Commission and European Union (EU) member states, following concerning statements made by various EU member states, rejecting and opposing the landmark decision of the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC), which affirmed that the Court has territorial jurisdiction over the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), and the historic announcement by the Office of the Prosecutor of the...
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