The spring issue of the Human Rights Brief of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law of the American University Washington College of Law (vol. 16, issue 4 (Spring 2009 Special Edition) contained an article by JBI Director Felice Gaer, “Transparency and Access of Independent Experts to All Places of Detention: Follow-Up Procedures.” The article was based on Gaer’s remarks at a conference organized by the AU Washington College of Law in February 2009. A copy of the issue is available here: Download HumanRightsBriefTorture
Next UN Human Rights Council Session
The 23rd Session of the UN Human Rights Council will be held in Geneva from May 7 to June 14, 2013. The 22nd Session of the Council focused on the human rights situation in Syria, Iran, North Korea, Burma, Mali, Libya, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, and Israel. The session also addressed important thematic areas such as incitement to national, racial or religious hatred; freedom of religion; human rights defenders; and torture.- Click here for resolutions and reports from the 22nd Session.
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