Malawi’s President Joyce Banda yesterday called on the United Nations General Assembly to ensure that an ambitious programme adopted last year to spur development and economic growth in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs) be fully and speedily implemented. “In
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Informal Justice Systems are Essential to Development and Human Rights
Informal justice systems to resolve disputes must be integrated into broader development initiatives to guarantee the protection of human rights, since they are preferred by a large number of people in various developing countries, according to a United Nations study…
Chad Failed to Arrest al-Bashir
The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided today that Chad has not met its obligation to fully cooperate with the court by failing to arrest and surrender Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his visit to Chad in August. Following its decision…
Malawi Failed to Arrest Sudan’s President
The International Criminal Court (ICC) decided today that Malawi failed to cooperate with the court when it did not arrest and surrender Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is facing charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, when he visited…
Malawi Asked to Explain Why It Didn’t Arrest Omar Hassan al-Bashir
The International Criminal Court (ICC) today requested Malawi to explain its alleged failure to arrest and surrender to the court Sudan’s President Omar Hassan al-Bashir who is wanted on charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide. The request…
Malawi Urged to Investigate Human Rights Abuses
The United Nations human rights office has urged the Malawian Government to set up a transparent investigation into allegations that its security forces committed grave rights violations when they clashed with protesters last week. At least 19 people are reported to…
Noting the links between DP abolition and LWOP sentences
Main April 23, 2011Noting the links between DP abolition and LWOP sentencesThis recent commentary from The Guardian provides an effective and troublesome reminder of the too frequent link internationally between death penalty abolition and expansion of the sentence of…
UN Officials Urge and End to Laws that Criminalize Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity
Top United Nations officials last week appealed to all countries that criminalize people on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity to reform such laws and to ensure the protection of basic human rights for all.“No doubt deeply-rooted cultural sensitivities…
Malawi the New China?
By Family Law
A human rights group in Malawi has proposed a legal mandatelimiting families to two children to check population growth and mitigate landproblems. Read more here.MR
Two Tobacco Companies Settle FCPA Charges
The SEC charged two major tobacco companies, Universal Corporation, Inc. and Alliance One International, Inc., with violating the anti-bribery provisions of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 ("FCPA") for their involvement in a multi-million dollar bribery scheme with government officials in…