BOTSWANA: The Bushmen Challenge Botswana's Denial of Access to Water
Joe Gonzales, University College London M.A. Human Rights '10, is a current intern with Survival International. He writes on the Bushmen of the Central Kalahari Game Reserve's struggle to secure water rights from the Botswanan government... On July 21 the...
The African Union and the International Criminal Court: The Summer of Our Discontent(s)
JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Jalloh of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that unless the AU and the ICC establish a proper dialogue, the logic of mutual gain for the ICC and Africa is at a risk of...
UN declares access to safe drinking water a basic human right
The UN General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring that access to clean and sanitized drinking water is a basic human right . The resolution, passed by a vote of 122-0 with 41 member...
The Botswana High Court ruled Wednesday that the indigenous Bushmen , or San, people will not be able to reopen a water well or dig new wells in their village in the Central Kalahari Game...
Africa rights commission rules Kenya illegally evicted indigenous people
The African Commission on Human and People's Rights ruled Thursday that the government of Kenya violated the rights of the Endorois people when it forcibly evicted them from their land. The Endorois are...
Spokesperson for the First People of Kalahari (FPK) Roy Sesana announced Tuesday that his organization plans to take its land dispute case against the Botswana government to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) [official...
Sudanese war crimes suspect and rebel leader Bahr Idriss Abu Garda on Sunday surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) . Abu Garda is accused of committing three crimes against the African Union Mission in Sudan...
UN General Assembly passes worldwide death penalty moratorium
The UN General Assembly Tuesday voted 104-54 with 29 abstentions in favor of a resolution calling for a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty . Though non-binding, supporters of...
The UN General Assembly's Third Committee on Thursday voted 99-52 to place a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty . Thirty-three countries abstained from the vote. Opponents of the resolution ,...
Nations that support the use of the death penalty Wednesday criticized a UN draft resolution to impose a world-wide moratorium on the capital punishment. The UN Human Rights Committee is scheduled...
