Urgent Need for Independent International Inquiry on Yemen Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Excellency,

Joint NGO letter to Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

Excellency,

One year ago today, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) seized control of Mosul, Iraq’s second largest city. One year later, extremist violence has displaced more than 3 million Iraqis, many who have sought refuge in the relative safety of southern Iraq. To better reach those at risk, women’s rights activists call on Iraqi government officials to end the suspension of their human rights radio station.

CONTACT:

Stephanie K=FCng, MADRE (212) 627-0444, skung@madre.org;

Annie Gell, BAI Port-au-Prince, Haiti +509-3610-2882, annie@ijdh.org

New Report on Sexual Violence in Haiti One Year After the Earthquake

January 10, 2011-New York, NY- Today, MADRE, the Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) and the IWHR Clinic of CUNY School of Law released a report on sexual violence in Haiti one year after the earthquake, entitled Our Bodies Are Still Trembling: …

Contact:

Stephanie Küng, MADRE (212) 627-0444, skung@madre.org;

Jen Nessel, Center for Constitutional Rights, (212) 614-6449, jnessel@ccrjustice.org;

Annie Gell, Bureau des Avocats Internationaux, Port-au-Prince, Haiti +(509) 3610-2882, annie@ijdh.org;

Brian Concannon, Institute for Justice & Democracy in Haiti, (617)-652-0876

January 4, 2011, New York, NY - Issuing unprecedented recommendations to the Haitian government, the Inter-American Commission on …