Belgium

Letter to Belgian Vice-Prime Minister and Finance Minister in Advance of Kimberley Process Meeting

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:00:30 -0700

Mr. Didier Reynders
Vice-Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Bruxelles

Dear Minister Reynders,

I am writing in advance of the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) plenary session in Swakopmund, Namibia next week to encourage Belgium to support Zimbabwe's suspension from the KPCS.

The Case against Hissène Habré, an “African Pinochet”

Human Rights Watch — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:34:33 -0800

Background
Habré Is Indicted in Senegal
The Case Moves to Belgium
Senegal Sends the Extradition Request to the African Union
The United Nations Rules Against Senegal

Senegal: Victims Charge Habré With Crimes Against Humanity

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:00:00 -0700

(Dakar) – Fourteen abuse victims, backed by a coalition of African and international rights groups, today filed complaints with a Senegalese prosecutor accusing the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré of crimes against humanity and torture.

Fifth Meeting of the EU Network of Contact Points on Genocide, Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:00:00 -0700

Brussels

Dear Head of Delegation to the Article 36 Committee,

Letter Commending Belgian Commitment on SAA with Serbia

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:00:00 -0800

We are writing this public letter to commend your government’s commitment to refuse signature of the Stabilization Association Agreement (SAA) with Serbia in the absence of its full cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

Russia: Pre-Summit Crackdown Shows Why EU Must Speak Up

Human Rights Watch — Tue, 15 May 2007 17:00:00 -0700

The European Union should make the deteriorating human rights situation in Russia a focus of this weekend’s EU-Russia summit in Samara, where authorities have harassed and detained activists planning political protests, Human Rights Watch said today.

No Capitulating to China

Sophie Richardson — Mon, 14 May 2007 17:00:00 -0700

European officials, especially ones posted in China, don’t often utter the words “sovereign” and “Dalai Lama” in the same sentence. But on Wednesday Belgium’s ambassador to Beijing, Bernard Pierre, did just that when he characterized the Dalai Lama’s cancellation of his planned visit to Brussels as a “sovereign decision.”

Senegal: EU Parliament Calls for Support of Hissène Habré Trial

Human Rights Watch — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:00:00 -0700

(Brussels)- The European Union should quickly implement the European Parliament's resolution calling for EU assistance to Senegal for preparing the trial of Hissène Habré, the exiled former Chadian dictator accused of crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said today.

European Parliament: Condemn Complicity in Illegal CIA Activity

Human Rights Watch — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:00:00 -0800

The European Parliament should condemn European complicity in the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) program of “extraordinary renditions” and secret detention of prisoners, Human Rights Watch said today.

Senegal: Speed Up Trial of Chadian Ex-Dictator

Human Rights Watch — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:00:00 -0800

(Brussels) – Six months after Senegal agreed to an African Union request that it prosecute Chad’s former dictator, it has moved very slowly in bringing Hissène Habré to trial on charges of crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today.