Placing Human Rights at the Center of Reform
May 6, 2013
Placing Human Rights at the Center of Reform

Throughout Somalia’s armed conflict, successive transitional governments and international actors have overlooked widespread human rights abuses by all parties. The failure to address these abuses and the culture of impunity in which they have taken place has contributed to ongoing conflict and insecurity.

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April 23, 2013

Introduction
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto were sworn into office as president and deputy president respectively on April 9, 2013, following the dismissal of court petitions challenging the results of the March 4, 2013 elections.

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US Policy on Autonomy in Weapons Systems is First in the World
April 16, 2013
US Policy on Autonomy in Weapons Systems is First in the World

Introduction

On November 21, 2012, the US Department of Defense issued its first public policy on autonomy in weapons systems.

Faillerinin devlet görevlisi olduğundan şüphelenilen yaşam hakkı ihlalleri ve işkence suçları için zamanaşımının kaldırılması
March 25, 2013
Faillerinin devlet görevlisi olduğundan şüphelenilen yaşam hakkı ihlalleri ve işkence suçları için zamanaşımının kaldırılması

İnsan Hakları İzleme Örgütü (Human Rights Watch), devlet ve kamu görevlilerinin faili olduğundan şüphelenilen yaşam hakkı ihlalleri ve işkence suçlarına ilişkin zamanaşımı hükümlerinin iptal edilmesinin, ağır insan hakları ihlalleriyle, özellikle de 1990’lı yılların başlarında işlenen ihlallerle ilgili olarak Türkiye’nin sırtındaki

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Lifting the Statute of Limitations for Violations of the Right to Life and Torture by Suspected State Perpetrators
March 25, 2013
Lifting the Statute of Limitations for Violations of the Right to Life and Torture by Suspected State Perpetrators

Human Rights Watch considers that repealing the statute of limitations for violations of the right to life and torture by suspected state perpetrators and public officials would be an effective means of combatting Turkey’s legacy of impunity for serious human rights abuses, particularly those committed during the early 1990s.

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Progress and Challenges in State Response to HIV
March 21, 2013
Progress and Challenges in State Response to HIV

Mississippi has one of the nation’s highest rates of HIV infection and deaths from AIDS. In
March 2011, Human Rights Watch published Rights at Risk: State Response to HIV in
Mississippi, which found the state’s response to HIV conflicted with human rights and
sound public health policy.