Good News & Bad News on Cluster Munitions: Daily Brief
Good news & bad news on Cluster Munitions; further arrests of activists in India; mass atrocity crimes trial in Uganda; International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances; Nepal must uphold international standards in transitional justice; Hungary's anti-immigrant measures hit education; and LGBT asylum seekers face discrimination - and some absurd questions - in the EU.
The new Cluster Munition Monitor 2018 report shows an untarnished compliance record by state parties to the 2008 treaty prohibiting these weapons. However, it also details how some non-signatories, particularly Israel, Russia, and the United States, hardened their defense of cluster munitions during the past year...
Indian authorities detained five activists and raided the homes of several others for allegedly inciting caste-based violence in January. The government should stop prosecuting dissent and repeal their abusive counterterrorism law.
The final hearing at the pre-trial stage of Thomas Kwoyelo is happening today. Kwoyelo, a former combatant in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), faces charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes before the International Criminal Division (ICD) of Uganda’s High Court.
Today, August 30, is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. In some countries, such as Thailand, enforced disappearance is still not a crime...
Today more than ever, Nepal should strengthen amendments to the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act to comply with international standards.
Hungary has started to implement its most recent anti-immigrant measures, forcing the closure of an education program aimed at giving asylum seekers and refugees in Hungary a new start.
The process of seeking asylum is difficult for anyone, but sexual and gender minorities fleeing persecution in their home countries can be particularly vulnerable. That's why the EU should follow UN guidelines on LGBT asylum seekers to avoid prejudice and inappropriate investigations.