Hungary Pushes Central European University Out: Daily Brief
Plus: ICC member states should reaffirm support for the court; how sex ratio affects gender discrimination; why AirBnB removed listings in the West Bank settlements from its site; isolation in care facilities denies older people the freedom to choose how they want to live; Mozambique authorities detain dozens suspected to belong to Islamist groups; Duterte admits to using marijuana; and Zimbabwe keen to abolish death penalty.
The increasingly authoritarian Hungarian government has spent the last year and a half making it difficult – if not impossible – for the Central European University to operate. The university announced that it will move to Vienna.
US President Donald Trump’s administration has sought to undermine the International Criminal Court’s legitimacy and threatened to thwart investigations involving the US or its allies. Today as member states assemble for the 17th session, they should reaffirm support for the court.
Ahead of the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Watch experts reflect on key rights issues. Heather Barr discusses sex ratio and gender discrimination.
The new Malaysian government promised protection of human rights, but has now reversed several laws, including the Sedition Act, which has been used by previous regimes to criminalize criticism of the government.
Airbnb recently announced that it would remove listings in West bank settlements from its site. Airbnb’s brokering of rentals in settlements on land unlawfully seized from Palestinians was at odds with its progressive anti-discrimination policy in the United States and Europe – especially considering that local Palestinians couldn’t even stay in these rentals if they wanted to.
Old people’s homes' institutional isolation and control is a breeding ground for inappropriate use of medication, sexual harassment and several indignities such as not being able to get help when one needs it. In old age, people should receive support to enable them in their own homes, where they can maintain their connections with their community, their family, their privacy and their usual way of life.
Since August 2018, security forces in Mozambique have allegedly arbitrarily detained, ill-treated, and summarily executed dozens of people they suspected of belonging to an armed Islamist group.
President Rodrigo Duterte said this week that he uses marijuana to stay awake. Will anti-drug agents dare to raid the presidential palace, now that its occupant has admitted to using drugs?
And finally, Zimbabwe is moving closer towards the abolishment of capital punishment.