The recently appointed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights met
representatives of NGOs at a meeting
hosted by Amnesty International in London on Tuesday.
One hundred and forty-seven states voted overwhelmingly at the United
Nations on Friday to move forward with work on the main elements of an
Arms Trade Treaty.
The UN General Assembly is due to discuss taking a crucial step
to secure access to justice for everyone whose economic, social and
cultural rights are violated and who is denied a remedy at the national
level.
Chile's Supreme Court jailed five retired military officials on
Wednesday for involvement in the "Caravan of Death" – one of the cases
for which Augusto Pinochet was placed under house arrest ten years ago.
The World is Watching week will see activists and supporters of the Control Arms Campaign in more than 50 countries urge their governments
to reach an agreement on an effective Arms Trade Treaty as quickly as
possible.
The Sri Lankan government’s order for United Nations and
non-governmental aid workers to leave the war-torn northern Wanni
region, could further endanger tens of thousands of displaced persons
trapped between the two parties to the conflict.
