Kenneth Roth
Kenneth Roth
Kenneth Rothis an American attorney who has been the executive director of Human Rights Watch since 1993...
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The commission will continue until the creation of a council. The proposed new council is a major improvement.
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There still is no appeal to an independent civilian court, ... The commissions still have Rumsfeld or his designate serving as prosecutor, judge, appellate judge and potential executioner. That has not changed one iota.
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Armed conflicts often involve discrepancies of power between adversaries. Allowing those discrepancies to justify attacking civilians would create an immense loophole in the protections of international humanitarian law.
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Despite the fact that rape victims have a formal right to legal abortion, that right was blocked by a maze of administrative hurdles and negligence and obstruction by public officials.
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The result is that many pregnant rape victims are essentially assaulted twice, first by the rapist and second by public officials.
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States like Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, or Zimbabwe, which are members of the old Commission, cannot be allowed onto the new Council.
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These promises of proper treatment are unenforceable. Any suspect who reveals mistreatment risks being sent back to the torture chamber.
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Moral squeamishness shouldn't stand in the way of finding solutions to this terrible crisis.
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The U.S. government's use and defense of torture and inhumane treatment played the largest role in undermining Washington's ability to promote human rights.
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As western governments improve relations with Libya, they should press the government to improve its respect for human rights. Libya's cooperation in fighting terrorism should not mean carte blanche to commit abuse.
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Things have changed in Venezuela, but not for the better. There's been a continued consolidation of power on the part of Chavez.
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It's an open question whether Bolton's throwing all the cards up in the air is meant to improve the council or to prove that the UN can't reform itself and therefore should be abandoned.
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Property is an investment and it is susceptible to market forces, just like stocks
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The new council should be a great improvement over the old Commission, but today's vote is only the beginning. Its ability to protect the weakest will now depend on the commitment of governments to curb rights violations.