News From Around The world
July 13, 2010 (New York) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an arrest warrant on July 12, 2010, for President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan for genocide committed in Darfur. An earlier arrest warrant for al-Bashir was issued in March 2009 by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
This is the first time the ICC has issued an arrest warrant for the crime of genocide. The warrant is for al-Bashir's alleged role as an indirect perpetrator or indirect co-...
July 13, 2010(Kabul) - Ongoing Taliban attacks on women in Afghanistan show why women's rights should be a priority in any political agreement with insurgent forces, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The Afghan government and its international supporters have ignored the need to protect women in programs to reintegrate insurgent fighters and have not guaranteed that women's rights will be included in potential talks with the Taliban, Human Rights Watch said.
The 65-...
12 July 2010 - Amnesty International has condemned the bomb blasts that last night hit the Ugandan capital Kampala, leaving at least 64 people dead.
The bombs exploded in an Ethiopian restaurant and a rugby club in the capital Kampala, injuring dozens of football fans that had gathered to watch the World Cup final.
"This tragic loss of life is completely inexcusable and we condemn it whole-heartedly," said Michelle Kagari, Deputy Africa Director at Amnesty International....
7 July 2010 - Women and girls in Nairobi’s slums live under the constant threat of sexual violence, leaving them often too scared to leave their houses to use communal toilet and bathroom facilities, Amnesty International said in a report released on Wednesday.
Insecurity and Indignity: Women’s experiences in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya details how the failure of the government to incorporate the slums in urban plans and budgets has resulted in poor access to services like sanitation...
July 7, 2010 - The foreign secretary William Hague said last week that human rights should be the "irreducible core" of the UK's foreign policy. But he did not spell out why, or what that would mean in practice.
Ethical arguments aside, there are three practical reasons for having a human rights-friendly foreign policy. irst, promoting human rights and the rule of law is a good way of securing some of the UK's most important foreign policy objectives, including preventing armed...
Events at Thirdway
congratulations Dr. Minh for getting this job!!!
Hello everyone,
I would like to anounce that from today Thirdway is present on facebook; http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=164793759154&ref=nf
Feel free to join the group and promote it to your friends!
Best,
Ted
One old Buddhist proverb says: Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.
After Thirdway Netherlands “lit” the “life” of Thirdway Ghana and Thirdway Human Rights Education and Development America, on September 25, 2009 the “flame” of Thirdway Thirdway Human Rights & Development France was “lit”.
Thirdway France is focused on ...
"We have two Interns now on their way to Ghana for three months they are Solene and Floriane information on the current site."
- From Christoph's letter
The current site:
http://www.third-way.org
At the Thirdway new website, the Forum is ready for work. All of the departments has an own forum which helps at the communication. We have one informal Forum too: "Who Is Who" which (I hope) will help get to know each others. Let's discover the new website. Everyone can put comments to the pages (it helps to correct the bugs) and if someone like to upload new contents, just let's send it to Attila.
