Miscellaneous

Ahmed Mohamoud* seems like a typical eight-year old boy. He is dressed in jeans and sneakers and wears a hat of the New Orleans Saints, the team that won the US Super Bowl this year. Mohamed fled from the Hawiye area of Banadir region, not far from Mogadishu, with his parents. IRIN met Ahmed in Kakuma, northwestern Kenya, where his mother Fatuma agreed to tell IRIN their story.

Adoptée par le Parlement européen ce jeudi 17 juin à une très large majorité (470 votes pour, 56 votes contre et 56 abstentions)

قالت منظمة العفو الدولية اليوم، في تقريرها السنوي الذي يعرض حالة حقوق الإنسان في العالم، إن الفجوة القائمة في نظام العدالة الدولية تزداد اتساعاً بسبب سياسات القوة والنفوذ، رغم أن العام المنصرم شهد أحداثاً بارزة في مجال العدالة الدولية.

A global justice gap is being made worse by power politics despite a landmark year for international justice, said Amnesty International today in its annual assessment of human rights worldwide. Launching Amnesty International Report 2010: State of the World's Human Rights, which documents abuses in 159 countries, the organization said that powerful governments are blocking advances in international justice by standing above the law on human rights, shielding allies from criticism and acting only when politically convenient.