UN to outlaw corporations’ human rights abuses-Lucia Ortiz | The Ecologist 1st July 2014 [pullquote]A new case of corporate violence against environmental rights defenders and violations of their rights is reported to FOEI on average once a week.[/pullquote] The UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva has voted to start elaborating an international legally binding instrumentto regulate the activities of Transnational […]
EU – Vietnam free trade talks: politics and timing cloud prospects for early conclusion-By Rory Cahill, borderlex.eu | 30 June, 2014 Vietnam and the EU are hopeful that a free trade agreement between them can be concluded by October this year. But signing the deal could be the easy part, getting the new European Parliament to agree remains a far greater challenge. The European Union (EU) expects to sign […]
VIETNAM: Blogger Truong Duy Nhat’s two-year prison sentence upheld-FIDH | 30 June 2014 On June 26, 2014, the Supreme People’s Court in Danang, Central Vietnam, upheld a two-year prison sentence against prominent blogger Truong Duy Nhat for publishing online articles critical of the Government on his blog “A Different Point of View”. On March 4, 2014, Truong Duy Nhat had been sentenced by a court in […]
Vietnam: Release of woman labour rights activist positive but scores remain behind bars-Amnesty International | 30 June 2014 Hanh, 28, was released on 26 June by Vietnamese authorities and arrived home yesterday. She had been imprisoned for seven years in 2010 for “conducting propaganda against the state”, after handing out leaflets in support of workers demanding better pay and conditions. “We are of course delighted that Do Thi […]
Equitisation of State-owned enterprises discussed-vovnews | June 30, 2014 Professor Le Quoc, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Public Administrations (HCMA), emphasized that SOE restructuringshould pay attention to operation of different sectors and businesses, with a focus on economic groups, adding they should strictly prohibited from expanding beyond their core business areas. According to a Government […]
June 22-29 Defender’s Weekly: Prisoner of Conscience Do Thi Minh Hanh released- Defend the Defenders | 30/6/2014 Defenders’ Weekly **********23/6/2014********** Vietnam still ranked the second in the world on human trafficking According to the recent report of the U.S. State Department, Vietnam was listed the second in the world on human trafficking in 2014. The annual report said the Vietnamese government has efforts to deal with […]
Tuần tin người bảo vệ nhân quyền 22/6 – 29/6/2014: Tù nhân lương tâm Đỗ Thị Minh Hạnh được trả tự do-Defend the Defenders | 30/6/2014 Defenders’ Weekly **********23/6/2014********** Việt Nam vẫn ở bậc 2 về nạn buôn người trên thế giới Việt Nam vẫn ở bậc 2 trong phúc trình về nạn buôn người trên thế giới năm 2014 của Bộ Ngoại Giao Hoa Kỳ, vừa công bố ở Washington. Theo phúc trình thường niên này, […]
ADDENDUM: 182 recommendations supported by Vietnam UPR 2014-1.Continue efforts to ratify international human rights instruments, to which Viet Nam is not yet a party (Nicaragua)/ Consider signing and ratifying the main international human rights treaties (Albania)/Continue its accession to international human rights treaties (Azerbaijan)/Ratify international instruments to which Viet Nam is not yet a party (Niger); 2.In its implementation of Constitution article […]
ADDENDUM: 45 recommendations rejected by Vietnam UPR 2014-5.Consider ratifying the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Djibouti); 6.Ratify the Second Optional Protocol to ICCPR aiming at the abolition of the death penalty (Portugal, Uruguay); 7.Consider ratifying the Optional Protocol to ICESCR (Spain)/Sign and ratify the Optional Protocol to ICESCR (Portugal); 8.Ratify the First Optional Protocol […]
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