Mashrou’ Leila is Lebanon’s Latest Free Speech Victim: Artistic Freedoms under Threat from Outdated Laws
The world famous Lebanese band, Mashrou’ Leila, has become the latest victim of Lebanon’s criminal defamation and insult laws, encapsulating the alarming crackdown on free speech in a country once proud to embrace diversity. Mashrou’ Leila is slated to perform at...Human Rights Treaty Bodies in Action: An Introduction
The human rights treaty bodies are committees of independent experts that monitor implementation of the core international human rights treaties. Each State party to a treaty has an obligation to take steps to ensure that everyone in the State can enjoy the rights set...Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC)
The Committee on the Rights of the Child monitors States parties’ adherence to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols on involvement of children in armed conflict, on sale of children, child prostitution and childpornography, and on...Law 62: The Establishment of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
Video on Law 62: The Establishment of the National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) which includes the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM). The video was prepared by Restart Center for rehabilitation of victims of violence and torture and funded by the Embassy of...