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Honduras enacts new mechanism to protect journalists

Friday, June 13, 2014

June 13, 2014 - A few short months after the release of the IHRP and PEN Canada's report, Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity, the Honduran government has enacted new legilsation aimed at protecting journalists.  Read about the new protection mechanism.  Since the law has not passed yet, the IHRP does not have a position on whether or not this will be a positive step.

IHRP Continues to Expand LGBT Rights Database

Thursday, May 29, 2014

May 29, 2014 - This Spring, the IHRP added three new reports to its Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI) Discrimination Database.   The reports provide extensive information on discrimination against LBGT persons in Cyprus, Slovenia and

IHRP Alum awarded 2014 Trudeau scholarship for work on humanitarian law

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Rebecca Sutton, J.D. 2013, has recently been awarded a 2014 Trudeau Scholarship to study humanitarian law at LSE. Rebecca was an IHRP clinic student, intern, and working group leader.  We are so thrilled to celebrate her latest accomplishment!  Read more about Rebecca.

IHRP Files Petition against Canada for delay of over 13 years in processing immigration application

Monday, April 28, 2014

April 28, 2014 – Today, the IHRP filed a petition with the United Nations Human Rights Committee on behalf of Suleyman Goven, a Canadian citizen who arrived as Convention refugee from Turkey over 20 years ago. Goven who claims that Canada violated his rights under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights for the mishandling of his application for permanent residence over the course of more than 13 years.  Three law students, Malorie, Malone, Katherine MacDonald, and Marianne Salih assisted with the petition through the IHRP legal clinic.

John Ralston Saul writes in support of IHRP Recommendations on Honduras

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

April 9, 2014 - Today, John Ralston Saul, President of PEN International, authored an opinion piece in the Ottawa Citizen that referenced the IHRP-PEN Report Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity and supported the IHRP's calls for Canada to include human rights conditionalities in any final free trade agreement with Honduras.  Read his piece here.

IHRP to urge Canada to use trade negotiations with Honduras to foster better protection of freedom of expression

Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Cover page of report Honduras: Journalism in the Shadow of Impunity

(TORONTO, April 9, 2014) – The IHRP and PEN Canada will call on officials to tie human rights obligations to Canada’s proposed free trade agreement with Honduras during a committee appearance in Ottawa tomorrow, April 10, 2014 at 11 a.m.

The Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement was signed by the current government on Nov. 5, 2013, but must be debated and voted upon by Parliament before it becomes Canadian law. The House of Commons Standing Committee on International Trade will make recommendations to assist Parliament in its deliberations.

IHRP presents at the 150th session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Washington, D.C. -- Today, the IHRP and its partners PEN International and PEN Canada testified before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and representatives of the Honduran government about impunity for violence against journalists in Honduras.

IHRP and the Center for International Environmental Law launch investment arbitration guide for NGOs

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

The Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) and the IHRP launched today a new tool to aid NGOs defending the public interest in international investment litigation. The Guide for Potential Amici in International Investment Arbitrations  explains when and how NGOs can strategically intervene as amici curiae (friends of the court) in international investment arbitrations.

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