Torture and the use of information in countering terrorism
ECCHR-Report, October 2011
ECCHR (ed.)
This
report, which is
an excerpt of ECCHR-publication “Folter
und die Verwendung von Informationen in der Terrorismusbekämpfung”, analyzes the three cases selected for examination by the BND Committee
of Inquiry (1. Committee of Inquiry, 16th legislative period). The
cases in question are: Murat Kurnaz, detained in Guantánamo; Mohammed Zammar,
tortured and detained to date in Syria; and Khaled El Masri, abducted and
tortured in Afghanistan. To varying extents, German security forces were involved
in each of these cases. The
full report concludes that German authorities and courts have violated the
absolute ban on torture.
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Child Labour in Uzbek Cotton Production and the Responsibility of European Corporations
ECCHR-Report, January 2011
ECCHR (ed.)
In this brochure the ECCHR highlights
one of the most striking abuses of economic and social human rights in
Uzbekistan: The state-led system of compulsory child labour in the cotton
production. The report provides an overview of the current situation and
outlines the background to child and forced labour during the cotton harvest. Focusing
particularly on European cotton dealers, it investigates the responsibility of
European corporations who trade with Uzbek cotton by using the internationally
recognized OECD Guidelines.
Blacklisted: Targeted sanctions, preemptive security and fundamental rights
ECCHR-Report, December 2010
By Gavin Sullivan and Ben Hayes
10 December 2010
ECCHR have released a new critical report today on terrorism listing, with a foreword by Martin Scheinin, the
outgoing UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of human rights
while countering terrorism. After outlining the
ways that blacklisting breaches fundamental rights, reviewing the key case law,
analysing the broader political impacts and problems of the regime and critically
evaluating the possibilities for procedural reform, the Report argues that the policy
of blacklisting is currently facing a crisis of legitimacy.
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Criminal Accountability in Sri Lanka
ECCHR Study, June 2010
ECCHR (ed.)
29/09/2010 ECCHR concludes in its Study „Criminal
Accountability in Sri Lanka as of January 2009" that the parties
to the conflict seriously violated international law. The Study is based on
publicly available information about the alleged commission of crimes against
humanity as well as war crimes during the last stage of the conflict.
CIA 'Extraordinary Rendition' Flights, Torture and Accountability: a European Approach
AN ECCHR Study, January 2009
ECCHR (ed.)
In
January 2009, the ECCHR published the second edition of their report "CIA
'Extraordinary Rendition' Flights, Torture and Accountability: A European
Approach." The study provides an overview of legal proceedings and other
judicial responses to CIA rendition flights in pertinent European countries
such as Germany, Poland, Italy, and Spain, as well as in the U.S.
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Transnational Corporations on Trial
ECCHR-Study, April 2008
By Wolfgang Kaleck and Dr. Miriam Saage-Maaß
The
entrepreneurial activities of transnational corporations risk the abuse of
human rights and environmental damage. This actual threat to human
rights which Corporations pose is not sufficiently taken into account
by national and international legal systems. The study by the ECCHR,
„Transnational Corporations On Trial“, describes international
standards which obligate Corporations to act in compliance with Human
Rights, Labour and Environmental Laws only gives a few sanctioning
prospects.
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