Detention

La propia crisis de derechos humanos de Europa

Date: 24/01/2012 - 09:10

Un ensayo separado en el informe 2012 analiza las tendencias a largo plazo en materia de derechos humanos en Europa. El ensayo concluye que el menguante respeto por los derechos, la débil aplicación de la ley cuando ocurren las violaciones, la creciente influencia de los partidos extremistas y el distanciamiento de la idea de que los derechos se aplican por igual a todas las personas han llevado a una crisis que exige una acción urgente.

L’Europe et sa propre crise des droits humains

Date: 24/01/2012 - 09:08

Un chapitre spécifique du rapport 2012 analyse les tendances à long terme en matière de droits humains en Europe. Ce chapitre conclut que la détérioration du respect des droits humains, la faible application de ces droits lorsque des violations se produisent, l’influence croissante de partis extrémistes, et le recul de l’idée que les droits s’appliquent également à chacun équivalent à une crise qui réclame une action urgente.

Europe’s Own Human Rights Crisis

Date: 24/01/2012 - 09:06

In a separate essay in its World Report 2012, HRW analyses long-term trends on human rights in Europe. It concludes that declining respect for rights, weak enforcement when violations do occur, the growing influence of extremist parties, and the retreat from the idea that rights apply equally to everyone amount to a crisis that demands urgent action.

Cyprus continues illegal detentions in contempt of national and international court decisions

Date: 05/01/2012 - 08:23

The Republic of Cyprus has repeatedly been criticised in recent years by a number of organisations, such as the Council of Europe, the European Parliament, human rights organisations, the most recent being Amnesty International, on matters relating to detention and deportation of third-country nationals, especially concerning the duration of detention and the absence of effective judicial procedures for reviewing administration decisions.

El secuestro de migrantes

Date: 17/12/2011 - 07:45

La CNDH publicó recientemente el Informe especial sobre secuestro de migrantes en México. Se trata de un documento detallado y sustentado en un amplio trabajo de investigación en diferentes estaciones migratorias, dependencias oficiales, casas de migrantes y lugares de tránsito. En más de 2 mil visitas de trabajo de campo se pudo constatar 214 eventos de secuestro de indocumentados y dado que se trata de plagios masivos son varios miles de personas involucradas en estas acciones.

Immigration detention in Switzerland

Date: 28/11/2011 - 11:39

From its 2005 adoption of a controversial asylum measure—“one of the strictest pieces of legislation in Europe,” according to UNHCR—to its 2009 referendum banning the construction of minarets on mosques, Switzerland’s reaction to immigration has become increasingly antagonistic in recent years. Swiss detention and deporation practices have been duly impacted by this situation. This Global Detention Project special report provides a first-of-its-kind view of the Swiss immigration detention estate.

Sans-papiers: la méthode musclée de la Suisse

Date: 28/11/2011 - 11:34

Dans le sillage du film «Vol spécial», un chercheur américain dresse la carte des centres de détention administrative. Il dénonce une Suisse criminalisante, qui recourt massivement aux prisons pour les sans-papiers.

Centre illégal de rétention des migrants de Nouadhibou : La Mauritanie ouvre la course aux chiffres

Date: 22/11/2011 - 08:58

Le Centre de rétention de Nouadhibou ouvert en 2006 grâce au soutien de l’Espagne est illégal, et pour rien au monde, Caritas Nouadhibou n’entend le légitimer en y mettant les pieds. L’organisation humanitaire catholique qui rapporte les échos qui lui parviennent du centre, souligne des conditions de détention pas du tout enviables.

Russia: Reported Roundup of Tajik Migrants

Date: 17/11/2011 - 13:28

The Russian government should refrain from singling out any ethnic population for expulsion and ensure that any detentions and expulsions of foreigners have a legal basis, Human Rights Watch said today. According to media reports, Russia’s Federal Migration Service has said that it has detained several hundred migrant workers from Tajikistan since late last week and plans to expel many of them.

First-of-its-kind report profiling Swiss immigration detention practices.

Date: 22/10/2011 - 06:09

From its 2005 adoption of a controversial asylum measure—“one of the strictest pieces of legislation in Europe,” according to UNHCR—to its 2009 referendum banning the construction of minarets on mosques, Switzerland’s reaction to immigration has become increasingly antagonistic in recent years. Swiss detention and deporation practices have been duly impacted by this situation. This Global Detention Project special report provides a first-of-its-kind view of the Swiss immigration detention estate.