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A detailed memo released by Human Rights Watch, Q&A; on a United Nations Commission of Inquiry on North Korea, explains why a commission is urgently needed, how it could be established, what it should examine, and how it will support the efforts of the UNHRC to press for Pyongyang’s compliance with international human rights standards.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/q-activists-united-nations-commission-inquiry-north-korea">Q & A for Activists on a United Nations Commission of Inquiry on North Korea</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/21/q-governments-united-nations-commission-inquiry-north-korea">Q & A for Governments on a United Nations Commission of Inquiry on North Korea</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 21, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/11/us-zero-dark-torture">US: Zero Dark Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Viewers and critics have been shocked by Zero Dark Thirty's depiction of enhanced interrogation techniques. But, if anything, the film goes way too easy on the CIA.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/11/us-zero-dark-thirty-and-truth-about-torture">US: Zero Dark Thirty and the Truth About Torture</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 11, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The movie Zero Dark Thirty, which depicts the hunt for Osama bin Laden, wrongly suggests that torture was an ugly but useful tactic in the fight against terrorism.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news/2013/01/04/nepal-warning-rights-abusers">Nepal: A Warning to Rights Abusers</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jan 4, 2013</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">The arrest in the United Kingdom on January 3, 2013, of a Nepali army colonel suspected of torture sends a warning to those accused of serious crimes in Nepal</span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> and elsewhere that they cannot hide from the law forever, Human Rights Watch said today. Nepal failed to prosecute anyone for torture during the decade-long civil war in the nearly seven years since it ended.</span></p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/14/uk-accountability-still-needed-libya-case">UK: Accountability Still Needed on Libya Case</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 14, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">The UK government’s compensation to a Libyan dissident over its complicity in his torture and rendition provides some relief but does not absolve it of the duty to investigate.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span 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<div class="field-content">The US Senate intelligence committee’s long-awaited review of the Central Intelligence Agency’s secret detention and interrogation program after September 11, 2001 should promptly be declassified and released.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news/2012/12/13/iraq-protect-palestinians-iraqi-prisons">Iraq: Protect Palestinians in Iraqi Prisons</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dec 13, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Iraqi authorities should investigate allegations of torture and unfair trials of Palestinians in Iraqi prisons.A recently concluded conference in Baghdad attended by the Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani, and the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, addressed concerns about Palestinians held in Israeli jails, but did not examine allegations of serious abuses against Palestinians in Iraqi custody.</div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news-all/679">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/our-work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130123014138/https://www.hrw.org/news">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a 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