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The steps should include placing a moratorium on the death penalty, releasing detainees whose continued imprisonment is unjustified, and ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/28/zimbabwe-kimberley-process-brink">Zimbabwe: Kimberley Process on the Brink</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 28, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The decision on June 23, 2011, to allow exports from Zimbabwe's Marange diamond fields goes against the very spirit and purpose of the Kimberley Process. Governments and companies should repudiate the decision and refuse Zimbabwean diamonds until participants in the Kimberley Process (KP) can make a clear decision about the export of these diamonds.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/28/african-union-press-senegal-extradite-habr">African Union: Press Senegal to Extradite Habré </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 28, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The African Union (AU) should press Senegal to extradite the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré to Belgium.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/27/au-support-justice-gravest-crimes">AU: Support Justice for Gravest Crimes</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 27, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Civil society groups from more than 25 countries in Africa issued a report today urging African member countries of the International Criminal Court to show support for the court at the upcoming African Union summit meeting. The report is endorsed by 125 African organizations and international groups with a presence in Africa.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/27/observations-and-recommendations-international-criminal-court-and-african-union">Observations and Recommendations on the International Criminal Court and the African Union </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 27, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>On the occasion of the 17th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union African civil society organisations and international organisations with a presence in Africa write to share their views and make recommendations with regard to matters concerning the International Criminal Court and the African Union. The document covers seven areas of action, which are critical for African International Criminal Court states parties to undertake.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/24/senegal-end-attacks-rights-activists">Senegal: End Attacks on Rights Activists</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 24, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The Senegalese government should promptly investigate the violent assaults on the human rights activists Alioune Tine and Oumar Diallo during a June 23, 2011 demonstration, and prosecute those responsible. Human Rights Watch called on the government to allow peaceful demonstrations and to end threats against Tine and other activists.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/23/submission-uk-international-development-committee-idc">Submission to UK International Development Committee (IDC) </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 23, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Human Rights Watch's submission to the International Development Committee (IDC) focuses primarily on the role of the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) in Rwanda, given the UK's particularly important role in that country and Rwanda’s critical role in the Great Lakes region.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/23/c-te-d-ivoire-icc-prosecutor-seeks-investigation">Côte d’Ivoire: ICC Prosecutor Seeks Investigation</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 23, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has taken a significant step toward ensuring that those responsible for grave crimes committed in Côte d'Ivoire are held to account, Human Rights Watch said today.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class="last"><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706005917/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/22/toward-new-c-te-d-ivoire-or-selective-justice-past">Toward a New Côte d’Ivoire – or the Selective Justice of the Past?</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 22, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>After six months of violence, almost everyone in Côte d’Ivoire has a horrific story to tell: a loved one killed gruesomely, the memory of being raped, a house burned or pillaged of everything. 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