por Diana Cariboni MONTEVIDEO, 11 jul (IPS) – Los acontecimientos que se desataron en Honduras hace dos semanas han puesto sobre la mesa la cuestión de los resortes que una democracia se da para punir actos violatorios de la Constitución sin pisotearla.

by William Fisher NEW YORK, Jul 7 (IPS) – New charges filed against private security contractor Blackwater accuse the company of murder, destruction of audio and videotaped evidence, distribution of controlled substances, tax evasion, child prostitution, and weapons smuggling.

Unmanned drones could be banned from use in conflicts, Lord Bingham, one of Britain’s most senior judges has suggested. by Murray Wardrop July 6, 2009 Lord Bingham, who retired last year as a senior law lord, said the aircraft could follow other weapons considered “so cruel as to be beyond the pale of human tolerance” in being consigned [...]

By ADAM B. ELLICK Published: June 13, 2009 KABUL, Afghanistan — In unusually firm remarks, the chief of the United Nations mission in Afghanistan said there was an “urgent need to review” the Special Operations forces here.

by Naomi Klein /Noam Chomsky /Neve Gordon June 10,2009 Every so often someone comes along who is so brave and so inspiring that you just can’t sit by and remain silent when you learn they need your help. We’re writing to you today about one of these rare people. His name is Ezra Nawi.

Por Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, 28 may (IPS) – En 2008 se registraron en Chile avances en los juicios por las violaciones a los derechos humanos perpetradas por la dictadura (1973-1990), reconoció este jueves Amnistía Internacional. Pero alertó, a la vez, que se vulneran derechos de los aborígenes y de los participantes en protestas callejeras.

By JAD MOUAWAD June 8, 2009 Royal Dutch Shell, the big oil company, agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a case accusing it of taking part in human rights abuses in the Niger Delta in the early 1990s, a striking sum given that the company has denied any wrongdoing.

Por Jorge Gómez Barata 28 de mayo, 2009 El Estado no fue inventado por algún villano ni se originó por aberraciones históricas. Se trata de un fruto de la cultura que con otros elementos de la civilización evidencia la primacía del hombre sobre las circunstancias y de la conciencia sobre la espontaneidad. Esa invención en el ámbito [...]

Was Rape an Enhanced Interrogation Technique? by Jacob G. Hornberger May 26, 2009 There are those who argue that U.S. officials who authorized waterboarding and who performed waterboarding should not be held criminally accountable, notwithstanding the fact that the U.S. government prosecuted Japanese military personnel who waterboarded U.S. POWs during World War II. Their reasoning goes as follows: [...]

Por Daniela Estrada SANTIAGO, 26 may (IPS) – El juez Juan Fuentes sometió este martes a proceso a un ex conscripto del ejército de Chile como autor del asesinato del músico Víctor Jara hace 36 años. Hasta ahora el único procesado era el ex jefe del campo de prisioneros donde estuvo el emblemático artista luego del [...]