UN's Annan wants US, Europe to consider force in Darfur
The United Nations wants the United States and European countries to help form a tough mobile force that would stop the bloodshed, rape and plunder in Sudan's Darfur region, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said on Thursday.
Reuters  - January 16, 2006

Groups Demand Treaty to Ban International Gun Trade
As diplomats from around the world gather this week to lay the groundwork for a major June summit on arms control, leading rights advocacy groups are demanding that governments agree on a proposed treaty that would ban the illegal trade in guns.
OneWorld US  - January 10, 2006

UN must act to control deadly arms trade: campaigners
The United Nations must this week pave the way for a treaty to control the sale of small arms that were behind the deaths of one million people since member states last discussed the issue in 2001, campaigners said on Monday. Delegates from U.N. member states hold a preparatory meeting in New York on Monday ahead of a June conference on small arms.
Reuters  - January 8, 2006

U.S. No Longer Promoting Landmine Ban
In 1994, the United States was the first nation to call for the elimination of landmines that killed and maimed hundreds of thousands of innocent people around the world. But that was then. Today, Washington not only stands in opposition to an international treaty that bans the use and production of antipersonnel landmines, but intends to make new ones too.
OneWorld US  - December 28, 2005

U.S. Resurfaces Opposition to International Court
While senior United Nations officials and diplomats from other countries would like to see the International Criminal Court (ICC) playing an important role in the world community's efforts to deter attacks against innocent civilians during armed conflicts, the United States says no way.
OneWorld US  - December 22, 2005

Iraqis Glad 2005 Over, Dim Hopes for 2006
Despite the parliamentary elections last week and temporary ease in violence, Iraqis remain bitter about the outgoing year, and sceptical of 2006. The majority of Iraqis in Baghdad now fear the security forces, as dozens of people each week are ''disappeared" by police and soldiers around the city and new torture chambers have been discovered recently.
OneWorld US  - December 20, 2005

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Hypocrisy Highlighted as Int'l Conference Deadlocks in Week One
A month-long U.N. conference on halting the spread of nuclear weapons neared the end of its first week Friday deadlocked over how to strengthen the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
Inter Press Service  - May 6, 2005

On Anniversary of Rwanda Genocide, Activists Demand Action on Darfur
Activists invoked this week's anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda to ratchet up calls for stronger action on what they termed another unfolding genocide neglected by the international community, this time in western Sudan's Darfur region.
OneWorld US  - April 8, 2005

Washington’s criminal war against Iraq enters its third year
Today begins year three of the US intervention in Iraq, with its tragic consequences for both the Iraqi and American people continuing to multiply.
World Socialist Web Site  - March 30, 2005

UN Approves 10,000 Peacekeepers for Southern Sudan
The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to authorize a 10,000-strong peacekeeping force for southern Sudan but remained deadlocked on any action for Darfur in the west.
Reuters  - March 25, 2005

Oxfam: Civilian populations held captive as security deteriorates in Darfur
More than a hundred thousand people are essentially being held captive by armed militias in West Darfur, international aid agency Oxfam reports today.
Oxfam International  - November 4, 2004

Campaigners call for Arms Trade Treaty as new figures show massive increase in arms transfers
Military spending and the global arms trade rose dramatically in 2003, international arms campaigners revealed today as they marked the second worldwide Control Arms day today
Oxfam International  - October 14, 2004

Aid agency calls for effective international intervention in Gaza
In a situation of ongoing violence and the sharply deteriorating humanitarian situation, civilians are now paying the highest price in growing numbers because of the escalating violence in Gaza, according to aid agency Oxfam International.
Oxfam International  - October 9, 2004

Rwanda: Rape Survivors Find No Justice
Tens of thousands of Rwandan women were raped during the genocide and in the decade since, but only a few perpetrators of sexual violence have been prosecuted, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
Human Rights Watch  - October 4, 2004

U.N.: Darfur Resolution a Historic Failure
The U.N. Security Council’s new resolution on Sudan fails to provide protection for endangered civilians in the country’s western Darfur region, Human Rights Watch said today.
Human Rights Watch  - September 23, 2004

Beyond Torture: U.S. Violations of Occupation Law in Iraq (full report in PDF)
This new report documents extensive U.S. war crimes in Iraq. It documents ten categories of war crimes and rights violations regularly committed by U.S. forces.
Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)  - June 11, 2004

New Report Documents Extensive U.S. War Crimes in Iraq
The Bush Administration is committing war crimes and other serious violations of international law in Iraq as a matter of routine policy, according to a report released today by the Center for Economic and Social Rights. The report documents ten categories of war crimes and rights violations regularly committed by U.S. forces.
Center for Economic and Social Rights (CESR)  - June 11, 2004

Sudan: Massive Atrocities in Darfur
The Sudanese government is complicit in crimes against humanity committed by government-backed militias in Darfur, Human Rights Watch said today in a new report. In a scorched-earth campaign, government forces and Arab militias are killing, raping and looting African civilians that share the same ethnicities as rebel forces in this western region of Sudan.
Human Rights Watch  - April 2, 2004

U.S.: Bush Administration Abandons Landmine Ban
The Bush Administration’s reversal of a ten-year policy to eliminate all antipersonnel landmines puts the United States in near total isolation in the global effort to ban mines, Human Rights Watch said today. Today the Pentagon announces the outcome of its two and one-half year review of U.S. policy on all landmines.
Human Rights Watch  - February 27, 2004

Worldwide Use of Child Soldiers Continues Unabated
Children continued to be used as soldiers, sexual slaves, laborers, porters and spies throughout 2003 in both newly erupting and longstanding armed conflicts, according to a report released ahead of the United Nations Security Council's fourth open debate on children and armed conflict.
Human Rights Watch  - January 16, 2004