It says that approximately 175 nongovernmental organizations sent representatives to meet with the commission. Nicaragua has accused Costa Rica of xenophobia and discrimination based on alleged violations of human rights in the deaths of two Nica...
human rights violations both communities have endured. However, land restitution is complicated by histories of indigenous dispossession and contemporary politics shaped by racist and classist logics that frame private property as a productive resource and indigenous peoples outside of production. Thus, ...
[6] In this view, the current approaches to managing risks posed by pollution and toxic substances are failing and resulting in ‘widespread violations of the right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. The deeply disturbing evidence – millions of premature deaths, impaired health for...
CDCr not only fails to recognize the huge contribution of these human rights activists, but has systematically retaliated against them and continues to undermine the Agreement to End Hostilities. CDCr’s use of confidential information that is often coerced and unreliable is one of several tactics ...
The most prevalent violations of womens rights involved domestic and sexual violence which were widespread and underreported. According to statistics from the National Police the police received 1367 rape complaints during the year 1999. Several nongovernmental organizations and government programs work on ...
International Human Rights Fact-finding Praxis in its Living Forms: A TWAIL Perspective However, recent years have witnessed an increased deployment of IHRFF in response to alleged violations of human rights in a range of climes. This may be a possible justification for the renewed attention that...
In this way, we want to ensure that people who report known or suspected human rights violations or violations of this policy in good faith receive the greatest possible protection from discrimination or retaliation as a result of their report. Our employees can also contact their line managers,...
human rights entities — the Human Rights Council and Committee, the Universal Periodic Review process, and the Committee on Racial Discrimination (CERD) — issued scathing reports on the human rights situation under Obama, a continuation of the rampant human rights violations of George W. Bush ...
“Satisfaction with Freedom of Choice”: worst in Latin America, with 26% and 28% satisfaction for males and females respectively; “Journalists Imprisoned”: worst in the world with the exception of China; “Human Rights Violations”: among the...
Human Rights as assured by their constitution Click here Updated 08 August 2012 CAPITAL POPULATION CHIEF OF STATE SELECTION PROCESS Apia 194,320 (July 2012 est.) Tuiatua Tupua Tamasese Efi Chief since 18 June 2007 Elected following the abdication Chief Tanumafili II Malietoa, ...