Reports
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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as an International Human Rights Leader
Henry J. Richardson,
Villanova Law Review, Vol. 52, p. 471,
2007, Temple University Legal Research Paper No. 2007-`19
This paper provides an overview of Martin
Luther King’s involvement in human rights causes such as his opposition
to the war in Vietnam,
his leadership on economic rights for the poor
and his opposition to South African apartheid. |
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Human Rights Quotes from Martin
Luther King
Human Family Research Center
Factsheet No. 7,
published 7/6/14 |
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The
U.S. Senate is currently considering the ratification of the United Nations'
Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
The CRPD will
provide global guidelines for accessibility standards, as does the Americans
with Disabilities Act
in the United States. Over 147 nations have ratified this treaty. |
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Report of the Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea
United Nations Human Rights Council on March 17, 2014
The Commission of
Inquiry has found systematic, widespread and grave human rights violations
occurring in the
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea against a wide
variety of populations such as against inmates of political
and other prison
camps; against starving populations; against religious believers; against
persons who try to flee
the country - including those forcibly repatriated
by China. The report was based in part on the
testimony of
hundreds of witnesses who spoke to the Commission of
extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment,
rape, forced
abortions and other sexual violence. |
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United Nations Report on the Status of Women
March 5- 15, 2013
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Response to United Nations Report on the Status of Women
Letter to the Editor
The New Your Times.
March 14, 2013
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Human Rights in History
Samuel Moyn,
The Nation, 8/30/2010
This article reviews the
development of the idea of human rights from the 1940’s to
the present day,
pointing out that there is no consensus on
what is meant by that term. What exactly is the “common
good?” |
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American Convention on Human Rights
"Pact of San Jose, Costa Rico A" (B-32)
November 22 1969
Adopted at San Jose by the Inter-American Specialized Conference on Human Rights
Part I Article 3 “Every Person has the right to recognition as a person before the law.”
Part I Article 4. Right to Life “Every Person has the right to have his life respected.
This right shall be
protected by law and,
in general, from the
moment of conception.
No one shall be arbitrarily
deprived of his life. |
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American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man
Adopted by the Ninth International Conference of American States, Bogotá,
Colombia, 1948
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International Day of the Girl Child, October 11, 2014 |
In
addition to sex trafficking, deprivation of educational rights and other
human rights violations, up to 200 million women
are missing in the world today due to “gendercide,” the selective abortion,
abandonment, or deadly neglect of baby girls
just because they are female. The United Nations has declared October 11
to be the International Day of the Girl Child
to promote girls' human rights, highlights gender inequalities that remain
between girls and boys and addresses the
various forms of discrimination and abuse suffered by girls around the
world
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US "Partnership" with the Egyptian Muslim
Brotherhood and its Effect on Civil Society and Human Rights
Anne R. Pierce,
Society 2014; 51: 68–86. (Published online 2013 December 18.
This policy reviews the
actions and policies of the United States regarding recent
events in Egypt, particularly whether
U.S. leaders could have done more to encourage a positive
strategic, moral and political outcome regarding human
rights
and the dangers of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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Russia Offers Controversial Code of Conduct for UN Treaty
Bodies
Stefano Gennarini, J.D.
This article describes the recent effort by Russia (April, 2013) to make the
nine commissions
that review the human rights practices of nations more independent and
accountable. |
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