Human rights
- the land of religious aparthied and jackboot justice
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This report highlights how Pakistan officially recognises only religious minorities and not the ethnic, linguistic or racial minorities and how it has sought to subsume these groups under the rubric of Islam. In addition the document discusses the armed conflicts in Balochistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas which show that Pakistan has failed to subsume ethnic and racial identities of the Balochis and the tribals. Consequently, discrimination against the religious, ethnic, linguistic or racial minorities has come to the fore as never before.
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- Still a way to go for Arab human rights on the internet
- ( A. A-A. Hamada;G. Eid;M. Hakem / The Initiative for an Open Arab Internet , 2007)
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Censorship in the Arab world is still rife, extending to all forms of media including print, television, radio and internet. However, the internet has also become a tool used to get around this cen...
- lessons from hybrid courts.
- ( UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights , 2008)
- Drawing on the lessons learned from hybrid courts since 1999, this policy tool aims to explore the potential positive impact hybrid courts may have on the domestic justice system of post-conflict stat...
- Is China’s Human Rights agenda making progress ahead of the Olympics?
- ( Amnesty International , 2008)
- In the run-up to the 2008 Olympics, this paper assesses progress made by the Chinese authorities to improve human rights in line with their own commitments made in 2001 when the International Olympic ...
- Human rights remain appalling in China
- ( Taiwan Foundation for Democracy , 2007)
- This report gives an overview of human rights in China in 2007. Based on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the report presents human rights under five categories: soc...
- Using human Rights instruments in Euro-Mediterranean relations
- ( M. Pace;M. Poulsen;S. Grenier / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network , 2007)
- Part of a wider project aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in the Euromed region, this guide aims to facilitate civil society’s contribution to human rights promotion and protectio...
Discussing the human rights concerns raised by climate change
- ( S. Humphreys;R. Archer / International Council on Human Rights Policy, Geneva , 2008)
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This report discusses a spectrum of human rights concerns raised by anthropogenic climate change and by the strategies devised to address it. It pinpoints areas where climate change will have direc...
- Barriers to freedom of association in Mediterranean countries
- ( K. Chammari;M. Gantous;T. Guillet / Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network , 2007)
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Since the September 2001 attacks, many states in the Mediterranean region have been implementing repressive strategies aimed at restricting freedom of association, of assembly and of expression. Hu...
- Exploring the relationship between conservation and human rights
- ( International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2007)
- This paper presents a collection of articles exploring the key issues surrounding the relationship between human rights and conservation. It looks at what human rights are and what do they have to do ...
- Why does China not conform to human rights norms?
- ( S. Sitaraman / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library , 2008)
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This article examines why China is wary of international human rights law and why it has difficulties complying with international human rights norms. It particularly focuses on establishing why th...
- A technical examination of the Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women
- ( United Nations [UN] Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women , 2008)
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The Convention on Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was ratified by the Philippines in 1981. This benchbook seeks to contribute to the clarification of how juris...
