In the United States, human rights comprise a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly the...
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article: Human Rights Record of the United States The Human Rights Record of the United States is an annual publication by the Information Office of the State...
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Human rights in the United Kingdom concern the fundamental rights in law of every person in the United Kingdom. An integral part of the UK constitution...
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Universal Declaration of Human Rights The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is an international document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly...
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The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it...
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is a department of the United Nations Secretariat that works to promote and...
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performed on human test subjects in the United States in the past are now considered to have been unethical, because they were performed without the knowledge...
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(LGBT) rights in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late...
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investigates allegations of breaches of human rights in United Nations member states and addresses thematic human rights issues like freedom of association and...
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The United Nations Human Rights Committee is a treaty body composed of 18 experts, established by a 1966 human rights treaty, the International Covenant...
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Reports on Human Rights Practices are annual publications on the human rights conditions in countries and regions outside the United States, mandated by...
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The United States ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Council is the diplomatic representative of the United States to the United Nations Human...
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constitutional monarchy. The Human Rights Scores Dataverse ranked Japan somewhere in the middle among G7 countries on its human rights performance, below Germany...
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The United States Bill of Rights comprises the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. Proposed following the often bitter 1787–88 debate...
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Human Rights Day (HRD) is celebrated annually around the world on 10 December every year. The date was chosen to honor the United Nations General Assembly's...
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International human rights organizations, along with the United Nations, and the United States Department of State, have reported human rights violations...
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Civil rights in the United States include noted legislation and organized efforts to abolish public and private acts of racial discrimination against...
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In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...
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The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is an American LGBTQ advocacy group. It is the largest LGBTQ political lobbying organization within the United States...
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From the late 18th to the mid-19th century, various states of the United States allowed the enslavement of human beings, most of whom had been transported...
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international human rights law is primarily made up of treaties, agreements between sovereign states intended to have binding legal effect between the parties...
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Human rights in Europe are generally upheld. However, several human rights infringements exist, ranging from the treatment of asylum seekers to police...
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D.C., United States, and it meets in regular and special sessions several times a year to examine allegations of human rights violations in the hemisphere...
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Human Rights in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are substantially restricted. The UAE does not have democratically elected institutions and citizens don't...
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of the right to enter his own country. United States labor law Universal Declaration of Human Rights European Union law "FindLaw's United States Supreme...
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The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR; formally the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) is an international...
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"Women's rights are human rights" is a phrase used in the feminist movement. The phrase was first used in the 1980s and early 1990s. Its most prominent...
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national voice of the profession in the United States, has developed statements, policies and initiatives supporting human rights by affirming intellectual...
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Human rights in the Philippines are protected by the Constitution of the Philippines, to make sure that people in the Philippines are able to live peacefully...
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Sudanese government over the past several years under the rule of Omar al-Bashir. The 2009 Human Rights Report by the United States Department of State noted...
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