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Convention for Rights of Persons With Disabilities Welcome - AllAfrica.com

Convention for Rights of Persons With Disabilities Welcome - AllAfrica.com | Human rights | Scoop.it
Convention for Rights of Persons With Disabilities Welcome AllAfrica.com The recent adoption of the Convention for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the unprecedented rapidity of its ratification by the Zambian Government have...
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Western Psychiatry in Crisis - Vox Online News

Western Psychiatry in Crisis - Vox Online News | Human rights | Scoop.it
Western Psychiatry in Crisis Vox Online News Obviously, this is in contradiction with the social and human rights perspective of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD), now ratified by the European Union...
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UN receives $15 million from Kuwait to aid Syria-based Palestinians

UN receives $15 million from Kuwait to aid Syria-based Palestinians | Human rights | Scoop.it
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Zambia begins granting Angolan refugees permanent residency

Zambia begins granting Angolan refugees permanent residency | Human rights | Scoop.it
The first recipient of a permit, which open a route to Zambian citizenship, had been a refugee for 33 years
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10 Things You Should Know About Slavery and Won’t Learn at ‘Django’ - COLORLINES

10 Things You Should Know About Slavery and Won’t Learn at ‘Django’ - COLORLINES | Human rights | Scoop.it
Slavery as revenge fantasy is a far cry from the ugly truth: Slavery as the economic engine that created the inequitable world in which we still live.
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Google searches 'expose racial bias'

Google searches 'expose racial bias' | Human rights | Scoop.it
Searches for names typically associated with black people are more likely to offer ads relating to criminal records, a study finds.
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NASW Celebrates the 50th Anniversary of President Kennedy’s Mental Health Message

Today, NASW celebrates the 50th anniversary of President John F.
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Reform of UN is "essential," Annan says

Reform of UN is "essential," Annan says | Human rights | Scoop.it
The United Nations Security Council must be expanded to include more countries, while companies that prey on the world's poor -More- 
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allAfrica.com: Kenya: ICC Expert to Examine Uhuru, Mungiki Link

allAfrica.com: Kenya: ICC Expert to Examine Uhuru, Mungiki Link | Human rights | Scoop.it
allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience (Kenya: Election Violence Suspect Accused of Gang Links: [The Star]ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda i...
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Senate Votes Down Attempts To Reform Bush-Era Warrantless Wiretapping Program

Senate Votes Down Attempts To Reform Bush-Era Warrantless Wiretapping Program | Human rights | Scoop.it
The Senate rejected three attempts Thursday to add oversight and privacy safeguards to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amendments that authorize the warrantless wiretapping program begun under President George W.
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Does U.S. Immigration Policy Respect Human Rights?

Does U.S. Immigration Policy Respect Human Rights? | Human rights | Scoop.it
Today is International Migrants Day, a day to reflect on the human rights of immigrants and migrant communities. As the ACLU blogged last week, despite accomplishments on some key human rights issues, the U.S....
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Freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association

Freedoms of peaceful assembly and of association | Human rights | Scoop.it
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association http://t.co/wkAMJnOl)...
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Morsi Admits Mistakes in Drafting Egypt’s Constitution

Morsi Admits Mistakes in Drafting Egypt’s Constitution | Human rights | Scoop.it
President Mohamed Morsi appealed for unity after the bitter debate over the Constitution, and he pledged to respect the one-third of voters who cast ballots against it.
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Launching of the Exhibition 'Lest We Forget' in Nairobi

Launching of the Exhibition 'Lest We Forget' in Nairobi | Human rights | Scoop.it
The 'Lest We Forget: The Triumph over Slavery” Exhibition was launched at Alliance Française, Nairobi – Kenya on 8th May, 2013 as a collaboration between UNESCO and Alliance Française.
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End corruption if you want to end poverty

End corruption if you want to end poverty | Human rights | Scoop.it
There needs to be zero tolerance for corruption if we want to truly end poverty, writes Sri Mulyani Indrawati of the World Ba -More- 
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WIPO Development Committee Ends On Positive Note With Modest Results

WIPO Development Committee Ends On Positive Note With Modest Results | Human rights | Scoop.it
After a week which many World Intellectual Property Organization delegates working on development issues found difficult, a degree of consensus appeared in the last hour late on 17 May.
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Kenya ICC witnesses 'disappear'

Kenya ICC witnesses 'disappear' | Human rights | Scoop.it
The BBC's Karen Allen reports from Kenya on claims that in the run up to elections and a key trial at The Hague potential witnesses have gone missing.
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Treat Greed in Africa as a War Crime

Treat Greed in Africa as a War Crime | Human rights | Scoop.it
Corrupt heads of state are only part of Africa’s problem. Avarice and exploitation are root causes.
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Romania's "Oprah Winfrey" uses TV to shine a spotlight on refugees

Romania's "Oprah Winfrey" uses TV to shine a spotlight on refugees | Human rights | Scoop.it
Mbela Nzuzi fled her native Democratic Republic of the Congo for political reasons in 1997 and ended up in Romania. Today, she is a TV star with her own chat show.
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The State We Are Currently In: Institutionalisation of Asylum Seekers in the Direct Provision System

The State We Are Currently In: Institutionalisation of Asylum Seekers in the Direct Provision System | Human rights | Scoop.it
There has been much focus and comment, but no full State apology, for the role that institutions of the State and the Irish people as a whole played in  permitting the operation of Magdalene Laundries for over eight decades.
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I Can Defend Myself At The ICC...

I Can Defend Myself At The ICC... | Human rights | Scoop.it
Kenyan presidential candidate and ICC defendant Uhuru Kenyatta has told Al Jazeera that he will continue to appear before the court in the Hague even if he is elected president in the upcoming vote.Kenyatta and his running mate, William Ruto, have...
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Palestinians may take Israel to ICC over child detentions — RT

Palestinians may take Israel to ICC over child detentions — RT | Human rights | Scoop.it
Palestinian authorities are considering taking legal action against Israel over hundreds of Palestinian children being detained, with some reportedly maltreated.
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Cartoonist sued by rights NGO for overstepping freedom of expression

Cartoonist sued by rights NGO for overstepping freedom of expression | Human rights | Scoop.it
RT @cairowire: ironic that a 'rights' NGO is suing a cartoonist for exercising her right to free expression — http://t.co/1lMkd5nk #egypt (via @moftasa)
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Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners' Names and Addresses

Newspaper Publishes Gun Owners' Names and Addresses | Human rights | Scoop.it
The Journal News mapped out all the pistol permit holders in Westchester and Rockland counties.
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Alternative human rights council to be established in Russia

Alternative human rights council to be established in Russia | Human rights | Scoop.it
Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI). (RT @rightsinrussia: Alternative human rights council to be established in Russia | Russian Legal Information Agency (RAPSI).
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