1503-petitions-submitted-to-the-united-nations-by-the-league-submission-communication-evidencing-a-consistent-pattern-of-gross-violations-of-human-rights-and-fundamental-freedoms-committed-by-the-government-of-paraguay-against-its-citizens-may-22-1980-9-pp

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Consistent Pattern ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Government

The United Nations and Human Rights

1997 ◽  
Vol 25 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 17-34
Author(s):  
Gudmundur Alfredsson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Technical Assistance ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Governmental Organization ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
International Human ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Human Rights Standards ◽  
Rights Issues

International cooperation for the promotion and encouragement of human rights and fundamental freedoms is one of the very purposes of the United Nations, according to article 1 of the Organization's Charter. The mandate is clear. In order to live up to this purpose, much work has been undertaken by establishing international human rights standards and by encouraging and persuading states to comply with these same standards.This presentation, by way of an overview, briefly describes the international human rights instruments and the classification and contents of the standards contained therein. The methods employed by the United Nations and non-governmental organization (NGOs) for the realization of the standards are also outlined, including monitoring procedures, technical assistance and other activities concerned with the protection and promotion of human rights. Finally, the presentation identifies UN institutions where human rights issues and procedures are debated and decided upon.

Launching of the International Year of the World's Indigenous People *

1993 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 9-11
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Indigenous People ◽  
The World ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations

1993 has been declared the International Year of the World's Indigenous People (IYWIP) by the United Nations. The major objectives of the IYWIP are to increase international co-operation in finding solutions to the problems faced by the world's 300 million indigenous people and to promote and encourage respect for human rights and for fundamental freedoms throughout the world.

The Suicide of Ms. Liu and Other Chinese Persecution Stories

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-15
Author(s):  
Massimo Introvigne
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Consistent Pattern ◽  
Periodic Review ◽  
Universal Periodic Review ◽  
Human Rights Council ◽  
Group Members ◽  
Extrajudicial Killing ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
The Church

The chapter tells the stories of persecution, arrest, detention, torture, and in some cases extrajudicial killing of nine members of The Church of Almighty God in China. All the stories reveal the real names of the victims and are supported by documents filed with the Human Rights Council of the United Nations during the 2018 Universal Periodic Review of China and published on the website of the United Nations. They evidence a consistent pattern of repression and abuse. The victims were arrested for no other crime than being active in a banned religious group. Members of their families were also threatened and persecuted. Extra-judicial killings were covered up, and families were told that natural causes were responsible for the victims’ deaths.

Global Compilation of National Legislation Against Racial Discrimination

1992 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-161
Author(s):  
Robert W. Schaaf
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
San Francisco ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
International Convention ◽  
National Legislation ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations

The united nations recently issued a compilation of national legislation against racial discrimination. The publication, which has a 1991 imprint, bears the title: Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination: Global Compilation of National Legislation against Racial Discrimination. This volume covers 205 pages and carries the symbol: HR/PUB/90/8.The Charter of the United Nations, which was signed in June 1945 at San Francisco, entrusts the UN with promoting and ensuring respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms “for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion.” The General Assembly, in one of its first resolutions, declared in 1946 “that it is in the higher interests of humanity to put an immediate end to religious and so-called racial persecution and discrimination.” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the General Assembly December 10, 1948, is the most fundamental human rights instrument adopted by the United Nations. Since that time there have been numerous conventions and declarations aimed specifically at eliminating racial discrimination. These include the Declaration and International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, adopted November 20, 1963 and December 21, 1965, respectively, and the Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid, adopted November 30, 1973.

The Meaning and Reach of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

1985 ◽  
Vol 79 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodor Meron
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
International Law ◽  
Racial Discrimination ◽  
Or Education ◽  
International Convention ◽  
Customary International Law ◽  
Fundamental Freedoms ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations Charter

The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (the Convention) is the most important of the general instruments (as distinguished from specialized instruments such as those pertaining to labor or education) that develop the fundamental norm of the United Nations Charter—by now accepted into the corpus of customary international law—requiring respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, without distinction as to race. It has been eloquently described as “the international community’s only tool for combating racial discrimination which is at one and the same time universal in reach, comprehensive in scope, legally binding in character, and equipped with built-in measures of implementation.”

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