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In the United States, human rights consists of a series of rights which are legally protected by the Constitution of the United States (particularly by the Bill of Rights), [1] [2] state constitutions, treaty and customary international law, legislation enacted by Congress and state legislatures, and state referendums and citizen's initiatives.
The UN Human Rights Council, created in 2005, has a mandate to investigate alleged human rights violations. [ 43 ] 47 of the 193 UN member states sit on the council, elected by simple majority in a secret ballot of the United Nations General Assembly .
Pages in category "Human rights abuses" The following 147 pages are in this category, out of 147 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States found five units of Israel's security forces responsible for gross violations of human rights, the first time Washington has reached such a conclusion about ...
Clandestine torture houses scattered throughout Caracas, orders issued from the very top of the Nicolás Maduro regime; mock executions, rapes and other horrifying practices.
Pages in category "Human rights abuses in the United States" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Human Rights Day — Dec. 10 — is an opportunity to honor the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), signed in 1948. This historic document laid out the most basic ...
The CIA is also accused of human rights violations for supporting the overthrow of democratically elected governments such as in Iran, Chile and Guatemala. When the news of the September 1970 democratic election of socialist Salvador Allende in Chile reached the White House, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger referred to it as the "Autumn of ...