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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.
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. A.
The Torture Victim Protection Act of 1991 (TVPA; Pub. L. 102–256, H.R. 2092, 106 Stat. 73, enacted March 12, 1992) is a US statute that allows for the filing of civil suits in the United States against individuals who, acting in an official capacity for any foreign nation, committed torture and/or extrajudicial killing. The statute requires a ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States on Friday slapped sanctions on dozens of people over human rights abuses, including Iranian officers it accused of being involved in the targeting of U.S ...
Sources: Amnesty International [5] Human Rights Watch Following the September 11 attacks, the CIA engaged in the torture of detainees at CIA-run black sites [6] [7] [8] and sent detainees to be tortured by friendly governments in a manner contravening both US and international law.
Enacted in 2012, the Magnitsky Act mandated that the U.S. government restrict travel and freeze assets of individuals who committed gross violations of human rights in Russia.
Immigrant Detention in the United States: Violations of International Human Rights Law is a paper published on Human Rights Brief that investigates how the practice of detention violates international law within sectors previously outlined. Given the United States's impact on global affairs, implications of its violations to such international ...