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The American Convention on Human Rights (ACHR), also known as the Pact of San José or by its Spanish name used in most of the signatory nations, Convención Americana sobre Derechos Humanos, is an international human rights instrument. [1] [2] It was adopted by many countries in the Western Hemisphere in San José, Costa Rica, on 22 November 1969.
Coordinadora Nacional de Derechos Humanos (CNDDHH, National Coordinator for Human Rights) is a coalition of human rights groups in Peru founded in 1985. Members of the CNDDHH served on Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission. [1] It has acted as the spokesperson for Peru's human rights movement since its founding. [2]
Human Rights Now! was a worldwide tour of twenty benefit concerts on behalf of Amnesty International that took place over six weeks in 1988. Held not to raise funds but to increase awareness of both the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on its 40th anniversary and the work of Amnesty International, the shows featured Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Tracy ...
The plane was flown back to Argentina [16] and is now on display at the Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos in Buenos Aires. [ 17 ] [ 20 ] A five-year trial (nicknamed the " ESMA mega-trial" or "Death Flights trial") of 54 former Argentine officials accused of running death flights and other crimes against humanity ( lesa humanidad ) heard 830 ...
Pedro Julio Serrano (born October 2, 1974, in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a human rights activist.He is the president of the LGBTQ+ Federation of Puerto Rico and currently works as director of development and public policy at Waves Ahead. [1]
Microsoft has unveiled its new Majorana 1 chip, powered by topological qubits. CEO Satya Nadella called it a "breakthrough" in quantum computing.
An Alaska Airlines flight attendant was forced to repeatedly pummel a screaming man experiencing a “violent medical episode” to free the woman he was attacking during it, viral video shows ...
The United Nations Prizes in the Field of Human Rights were instituted by United Nations General Assembly [1] in 1966. They are intended to "honour and commend people and organizations which have made an outstanding contribution to the promotion and protection of the human rights embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in other United Nations human rights instruments".