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Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are annual publications on the human rights conditions in countries and regions outside the United States, mandated by U.S. law to be submitted annually by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the United States Department of State to the United States Congress.
Human Rights Watch publishes reports on many different topics [55] and compiles an annual World Report presenting an overview of the worldwide state of human rights. [56] It has been published by Seven Stories Press since 2006; the current edition, World Report 2020 , was released in January 2020, and covers events of 2019.
The initial release followed a report from the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Expression and Opinion in April 2013, which highlights the widespread practice of states surveying communications, stating that such surveillance severely undermines citizens' ability to enjoy a private life, freely express themselves and enjoy their other fundamental human rights.
The USA Freedom Act (H.R. 2048, Pub. L. 114–23 (text)) is a U.S. law enacted on June 2, 2015 that restored in modified form several provisions of the Patriot Act, which had expired the day before. The act imposes new limits on the bulk collection of telecommunication metadata on U.S. citizens by American intelligence agencies, including the ...
The Humanist Committee on Human Rights (HOM) developed a human rights impact assessment approach to women's health, which is published in Health Rights of Women Assessment Instrument (2006). [48] Like the Rights & Democracy methodology (described above), the HOM approach is designed for use by civil society.
Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea A/HRC/RES/22/13 21 March 2013. (The Human Rights Council resolution on the DPRK establishing a commission of inquiry for one year) Human Rights Council Session 25th Resolution Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea A/HRC/25/L.17 26 March 2014 ...
CAIRO (Reuters) -Rights groups called on Monday for accountability over the deaths of hundreds of people killed in a single day 10 years ago when Egyptian security forces dispersed a protest ...
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a mechanism of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council (HRC) that emerged from the 2005 UN reform process. [1] Commonly referred to as the UPR, it was established by General Assembly resolution 60/251 of 3 April 2006, the UPR periodically examines the human rights performance of all 193 UN Member States. [2]