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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.
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.
Often those depicted in the statues were responsible for human rights violations. [210] Additionally, many monuments to the Civil War were only put up during times of tension over civil rights long after the war ended: in the early 1900s when Jim Crow laws were being implemented and in the 1950s and 1960s during the movement against this ...
The practice has raised civil rights concerns after video of one search went public. Horowitz said the DEA wasn't following its own policies on those searches, which often included seizing cash.
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 ...
The police department in Worcester, Massachusetts, routinely violates individuals' constitutional rights by using excessive force and allowing undercover officers to engage in sexual contact with ...
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