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Centre for Justice Says Changes to Human Rights Act Do Not Go Far Enough
By Ayo Johnson Legislators are today being urged to reject proposed changes to the Human Rights Act in favour of amendments which bring Bermuda’s human rights regime in line with international standards. The amendments to be debated today do not go far enough to create…
Author: The Royal Gazette
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Atlantic Grantees Working for Human Rights
International Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the 63rd year of global recognition of our basic human equality and the continuous struggle to gain basic human rights for all individuals. Reconciliation & Human Rights made up the largest portion of Atlantic’s 2010 grantmaking programmes — funding…
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Chicago City Council Passes Resolution Supporting the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child
CHICAGO — Sandra Babcock, associate clinical professor at the Center for International Human Rights (CIHR) at Northwestern University School of Law, will be available to talk about the City of Chicago’s historic adoption today, Wednesday, Feb. 11, of a resolution in support of the United…
Author: Northwestern University News
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Budget cuts put rights at risk, says Amnesty
by OLIVIA KELLY THE DECISION to cut funding for two key human rights organisations in last week’s budget could spell their demise, executive director of Amnesty International Ireland Colm O’Gorman has said. The Government’s decision not to proceed with plans to merge the Equality Authority…
Author: Irish Times
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It is up to us to uphold human rights
Uprisings in North Africa show change only happens if we demand it, writes Colm O’Gorman. IN just five months ordinary men and women have overall thrown governments in Egypt and Tunisia. Right now others are fighting, and dying, to oust Libyan dictator Colonel Gaddafi. In…
Author: Irish Examiner
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Government Promises to End the Detention of Minors in an Adult Regime
Statement from Children’s Rights Alliance By Tanya Ward, Chief Executive of Children’s Rights Alliance The Children’s Rights Alliance congratulates the Government’s promise to end the detention of 16- and 17-year-old boys in St. Patrick’s Institution. This is a momentous achievement for the Minister for Children…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance
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South Africa: Migrants Abused by Officials and Farmers
South Africa: Migrants Abused by Officials and Farmers (Johannesburg, February 28, 2007) South African officials involved in the arrest and deportation of undocumented migrant workers often assault and extort money from them, and commercial farmers employing them routinely violate their basic labor rights, Human Rights…
Author: Human Rights Watch
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In a First, Gay Rights Are Pressed At the U.N.
by NEIL MACFARQUHAR An unprecedented declaration seeking to decriminalize homosexuality won the support of 66 countries in the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday, but opponents criticized it as an attempt to legitimize pedophilia and other ”deplorable acts.” The United States refused to support the…
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Commission presents rights report 10 years after proposal
by Claire Simpson MORE than 10 years after a bill of rights was first agreed in the Good Friday Agreement, the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has presented its recommendations on the bill to the British government. The proposals are the culmination of a long…
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Vital YES vote in Children's Referendum Welcomed by Alliance
Photo: Children’s Rights Alliance In an unprecedented step, Ireland has voted by referendum to change its Constitution to strengthen children’s rights and better protect children. After nearly 20 years of vigorous campaigning for constitutional reform, the Children’s Rights Alliance is delighted to finally welcome the…
Author: Children's Rights Alliance