human rights
We are happy to announce that the next and 5th World Forum on Human Rights will be held from wednesday22 to saturday 25 of May 2013 at the Cité Nantes Events Center - France.
Under the heading « Sustainable development – Human Rights: a common struggle? », the Forum 2013 will address the issue of sustainable development in...
The side event will focus on the normative reference base for a human rights-based approach to sustainable development governance and make suggestions for required institutional settings and legislation. Normative considerations will be enriched with critical policy analysis and intelligence drawn from the practices the contributing organisations are undertaking in their various action fields...
The right to a country of one's own, i.e. "to belong to a sovereign state" is considered to be the most "primordial right" of a person. The very existence of a state essentially lies in the realisation of this right as well as the general well-being of its people. People living within the state are entitled to fair and equal treatment irrespective of race, religion, language or belief. The...
These vivid oral histories of the lives of three remarkable political activists document a century of social change movements. Florence Luscomb campaigned for suffrage early in the century and went to work in the labour, peace, and contemporary women's movement. Ella Baker was a civil rights organiser for over fifty years....
Ao deixar de resolver a mudança climática de uma forma urgente, os países ricos estão na verdade violando os direitos humanos de milhões de pessoas pobres em todo o mundo. A emissão contínua de gases de estufa excessivos, especialmente pelas nações industrializadas, estão – com uma certeza científica –...
Al no abordar urgentemente el cambio climático, los países ricos violan los derechos humanos de millones de personas pobres. La emisión excesiva y continuada de gases de efecto invernadero por los países industrializados provoca - y esto es algo que se puede afirmar con seguridad científica - inundaciones, sequías, huracanes, subidas del nivel del mar...
In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world's poorest people. Continued excessive greenhouse-gas emissions primarily from industrialised nations are - with scientific certainty - creating floods, droughts, hurricanes, sea-level rise, and seasonal unpredictability. The result is failed harvests,...
Les échecs des pays riches face à l’urgence du changement climatique bafouent en effet les droits de l’homme de millions de personnes les plus pauvres du monde. Les émissions continues et excessives de gaz à effet de serre produites principalement par les nations industrialisés, sont – avec une certitude scientifique – à l...
In failing to tackle climate change with urgency, rich countries are effectively violating the human rights of millions of the world's poorest people. Continued excessive greenhouse-gas emissions primarily from industrialised nations are - with scientific certainty - creating floods, droughts, hurricanes, sea-level rise, and seasonal unpredictability. The result is failed harvests,...
More than a million people work in the UK social care sector – in residential care homes, or providing care to people in their own homes. Care workers, particularly those employed through agencies and gangmasters1, are extremely vulnerable to exploitation in this low-paid, low-status sector – and migrant workers are often the most vulnerable.
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