Human Rights Violations
Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected in municipal and international law. They are commonly understood as inalienable, fundamental rights "to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being" and which are "inherent in all human beings", regardless of their age, ethnic origin, location, language, religion, ethnicity, or any other status. They are applicable everywhere and at every time in the sense of being universal, and they are egalitarian in the sense of being the same for everyone. They are regarded as …
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Amnesty International · 14 November 2024 English
Responding to the apparent police killings of seven people amid post-election protests in Nampula on 13 November 2024, Amnesty International Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern Africa, Khanyo Farisè, …
conduct investigations into the ongoing human rights violations in Mozambique.” Background Earlier this …
Amnesty International · 13 November 2024 English
The health of human rights lawyer Hoda Abdelmoniem has been deteriorating throughout her arbitrary detention for more than six years. On 28 August 2024, she informed her family during a …
and provides legal aid to victims of human rights violations, was particularly targeted by the crackdown … ECRF and had been active in documenting human rights violations including cases of enforced disappearances …
Amnesty International · 12 November 2024 English
The report discusses the findings of research conducted in Denmark on the Danish government’s use of fraud control algorithms to inform the distribution of social benefits through: (a) a public …
social security, further compounding the human rights violations enabled by these digital and analogue … algorithmic practices, creating risks of human rights violations. Oversight gaps evident in the existing … ensure that ATP does not contribute to human rights violations or abuses through its involvement in the … UDK benefits system, and to address any human rights violations when they do occur, including where necessary … technology and serious concerns about the human rights violations that can arise from the unchecked introduction …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 English
In December 2024, 211 FIFA member associations will vote on whether to approve Morocco, Portugal and Spain as hosts of the 2030 men’s World Cup and Saudi Arabia as hosts …
raise awareness of human rights, prevent human rights violations through effective policies, guidelines … plans come huge with risks of widespread human rights violations from forced labour and forced evictions … fails to demonstrate how many serious human rights violations connected to the 2034 FIFA World Cup would … again see the predictable and preventable human rights violations experienced in past tournaments, perhaps … progress or to be tarnished by severe human rights violations. In order to respect its own human rights …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 English
FIFA should halt the process to select Saudi Arabia as the host of the 2034 men’s World Cup unless major human rights reforms are announced before a vote of FIFA …
strategies and binding commitments to prevent human rights violations in relation to the 2030 World Cup. Morocco …
V-Dem: Varieties of Democracy Institute · 11 November 2024 English
The disrup- tion of internet services also impeded the work of civil society organi- zations and international bodies in monitoring and ensuring the integ- rity of the election, ultimately undermining …
Internet shutdowns can lead to significant human rights violations and Internet shutdowns significantly disrupt …
Amnesty International · 11 November 2024 English
leaders to raise their concerns about the lack of justice for one of the gravest episodes of human rights violations in Peru’s recent history. Yovanna Mendoza and Mario Ilaquita, whose family members were among …
justice for one of the gravest episodes of human rights violations in Peru’s recent history. Yovanna Mendoza …
UN-Habitat: UN Human Settlements Programme · 11 November 2024 English
25: Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and …
older persons are at a higher risk of human rights violations in the context of the right to adequate … Forced Evictions and Other Habitat related Human Rights Violations amid COVID 19, Housing and Land Rights …
World Bank Group · 9 November 2024 English
follow required procedures to prevent human rights violations and ensure stakeholders are consulted …
Amnesty International · 8 November 2024 English
For lawyers, being a member of the national Bar Association is a condition for practicing their profession. In Equatorial Guinea, however, political interference in the Bar Association is endangering access …
taken on cases highlighting all sorts of human rights violations in the country. These include supporting … judicial system, and those that denounce the human rights violations committed by the judiciary are disqualified … and effective remedies for victims of human rights violations and upholds the rule of law. Authorities …
