· 51 Human Rights Watch, "Danger, keep out! Children''s exposure to toxic substances", 28 April 2016. 52 Amnesty International, "This is what we die for": Human Rights Abuses in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Power the Global Trade in Cobalt, 2016.
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· He spoke of the U.S. as a valuable military and economic partner. Trade between the two countries has grown to $26 billion since a trade deal was signed in 2001. Truong barely touched on the thorny issue of human rights, saying simply "Vietnam has been continually making progress on human rights."
The publication of Unfair Advantage, a report published by Human Rights Watch (HRW), documents and analyzes how employers routinely violate international human rights standards by depriving U.S. workers of their legal right to organize. In a recent symposium on Unfair Advantage published in the British Journal of Industrial Relations, 7 essays analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of the HRW ...
· However, children as young as 7 are regularly exposed to tobacco and nicotine poisoning in the U.S. A report released Wednesday by Human Rights Watch states that …
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Security forces in Myanmar opened fire and made mass arrests Sunday as they sought to break up protests against the military''s seizure of power, and a U.N. human rights official said it had "credible information" that 18 people were killed and 30 were wounded.
· Yesterday I was in the mine from 1 p.m. to 6 a.m." [86] Musa N., a 15-year-old boy, also told Human Rights Watch about his 24 hour shift: "Some days I work day and night. I …
· Frontier takes a look at some of the figures who have had the biggest impact on the country – for better or worse – over the past 12 months.. IF THE past 12 months have taught us anything, it''s that Myanmar''s reform rollercoaster is showing no signs of slowing down. More than a year since the historic election that swept the National League for Democracy to power, the changes – both ...
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH | OCTOBER 2012 9 . Human Rights Watch interviewed 10 children, some as young as 11, working in tanneries. Many children work 12 or even 14 hours a day, considerably more than the 5-hour limit for adolescents in factory work established by Bangladeshi law. Dhaka, June 2012
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Human Rights Watch, Sudan, Oil and Human Rights (Washington, DC: Human Rights Watch, 2003) Watts, Michael J., " Righteous Oil: Human Rights, the Oil Complex, and Corporate Social Responsibility," Annual Review of Environment and Resources 30 ( 2005 ), pp. 373–407
Human Rights Watch investigations about abuses against children and the impact these harmful practices have on secondary education and well-being, conducted in 2012 and 2014 – Toxic Toil…
I consider the negotiation of rights and entitlements in a time and place wherein the Indian state is jettisoning its constitutional responsibilities to provide social welfare and democratic justice. This work argues that liberalization produces the informal to push the poor beyond the pale of legality, and suspend the possibility of accessing ...
· A Chinese policewoman guards child prisoners as they participate in a meeting to mark the 10-year anniversary of a re-education program at a youth jail in Guangzhou, back in 2002 Photo: REUTERS "The risk is we''ll get re-education lite — a system that perpetuates the ability of police to deprive people of liberty for significant…
· The concealing of these Surveillance crimes through co-opted human rights organizations such as ACLU and Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, American Red Cross, Physicians Committee for Human Rights and through co-opted and participating mainstream media networks has led to the current totalitarian situation where lies regarding a virus ...
The 1503 procedure is the oldest U.N. human rights complaint mechanism, so the Council may wish to update it in light of advances made by other complaint procedures. The following description of the advantages and disadvantages of the 1503 procedures highlights the issues the Council must consider in maintaining a complaint procedure:
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· 4) Human Rights Watch and NBC News draw much needed attention to child labor in gold mining. Artisanal mining for gold is a common but brutal and dangerous form of child labor for West African children. In early December, the NBC News show Rock Center featured a chilling report about child gold miners in Mali, Africa. As many as 20,000 kids are ...
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· Banana workers in Ecuador are the victims of serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch charged in a new report released today. In its investigation, Human Rights Watch found that Ecuadorian children as young as eight work on banana plantations in hazardous conditions, while adult workers fear firing if they try to exercise their right to organize. Ecuador is the world''s largest …
· Flush with hefty amounts of Soros cash for a decade now, it''s no surprise to see Human Rights Watch championing some of the most toxic social causes in …
· In a report from May 2014, Human Rights Watch found that child laborers in the U.S. were routinely exposed to nicotine, toxic pesticides, extreme heat, and other dangers.
Take our Human Rights Movements Quiz to test your knowledge on the individuals and groups who have taken a stand to change their world for the better. Good Luck taking the Champions Of Human Rights Quiz! Instructions: Answer each question to the best of your ability. Once you select an answer, a green "Continue" button will appear and allow ...
· Guatemala: Women and Face Job Discrimination - U.S. Companies Contract With Abusive "Maquilas" - Women in Guatemala''s largest -dominated labor sectors face persistent discrimination and abuse, Human Rights Watch charged in a report released today. (Human Rights Watch, 12 Feb. 2002)
· In a report it issued last week about the widespread abuse of detainees in China''s criminal justice system, Human Rights Watch interviewed dozens of people who claimed to have been mistreated and tortured while in police custody. Nearly all of them were given anonymity so they could speak to investigators without fear of retribution from the Chinese authorities.
· According to the U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL) almost half of indigenous children in rural areas do not attend school, "which can make them more vulnerable to child labor. "In the course of their work, [child banana workers] were exposed to toxic pesticides, used sharp knives and machetes, hauled heavy loads of bananas, drank unsanitary ...
· U.S. and international action are needed to extend the impact on people''s lives of the global human rights regime. These recommendations reflect the views of Stewart M…
· In 1993, the United Nations convened the second World Conference on Human Rights in U.N. history, the first having taken place under the shah …
· 1 Human Rights Watch | June 2011 Summary My children have been poisoned and there is nothing I can do to help them. —Sun, Henan province, May 2010 Hundreds of thousands of children in China are suffering permanent mental and physical disabilities as a result of lead poisoning. Many of them live in poor, polluted villages next to,
· Democratic Asia shows troubling trend on free speech. In October, Tatsuya Kato (C) of the Japanese daily Sankei Shimbun was charged with …
H U M A N TOXIC TOIL - Human Rights Watch . Mwanza, and Mbeya. Small-scale gold mining is labor-intensive and requires little technology. Mining operations in Tanzania typically involve people who control the mine, pit holders (who lease. Extracción minera de oro desplaza a comunidades locales ...
· The Human Rights Watch Film Festival at TIFF includes one Syrian film this year: A Syrian Love Story, by the British documentarian Sean McAllister, who follows a …
The failure to comply with Conventions Nos. 87, 98 and 151 has stripped public sector workers in North Carolina of their basic human rights of free association and has translated into miserable working conditions for many public sector workers in North Carolina, who report health and safety violations in their workplace, unconscionable wages ...
· Human Rights Watch called on the U.N. Security Council to impose an arms embargo on Syria and sanctions on those in the military responsible for …
· The CLC also applauds Human Rights Watch''s new report, "The Hidden Cost of Jewelry: Human Rights in Supply Chains and the Responsibility of Jewelry Companies," which examines the sourcing of gold and diamonds by 13 major jewelry and watch brands that generate more than $30 billion in annual revenue in the United States.
· Human Rights Watch said it visited 11 mining sites in Geita, Shinyanga and Mbeya regions, and interviewed more than 200 people, including 61 children working in small-scale gold mining.
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A report published by the Iraqi National Association for Human Rights on 29 October 2005 found that women held in Interior Ministry detention centres are subject to numerous human rights violations, including "systematic rape by the investigators and to other forms of bodily harm in order to coerce them into making confessions". The report ...
Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people worldwide. We scrupulously investigate abuses, expose the facts widely, and pressure those with power to respect rights and secure justice. Human Rights Watch is an independent, international organization that works as part of a vibrant movement to uphold human dignity and advance the cause of ...