Sentences with phrase «investigate violations of human rights»
The film focuses on the stories of the individuals who testified before the nation's Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to investigate violations of human rights in South Africa and beyond its borders between 1960 and 1994.
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On disappointment with Obama: «Unfortunately, shortly after assuming power, he closed the door on investigating systemic violations of law, deepened and expanded several abusive programs, and refused to spend the political capital to end the kind of human rights violations like we see in Guantanamo, where men still sit without charge.»
It notes that «The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created by the Government of National Unity to investigate and report on gross human rights violations committed between 1960 and 1993.
The countless difficulties facing Kenya's Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC), created as part of the KNDR process to investigate gross human rights violations and historical injustices, is a testament to this fact.
The U.S. annual report on global human rights violations, released in Washington D.C. on Friday afternoon, said the administration of President Buhari «took steps to investigate alleged abuses, but fewer steps to prosecute officials who committed violations, whether in the security forces or elsewhere in the government».
The council should also insist that unfettered access is given by all parties to the UN Commission of Inquiry, so that it can begin to investigate the last three year's massive number of human rights violations.
The findings of a UN inquiry investigating alleged violations of disabled people's human rights in the UK as a result of welfare reforms will not be published for two years, the Guardian has learned.
Eric Ashcroft of the AAAS Geospatial Technologies and Human Rights Project described how his group uses high - resolution satellite images to investigate claims of human rights violatHuman Rights Project described how his group uses high - resolution satellite images to investigate claims of human rights violaRights Project described how his group uses high - resolution satellite images to investigate claims of human rights violathuman rights violarights violations.
Synopsis: This documentary explores the efforts of the E-Team (short for the Emergencies Team), a task force sent by Human Rights Watch into war torn countries and totalitarian states to investigate crimes against humanity and violations of human riHuman Rights Watch into war torn countries and totalitarian states to investigate crimes against humanity and violations of human rRights Watch into war torn countries and totalitarian states to investigate crimes against humanity and violations of human rihuman rightsrights.
Documenting reported and unreported cases and investigating allegations of human rights violations and recommending appropriate action to the concerned authorities
To receive and investigate reported and unreported cases and allegation of Human Rights violations and recommending appropriate action to the concerned authorities.
The measures may range from legislative measures, to prohibit abuse and proscribe certain behaviour to administrative and judicial mechanisms to effectively investigate all complaints of human rights violations by companies (Background Paper 3).
ICA, London Described by founder Eyal Weizman as «an architectural detective agency», Forensic Architecture use the tools of spatial design to investigate human rights violations around the world.
On Monday, the United Nations Human Rights Council announced the appointment of three members to an independent commission of inquiry to investigate purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem and particularly the Gaza SHuman Rights Council announced the appointment of three members to an independent commission of inquiry to investigate purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem and particularly the Gaza Rights Council announced the appointment of three members to an independent commission of inquiry to investigate purported violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem and particularly the Gaza Shuman rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem and particularly the Gaza rights laws in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Jerusalem and particularly the Gaza Strip.
The current system is complaint driven — the Tribunal does not have a mandate to investigate human rights violations in the absence of a complaint.
The UN's Fifth Committee will decide how much money is provided to finance the work of human rights experts who investigate human rights violations in Burundi, Iran, Syria, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and Belarus as well as violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans persons.
An individual has the right to file a complaint with the Secretary of Health and Human Services if that person believes a covered entity or business associate is not complying with HIPAA.4 The Secretary will investigate any complaint when a preliminary review of the facts indicates a possible violation due to willful neglect.
Subsequently they each brought actions against the MPS for failure to conduct effective investigations into allegations of crimes committed against them, seeking damages and declarations under the Human Rights Act 1998 («the HRA»), ss 7 and 8 on the grounds that the police investigations had been so significantly flawed that they constituted violations of the duty to investigate inherent in the right under ECHR, art 3 not to be subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment.
CCPR / C / 55 / D / 563/1993, para. 8.6 (states parties are «under a duty to investigate thoroughly alleged violations of human rights»); Conclusions and recommendations of the Committee against Torture: The Russian Federation, UN Doc.
In particular, the United Nations Human Rights Committee can receive individual complaints of violation of rights under the ICCPR, and actively investigate and rule uponRights Committee can receive individual complaints of violation of rights under the ICCPR, and actively investigate and rule uponrights under the ICCPR, and actively investigate and rule upon them.
Students identify and investigate human rights dimensions in current and historical issues and events, develop an increasingly complex understanding of human rights principles, recognise human rights violations and build skills, behaviour and attitudes to address human rights concerns and respect human rights in all aspects of their lives and relationships with others.