Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Report Submitted to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations, U.S. Senate by the Department of State in Accordance with Sections 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as Amended, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 |
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Page xi - January 31 of each year, a full and complete report regarding — (1) 60 the status of internationally recognized human rights, within the meaning of subsection (a) — (A) in countries that receive assistance under this part, and (B) in all other foreign countries which are members of the United Nations and which are not otherwise the subject of a human rights report under this Act...
Page xv - Rights as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction.
Page 367 - Section 3: Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government...
Page 246 - ... of the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its I967 Protocol.
Page 304 - RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS Section 1 Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom From: a. Political and Other Extrajudicial Killing Members of the security forces, both the military and police, committed extrajudicial killings.
Page 14 - Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: a. Freedom of Speech and Press...
Page 208 - The 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and its 1967 Protocol, define "refugee...
Page xii - Our embassies, which prepared the initial drafts of the reports, gathered information throughout this period from a variety of sources, including government and religious officials, nongovernmental organizations, journalists, human rights monitors, religious groups, and academics. This information-gathering can be hazardous, and US Foreign Service Officers regularly go to great lengths, under trying and sometimes dangerous conditions, to investigate reports of human rights abuses, monitor elections,...
Page xi - This report is submitted to the Congress by the Department of State in compliance with Sections...
Page 247 - Section 4 Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights A...