Protecting Human Rights Online: Lessons from the Americas

Protecting Human Rights Online: Lessons from the Americas
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During the aftermath of World War II, months before the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the formation of the United Nations, states in the Americas gathered to create the very first international human rights instrument of the modern ...

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Habari Zinazoendana

10 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

11 Dec

UN Hails Dar for Protecting Human Rights

UN Hails Dar for Protecting Human Rights
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA has been commended by the United Nations for its initiatives to promote and protect human rights. UN Resident Coordinator, Mr Alvaro Rodriguez said in Dar es Salaam during commemoration of the International Human Rights Day which is ...

 

10 years ago

Daily News

21 Aug

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge

Human rights body trumps civil rights, governance knowledge
Daily News
THERE is an urgent need to formulate and lay down principles and guidelines to further strengthen the criminal justice system in the country with regard to arrest, police custody and pre-trial detention to ensure compliance with International standards.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

11 Dec

Human rights our critical virtue: VP

The government has reiterated its unflinching resolve to  sustain the battle against embezzlement of public funds.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

02 Feb

Defining human rights culture

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 states in paragraph 1 of its Preamble that recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

04 May

Role of human rights in Katiba

 Democracy as a normative framework requires constitution builders to support and guarantee civil and political rights. Since rights are indivisible, there are many rights recognised as economic, social, cultural or collective whose recognition completes political rights and makes it possible to realise them.

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

21 Aug

JK: I’ve done a lot to protect human rights

President Jakaya Kikwete yesterday bid farewell to employees of the Commission for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) expressing optimism that his administration had done a great job in protecting people’s rights.

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

25 May

Building human rights culture

There are several reasons for building human rights into a constitution; they indicate restrictions on government power, are a building block for democracy, establish a foundation for building a human rights culture, and are integral to the legitimacy of the Constitution. A human rights culture gives space to individuals and groups to organise and aggregate their interests.

 

10 years ago

Daily News

08 Jan

Nyanduga to chair human rights commsion

Nyanduga to chair human rights commsion
Daily News
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has appointed Mr Bahame Tom Mularya Nyanduga and Mr Iddi Ramadhani Mapuri as the new chairman and vice-chairman of the Commsion for Human Rights and Good Governance (CHRGG) respectively. The president also ...

 

9 years ago

TheCitizen

06 Nov

Non-interference enables human rights violations: AU

The principle of non-interference in the internal affairs of member states, adopted by the Organization of African Union (OAU) from its inception in the 1960s and maintained until the 1990s, fuelled human rights abuses in the continent.

 

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