Human Rights
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 00:00
Mexican soldiers fighting a war against drug cartels have arbitrarily detained suspects, beating and torturing them with electric shocks, a senior human rights official said on Wednesday.
Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 00:00
The Dominican constitution has been amended for the first time to prohibit human trafficking in all its forms, earning praise from human rights watchers.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 00:00
El anuncio fue hecho por la Viceministra de Asuntos Multilaterales, Adriana Mejia Hernandez, como vocera del Gobierno Nacional, durante su intervencion en el marco de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban, que se lleva a cabo en Ginebra (Suiza).
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Durante un seminario de liderazgo dirigido a futuros oficiales del Ejercito, en Bogota, el Ministro Juan Manuel Santos ratifico la politica institucional de cero tolerancia con las violaciones a los Derechos Humanos.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
El Jefe de Estado agrego que “lo fundamental en los gobiernos no es sentarse a definir esas controversias del periodismo, sino garantizar todas las libertades para que el periodismo, en su debate diario, en su esfuerzo cotidiano, el mismo periodismo las
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
He reminded that Colombia, along with Switzerland, voluntarily presented the Periodic Exam of Human Rights at the United Nations and he pointed that the Government is very worried about extrajudicial executions.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Opponents of Hugo Chavez on Sunday urged President Barack Obama not to warm up to their president without also addressing their concerns about democracy and human rights in Venezuela.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
The army has turned Juarez into an occupied city in which all citizens are presumed to be drug traffickers," said Gustavo de la Rosa, the state human rights commissioner.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
The U.S. should end the embargo. Latin America should press on human rights
Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 00:00
Amnesty International delegates at the Summit urged the governments of the region to make a firm commitment to ensuring that all measures taken in response to the current global economic crisis fully conform to their human rights obligations.