Sentence examples for human rights text from inspiring English sources

At a press conference on Friday the ITU said it was "puzzled" as to why countries had objected to the human rights text and denied there was an attempt to "hijack the internet".

In a letter to the human rights organizations, the text of which was provided to The Times, Snowden thanked the "brave countries around the world" that have offered him asylum.

Although the government has refused to publish the draft declaration it circulated last Thursday to the other 46 states that are signed up to the European court of human rights, a leaked French text makes it clear that the UK wants more cases decided at national level and fewer embarrassing rulings from Strasbourg.

On August 10, 2016, Ahmed Mansoor, an internationally recognized Emirati human rights activist, received a text message prompting him to click a link to read "new secrets" about detainees abused in UAE prisons.

The Saudi delegation also reportedly objected to language about the gender dimension of climate change and the integration of the UN's human rights convention into the Paris text.

It is understood that Russia, the Holy See (which has a seat on the UN as a non-member permanent observer state), Indonesia, Nicaragua and the Africa group of countries have tried to limit references in the text to human rights and to remove mention of the role feminist groups play in advancing gender equality.

Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, called the situation a "text book example of ethnic cleansing".

Zeid bin Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, called the situation a "text book example of ethnic cleansing".

The Saudis responded with a new resolution of their own that appeared to further water down a text that human rights groups had already deemed insufficient.

"Decriminalising drug use and possession for personal consumption is consistent with international drug control conventions and may be required to meet obligations under international human rights law," says the UNODC text.

And unlike its member states the EU as a union is bad at realpolitik, being a slow-moving bureaucracy based on rules and legal texts.Human rights are good for youCharlemagne has a modest proposal.