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La democracia auténtica es el culto al respeto de la dignidad humana,
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La NO violencia |
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La NO violencia no es la simple ausencia de violencia.
- La NO violencia es tener la oportunidad de hacer daño y abstenerse de hacerlo.
- Es el reflejo del amor y la compasión humanas; es tan inseparable como la bondad de la compasión.
SS El Dalai Lama
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La violencia es el miedo a los ideales de los demás.
Mahatma Ghandi
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2008 Religious Freedom |
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2008 Annual Report on International Religious Freedom Oct.7 (DP.net).- US Secretary of State, Condoleeza Rice, introduced to the public on September 19, this Annual Report covering the 12 months ended on 20 June 2008. This report has been issued annually for 10 years since the US Congress approved the International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) of 1998. The report is now available to the public on the Internet >>HERE and institutions may get free hard copies if requested. This work supplements the most recent Human Rights Reports by providing additional detailed information with respect to matters involving international religious freedom. It includes individual country chapters on the status of religious freedom worldwide. According to the Report, the IRF Act requires «the designation of countries that have "engaged in or tolerated particularly severe violations of religious freedom" during the reporting period». Following its precise guidelines, the Report has designated Burma, China, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, Eritrea, Saudi Arabia, and Uzbekistan as "Countries of Particular Concern". In addition, "countries where religious freedom is of significant concern" include Afghanistan, Algeria, Cuba, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Pakistan, Russia, Sri Lanka, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Venezuela and Vietnam. >> Read more |
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Participatory Democracy and Human Rights |
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[en Español aquí] We are convinced that people have rights because we are all humans and masters of our own being and our own acts. French philosopher Jacques Maritain expressed such views as the basis of the human rights concept; that is, we all are human beings and we are born with inherent dignity. This notion about human rights places precisely our inherent human dignity above any State prerogatives. These rights are not granted by society and are not dependent on State recognition or government sanction.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaims this principle: "the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world."
Regretfully, this view on human rights is not shared at all corners of our world, in spite of the commitment accepted by Member States of the United Nations when they signed the Universal Declaration proclaimed in 1948 and later related Covenants. Therefore, respect for human rights is nowadays seriously in danger. In fact, there is no single State in the world able to claim that human rights are fully respected "as a common achievement for all peoples". Not even countries proclaiming their democratic achievements and full respect for human dignity. No doubt that in places where dictatorships or authoritarian governments rule, this crisis is still worse.
That is why we at "ParticipatoryDemocracy.net" decided to enrich our pages with a full section devoted to such an important topic. The main goals of this new section are: First, education on human rights topics and promotion of related information. Second, easy access for interested people and organizations to the existing ways and means available for complaints and reports, as well as instructions on how to submit them. Third, relevant links to the main regional and international intergovernmental institutions, to outstanding non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and to international, regional and national documents related to human rights.
This section will also open its pages as an information center about situations where human rights are violated and people are abused anywhere it happens. At ParticipatoryDemocracy.net we are indeed committed to human rights "as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations".
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Denuncias de violaciones de los derechos humanos
La Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas recibe anualmente alrededor de 400,000 denuncias de violaciones a los derechos humanos, de los que gran parte llegan a través del número de fax de emergencia que funciona las 24 horas del día: (41-22) 917-0092. Cada año, se reciben por esta vía casi 200,000 comunicaciones informando sobre violaciones.
Las denuncias de violaciones de derechos humanos también se pueden hacer a través de la página en Internet del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos. Además, DemocraciaParticipativa.net pone a disposición de todos esta página interactiva para recoger y retrasmitir todo tipo de denuncias e informes.
Reporting human rights violations
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights receives some 400,000 complaints on human rights violations every year. Many of them are received through the emergency Fax available every day for 24 hours: (41-22) 917-0092. This fax number receives some 200,000 reports per year.
Everyone may also send their complaints through the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. In addition, ParticipatoryDemocracy.net has this interactive page available for publishing complaints and other reports on human rights.
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