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La NO violencia

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

La violencia es el miedo a los ideales de los demás.

Mahatma Ghandi 

2008 Religious Freedom

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.

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ILO, June 12.- This year on 12 June, World Day Against Child Labour focuses on the elimination of child labour in agriculture. Worldwide, agriculture is the sector where the largest percentage of working children is found - nearly 70 percent. Over 132 million girls and boys aged 5 to 14 years old often work from sun up to sun down on farms and plantations, planting and harvesting crops, spraying pesticides, and tending livestock.

Child labour, according to International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions, is work that harms children's well-being and hinders their education, development and future livelihoods. When children have to work long hours in the fields, their ability to attend school or skills training is limited, preventing them from gaining education that could help lift them out of poverty in the future. Girls are particularly disadvantaged as they often undertake household chores following work in the fields. Moreover, agriculture is one of the three most dangerous occupations to work in along with mining and construction, in terms of fatalities, accidents and ill health.

However, not all work that children undertake in agriculture is bad for them. or would qualify as work to be eliminated under the ILO Minimum Age Convention No. 138 or the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention No. 182. Tasks appropriate to a child's age and that do not interfere with a child's schooling and leisure time can be a normal part of growing up in a rural environment. ...

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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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