World report 2013 : events of 2012 /
"The 22nd annual World Report summarizes human rights conditions in more than ninety countries and territories worldwide, reflecting extensive investigative work undertaken in 2011 by Human Rights Watch staff, usually in close partnership with domestic human rights activists. World Report 2012...
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[New York] :
Human Rights Watch,
[2013]
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| Format: | Electronic |
| Language: | English |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Day After; Avoid Majoritarian Hubris; Defend Women's Rights; Protect Freedom of Speech; Respect Minority Rights: The Case of Burma; Bolster Weak States that Lack the Rule of Law: The Case of Libya; Address the Atrocities in Syria; Prescriptions for the International Community; Conclusion; The Trouble With Tradition; Rights Curtailed, Rights Ignored; A Tool of Repression; A Comforting Ideal; Transformation, Not Rejection; Without Rules; The Guiding Principles; Voluntary Initiatives and their Shortcomings; Need for Extraterritorial Oversight and RegulationRed Herrings; First Steps and Useful Models; Lives in the Balance; The Right to Life and to Health; The Right to Know, Protest, and Seek Justice; Regulating Business; The Hardest Hit; Global Challenges and Opportunities; AFRICA; Angola; Elections; Freedom of Media; Freedom of Assembly; Human Rights Defenders; Mass Expulsions of Migrants; Public Finances and Economic and Social Rights; Key International Actors; Burundi; Political Killings; Transitional Justice; Pressure on Civil Society Activists and Journalists; Prisoner Releases;
- Key International ActorsCôte d'Ivoire; Insecurity and Lack of Disarmament Progress; Security Force Abuses; National Accountability for Post-Election Crimes; International Criminal Court; Reestablishing Rule of Law; Key International Actors; Democratic Republic of Congo; Abuses during National Elections; War Crimes by M23 Rebels; Attacks on Civilians by Other Armed Groups; Abuses by the Lord's Resistance Army; Justice and Accountability; Key International Actors; Equatorial Guinea; Economic and Social Rights; Freedom of Expression and Association; Human Rights Defenders; Political Parties and OppositionTorture, Arbitrary Detention, and Unfair Trials; Key International Actors; Eritrea; Forced Labor and Indefinite Military Service; Torture, Death, and Prolonged Incarceration without Trial; Restrictions on Freedoms of Expression and Association; Interference with Religious Beliefs and Practices; Retaliation against Family Members; Horn of Africa Relations; Key International Actors; Ethiopia; Freedom of Expression, Association, and Assembly; Forced Displacement; Extrajudicial Executions, Torture and other Abuses in Detention;
- Treatment of Ethiopian Migrant Domestic WorkersKey International Actors; Guinea; Accountability for the September 28, 2009 Massacre and Other Crimes; Truth-Telling Mechanism and Independent Human Rights Institution; Judiciary and Detention Conditions; Conduct of the Security Forces; Parliamentary Elections and Governance; Key International Actors; Kenya; Election Campaigns, Ethnic Profiling, and Violence; Kenya's Incursion into Somalia; Extrajudicial Killings, Disappearances, and Police Reform; The ICC and Other Post-Election Violence Cases; Migrant Domestic Workers; Key International Actors.