“Human rights advocates, for example, claim that the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is of a piece with President Bush's 2002 decision to deny al Qaeda and Taliban fighters the legal status of POWs under the Geneva Conventions.” HumansWarPresidentDecisionPiecesRightsExampleClaimsHuman RightsDenyFighterAlsPrisonerConventionsPresident BushAl QaedaTalibanGenevaMistreatmentPrisoner Of WarGeneva Convention Author:John Yoo
“What's happened at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq is one of the grossest violations of human rights under the Geneva Conventions that we have record of. It is simply monstrous.” HumansRecordsRightsHappenedPrisonHuman RightsIraqConventionsViolationMonstrousGenevaAbu GhraibGeneva ConventionViolation Of Human Rights Author:Carlos Fuentes
“Joe Biden will speak to the nation's largest gay rights group during a human rights convention on Friday. Then on Saturday, he is scheduled to speak to them again to apologize for whatever he said in Friday's speech.” HumansSaidSpeakNationsRightsGroupsGaySpeechHuman RightsConventionsApologizingSaturdayFridayGay RightsBiden Author:Jimmy Fallon
“If the States were not left to leave the Union when their rights were interfered with, the government would have been National, but the Convention refused to baptize it by that name.” IfsHas BeensStatesGovernmentLawNamesLeftRightsConstitutionIndependenceUnionsRepublicConventionsSovereignty Author:Daniel Webster
“Unfortunately, the United States and a few other governments have used the war on terrorism as a way of violating human rights. I am referring to the case of the Guantánamo Bay prisoners. This violation of the rights of prisoners has been so unbelievable that the United Nations has reminded the United States repeatedly that the treatment of prisoners should take place according to the preestablished conventions of the United Nations.” WayShouldHumansHas BeensWarStatesGovernmentUsedNationsUnitedCasesUnited StatesRightsHuman RightsTerrorismTreatmentPrisonerConventionsUnbelievableUnited NationsViolationWar On TerrorReferringWar On Terrorism Author:Shirin Ebadi
“George W. Bush and his administration embarked on a full-scale assault on civil liberties, human rights and the rule of law, walking away from his international obligations, tearing up international treaties, protocols and UN conventions.” HumansLawLibertyRightsWalkingInternationalHuman RightsScalesObligationAdministrationConventionsAssaultRule Of LawTreatiesCivil LibertiesWalking AwayProtocol Author:Bianca Jagger
“One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common rights are needed to protect the common intellectual heritage of indigenous peoples. These are rights that are recognized through the Convention on Biological Diversity. We are working to make sure that they become foundations of our jurisprudence.” IndividualCommonRightsMovementNeededProtectDiversityIntellectualFoundationPropertyInventionHeritageConventionsIndigenousProperty RightsIntellectual PropertyIndigenous PeopleJurisprudence Author:Vandana Shiva