But where, say some, is the King of America? … as far as we approve of monarchy… in America the law is king.” The American ...

VOV.VN - The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1966 and effective since 1976, is one of the most important human rights ...

The country will showcase legal reforms, including the abolition of the death penalty for eight crimes in the Penal Code, the ...

At the 144th session of the UN Human Rights Committee in Geneva, the Catalan National Assembly (ANC) and the Unrepresented ...

According to Kazakhstan’s Permanent Mission to the UN Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Zhaxelekova ...

The right to freedom of expression, assembly, and association, as well as the right to a fair trial, are enshrined in Articles 19, 21, 22, and 14 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political ...

Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, known formally as 42 U.S.C. §1983, is a federal law that allows for the suing ...

The National Human Rights Commission has asked the Odisha police to submit an action taken report on the alleged stripping ...

The right to protest is enshrined in the US Constitution but neither absolute nor necessarily sufficient to effectuate change ...

The government of Vietnam severely restricts basic civil and political rights in violation of the International Covenant on ...

Blasphemy laws are not compatible with international human rights standards. ... (HRC General Comment on the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, July 2011).