Local NGO Thai Lawyers for Human Rights reported that, from mid-2020 to September 2022, at least 1,860 individuals, including 283 children, faced criminal proceedings for expressing views critical of the government. Between January and June, more than 200 individuals were charged with lèse-majesté, the highest number in Thailand’s history.
The proportion of people living in poverty increased. Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe on 15 March and in June adopted a law allowing Russian authorities to ignore judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), including those envisaging compensation payments, retroactive to 15 March. In April, the UN General Assembly voted
These rights are not granted by a State or authority but rather are inherent to a person simply by the virtue of being human. Some of the rights outlined in the UDHR include: The right to equality
Charts. Based on the expert assessments and index by V-Dem. It captures the extent to which people are free from government torture, political killings, and forced labor; they have property rights; and enjoy the freedoms of movement, religion, expression, and association. The variable ranges from 0 to 1 (most rights).
The colour assigned to each country gives you an indication of where the countries are positioned on a scale between 0% (gross violations of human rights, discrimination) and 100% (respect of human rights, full equality). Just a note - this colour doesn’t change when you are arranging countries by individual categories.
Labor Rights. In early 2019, over 50,000 garment workers participated in wildcat strikes protesting changes to the minimum wage. Police used excessive force to disperse the protesters, killing one
YbN8Z. The European Union’s 2018 human rights report, published in May 2019, concluded that there were “continued reports of serious violations of civil and political rights.”
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Iraq experience systematic violent targeting because of their sexual orientation. This violence includes killings, abductions, torture, and
The best score a country can receive is 30, representing high respect for all 14 human rights; the worst score is 0, representing very low respect for all 14 human rights. The world average was 17, and the USA scored 24 (tied for the 7th highest score, but still ranking behind 37 countries). Below are the best and worst of 2011.
Pakistan: Human Rights Assessments Overview Pakistan is identified by the U.S. State Department, United Nations bodies, and some nongovernmental organizations as the site of numerous human rights abuses, many of these significant, and some seen to be perpetrated by agents of the government. In recent decades, congressional legislation
RDR Scorecard: How Amazon, Google, Meta, and more rank on human rights in 2022. Update: September 16 — Amazon responded to our letter, describing their approach to ongoing human rights evaluations. September 6 : Like it or not, Big Tech, regulation is coming! For better and for worse, more and more governments are establishing rules to govern
Mexico has relied heavily on the military to fight drug-related violence and organized crime, leading to widespread human rights violations by military personnel. As of July, the CNDH had received
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