Religious Persecution as a Violation of Human Rights: Hearings and Markup Before the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Its Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, Second Session, on H. Con. Res. 100, 378, 428, 433, and 434, H. Res. 269, S. Con. Res. 18, February 10, March 23, May 25, July 27 and 29, August 5 and 10, September 23, December 1 and 14, 1982U.S. Government Printing Office, 1983 - 948 pagini |
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... going on and until governments are held accountable . If America is to remain faithful to its past and the values inherent in the docu- ments that formed this great democracy , then we must stand for religious freedom and human rights ...
... going on and until governments are held accountable . If America is to remain faithful to its past and the values inherent in the docu- ments that formed this great democracy , then we must stand for religious freedom and human rights ...
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... going on and governments are held accountable . It is unlikely that the United States can end religious persecution , but we can make the issue an integral part of our foreign policy . If America is to remain faith- ful to her past and ...
... going on and governments are held accountable . It is unlikely that the United States can end religious persecution , but we can make the issue an integral part of our foreign policy . If America is to remain faith- ful to her past and ...
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... going to do ? " I don't think there is any room for doubt that , cumulatively , the effect of congressional concern for human rights , which this subcommittee has led the way on , has clearly made life better for a lot of people . It is ...
... going to do ? " I don't think there is any room for doubt that , cumulatively , the effect of congressional concern for human rights , which this subcommittee has led the way on , has clearly made life better for a lot of people . It is ...
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... going to do . So I would hope that the subcommittee would act on the resolu- tion . Simply , what it says is that we ask the U.S. Government , in essence , to continue its efforts . It is clear that the executive branch , the President ...
... going to do . So I would hope that the subcommittee would act on the resolu- tion . Simply , what it says is that we ask the U.S. Government , in essence , to continue its efforts . It is clear that the executive branch , the President ...
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... going on . I have provided for your interest some examples in my written text . By way of conclusion , Mr. Chairman , let me say that the adop- tion of the U.N. declaration will not magically cause such persecu- tion to cease . Yet , it ...
... going on . I have provided for your interest some examples in my written text . By way of conclusion , Mr. Chairman , let me say that the adop- tion of the U.N. declaration will not magically cause such persecu- tion to cease . Yet , it ...
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Pagina 56 - Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. This right shall include freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice, and freedom, either individually or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in worship, observance, practice and teaching.
Pagina 322 - Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance.
Pagina 378 - In those States in which ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities exist, persons belonging to such minorities shall not be denied the right, in community with the other members of their group, to enjoy their own culture, to profess and practise their own religion, or to use their own language.
Pagina 60 - No one shall be subject to coercion which would impair his freedom to have or to adopt a religion or belief of his choice. 3. Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs may be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary to protect public safety, order, health, or morals or the fundamental rights and freedoms of others.
Pagina 43 - Nothing in the present Declaration shall be construed as restricting or derogating from any right defined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenants on Human Rights.
Pagina 26 - ... gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges, causing the disappearance of persons by the abduction and clandestine detention of those persons, 5T or other flagrant denial of the right to life, liberty, and the security of person, unless such assistance will directly benefit the needy people in such country.
Pagina 197 - In the present convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: a) Killing members or the group; b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part...
Pagina 141 - No assistance may be provided under this part to the government of any country which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights...
Pagina 197 - Convention, genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such: (a) Killing members of the group; (b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; (c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part; (d) Imposing measures intending to prevent births within the group; (e) Forcibly transferring children...
Pagina 57 - Freedom to manifest one's religion or beliefs shall be subject only to such limitations as are prescribed by law and are necessary in a democratic society in the interests of public safety, for the protection of public order, health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others.