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  • First UN Treaty Including "Sexual and Reproductive Health" Enters into Force 16 May 2008 00:15 GMT
    ... the Disabilities Convention. Lauded as "the first human rights treaty of the twenty-first century" and a ... Peru, Honduras, Uganda, Egypt, Iran, Nicaragua, Libya, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Syria, and El Salvador noted ...

  • Human Rights Fiesta; a Traditional Parish 15 May 2008 22:57 GMT
    ... voted to approve the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Eleanor Roosevelt, who was both a U.S. ... Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow.” The embassies of Costa Rica and Chile to the Holy See co-hosted the ...

  • Some int'l organizations express sympathy to China over earthquake 15 May 2008 03:30 GMT
    ... was "admirable." The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the United Nations Disarmament Commission expressed ... United States, Switzerland, Italy, Pakistan, Myanmar, Brazil, Costa Rica, Chile, Bangladesh, Cuba, Argentina, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, ...

  • Some Detainees Are 14 May 2008 22:07 GMT
    ... the deportation of a 38-year-old woman to Costa Rica in late spring 2005. Another detainee was "dragged ... justification, is a violation of some international human rights codes. The practice is banned by several ...

  • US detainees drugged for deportation 14 May 2008 21:38 GMT
    ... the deportation of a 38-year-old woman to Costa Rica in late spring 2005. Another detainee was "dragged ... justification, is a violation of some international human rights codes. The practice is banned by several ...

  • Weekly summary / The Inter-American Court and press freedom in Venezuela 14 May 2008 19:35 GMT
    ... hears Globovisión case The Inter-American Court of Human Rights of the Organization of American States (OAS) ... A spokesman of the Court seated in Costa Rica on Tuesday told Efe that during the public ...

  • UN Committee Questions CAFTA's IP Provisions On Human Rights Grounds 14 May 2008 17:07 GMT
    ... UN Committee Questions CAFTA’s IP Provisions On Human Rights Grounds Posted by Catherine Saez @ 3:51 ... a recent meeting echoed concerns raised by Costa Rican opponents of the Central American free trade ... to pass the trade deal into law, Costa Rica has had fierce internal debate about potential ...

  • Reporters Without Borders and Venezuela's RCTV 14 May 2008 14:09 GMT
    ... legislature of three countries (Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica) condemned the non-renewal of the concession and Costa Rican President Óscar Arias was the only head ... the OAS and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, neither has issued any condemnation, in contrast ...

  • Venezuela Leading the Race For the UN Security Council Seat 13 May 2008 04:52 GMT
    ... into pariah state compiling the hemisphere's worst human rights record that never ended even after the ... ignored its atrocious human rights record that Amnesty International continues to document. The human rights organization ... pressure are Mexico, Nicaragua, Hondurus, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. ...

  • Central America: World Bank Approves $8 Million Grant To Support Hiv/Aids Program In Central America 13 May 2008 04:51 GMT
    ... and control the spread of HIV/AIDS in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. ... as a focus on the promotion of human rights. It will also promote access to HIV ...

  • Rising Food Prices and Displacement 13 May 2008 04:49 GMT
    ... inflation is affecting countries as diverse as Costa Rica, Djibouti, Egypt and Sri Lanka. The global ... on non-displaced populations too. In Sri Lanka UNICEF reports that 14 percent of children under ...

  • Central America and the Merida Initiative, Thomas A. Shannon, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, USDOS (posted 05/12/08) 13 May 2008 04:49 GMT
    ... that gangs are increasingly active in Belize, Costa Rica, and Panama. Central America has among the ... transformed their militaries and improved respect for human rights. Central America's collective willingness to work with ...

  • Intelligence Brief: C.A.F.T.A. 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... to the major Central American states -- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, with ... the textile sector, labor unions, environmentalists and human rights organizations. The coalition has made serious inroads ...

  • Intelligence Brief: Caribbean Spheres of Influence 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... six C.A.F.T.A. states in the region -- Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the ... sugar growers, textile manufacturers, labor unions, and human rights, labor rights and environmentalist groups. With the ...

  • Washington Loses Control of the O.A.S. 13 May 2008 04:31 GMT
    ... E. Martinez on the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights, leaving the Commission without a member from ... O.A.S. when its choice, former president of Costa Rica Miguel Angel Rodriguez, was elected secretary general of ...

  • Reporters Without Borders and Venezuelaâs RCTV 12 May 2008 23:03 GMT
    ... ...

  • Begging Will Not Save Africa! 12 May 2008 22:46 GMT
    ... ...


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