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The Humanitarian Cluster System is a system, used by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, to coordinate multi-agency responses to large humanitarian emergencies. [1] [2] The system has been used since 2005 to improve the quality of humanitarian aid delivery. [3] The cluster system categorizes humanization ...
Humanitarian protection is the act of promoting and ensuring the legal rights of people affected by humanitarian crises . The concept of humanitarian protection was established by the 1949 Geneva Conventions and responsibility to ensure protection was mandated to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Outside of times of crises, national ...
Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Without Frontiers International. HURIDOCS. IFEX. Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission. Institute for War and Peace Reporting. Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense. International Alliance of Women. International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists.
There are six fundamental rights recognized in the Constitution of India: the right to equality (Articles 14-18): Article 14: Equality before law. Article 15: Prohibition of discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex, or place of birth. Article 16: Equality of opportunity in matters of public employment.
The Human Rights Network - Uganda ( HURINET) is a Ugandan non-governmental organization (NGO) whose mission is to foster the promotion, protection and respect of human rights in Uganda through linking and strengthening the capacity of member organizations. HURINET works towards having a Ugandan society free of human rights abuse.
Mission. World Human Rights Protection Commissions, India has been established by an Act of Parliament under the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1882 for the protection and promotion of human rights. [8] In addition to the functions of the Commission set forth in Section 12 of the Act and the investigation into complaints of violation of human ...
International human rights instruments are the treaties and other international texts that serve as legal sources for international human rights law and the protection of human rights in general. [1] There are many varying types, but most can be classified into two broad categories: declarations, adopted by bodies such as the United Nations ...
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, adopted by the United Nations in 1948, states that "everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of oneself and one's family, including food, clothing, housing, and medical care." [111]