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  2. First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on ...

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    It was adopted by the UN General Assembly on 16 December 1966, and entered into force on 23 March 1976. As of July 2024, it had 116 state parties and 35 signatories. [ 1 ] Three of the ratifying states ( Belarus , Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago ) have denounced the protocol.

  3. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Wikipedia

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    The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is a multilateral treaty that commits nations to respect the civil and political rights of individuals, including the right to life, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, electoral rights and rights to due process and a fair trial. [3]

  4. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons ...

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    Following a General Assembly resolution in 1992 containing a 21 article declaration about enforced disappearance, [5] and its resolution of 1978 requesting that recommendations be made, [6] the Commission on Human Rights established an "inter-sessional open-ended working group to elaborate a draft legally binding normative instrument for the protection of all persons from enforced ...

  5. Inside the Trump team’s plans to try to end birthright ...

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    President-elect Donald Trump’s team is assessing multiple options to fulfill his long-promised pledge to end birthright citizenship, according to two sources familiar with the discussions ...

  6. UN pushes for Iran nuclear deal talks, says 'time of the essence'

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    A top U.N. official on Tuesday pushed world powers and Iran to urgently work to restore a 2015 deal that lifted sanctions on Tehran in return for restrictions on its nuclear program, warning that ...

  7. United Nations Human Rights Committee - Wikipedia

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    The ICCPR states the basic rules for the membership of the Human Rights Committee. Article 28 of the ICCPR states that the Committee is composed of 18 members from states parties to the ICCPR, "who shall be persons of high moral character and recognized competence in the field of human rights", with consideration "to the usefulness of the participation of some persons having legal experience."

  8. US jury finds Vegas police fabricated evidence in 2001 ...

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    A federal jury in Nevada has awarded more than $34 million to a woman who was arrested at age 18, wrongly convicted twice, and served nearly 16 years in a Nevada state prison for a 2001 killing ...

  9. Online hate speech - Wikipedia

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    The Human Rights Committee, the United Nations body created by the ICCPR to oversee its implementation, cognizant of the tension, has sought to stress that Article 20 is fully compatible with the right to freedom of expression. [26] In the ICCPR, the right to freedom of expression is not an absolute right.