World Report 2016 : Events of 2015 / Human Rights Watch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Human Rights Watch (Organization), author.

Contributor:

Human Rights Watch (Organization), copyright holder.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 659 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York?] : Human Rights Watch, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Human Rights Watch's annual World Report 2016 highlights the armed conflict in Syria, international drug reform, drones and electronic mass surveillance and is a must-read for anyone interested in the fight to protect human rights in every corner of the globe.

Contents:

WORLD REPORT 2016; Table of Contents; Foreword; Twin Threats; Blaming Refugees or Muslims while Missing the Boat on Terrorism; Protecting Refugees also Protects Recipient Countries; Mass Surveillance Versus Smart Responses to Terrorism; Civil Society Empowered by Social Media; The Autocrats' Reaction; Reasons for Covering Up; Restricting the Right to Seek Financial Support; The Rationalization of Restrictions; Death by Regulation; Convenient Homophobia; Closed Societies; Rights as the Way Forward; Rights in Transition; Turning Tide; A Matter of Dignity; A Gateway to Other Rights

Employment and Housing Education; Health Care; Travel; Access to Police Protection and Justice; Freedom from Violence; Privacy; A Basic Right to Freedom; A Shift in Medical Thinking; A Transitioning Rights Paradigm; Ending Child Marriage; Tackling the Roots of Child Marriage; The Way Forward; Sustainable Development Goals Agenda; Children Behind Bars; Detention and Incarceration in Response to Crime; Detention as a Means of Immigration Control; Detention in the Name of National Security; Detention in the Name of Treatment or Care; Impact of Detention and Imprisonment; Alternatives to Detention

COUNTRIES Afghanistan; Armed Conflict; Women's Rights; Accountability for Torture by Security Forces; Freedom of Expression; Key International Actors; Algeria; Freedom of Assembly; Freedom of Association; Freedom of Speech; Terrorism and Counterterrorism; Women's Rights; Accountability for Past Crimes; Key International Actors; Angola; Freedom of Expression; Right to Peaceful Assembly; Conduct of Security Forces; Civil Society; Key International Actors; Argentina; Impunity for the AMIA Bombing; Judicial Independence; Confronting Past Abuses; Freedom of Expression; Police Abuse

Prison Conditions Indigenous Rights; Women's Rights; Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Key International Actors; Armenia; Freedom of Assembly and Political Dissent; Freedom of Expression; Torture and Ill-Treatment in Custody; Military Service; Palliative Care; Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Women's Rights; Key International Actors; Australia; Asylum Seekers and Refugees; Counterterrorism Laws; Indigenous Rights; Disability Rights; Sexual Orientation; Foreign Policy; Azerbaijan; Prosecuting Government Critics; Persecution of Lawyers; Freedom of Media; Freedom of Association

Torture and Ill-Treatment Elections; Key International Actors; Bahrain; Torture; Freedom of Expression and Fair Trial; Revocation of Nationality; Women's Rights and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Key International Actors; Bangladesh; Security Force Abuses and Impunity; Attacks on Civil Society; Freedom of Expression; Labor Rights; Early and Forced Marriage; Overseas Workers; Refugees; War Crimes Trials; Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity; Key International Actors; Belarus; Death Penalty; Arrests and Harassment of Human Rights Defenders and Critics; Freedom of Expression

Freedom of Association

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Sep 2022).

ISBN:

9781447325512

1447325516

OCLC:

1280907531