Human rights in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council / Elias Runeberg, editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

United States Department of State, Corporate Author.

United States. Department of State, author.

Contributor:

United States. Department of State, author.

Runeberg, Elias.

Series:

Politics and Economics of the Middle East

Pollitics and Economics of the Middle East

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Middle East.

Human rights.

Civil rights--Middle East.

Civil rights.

Gulf Cooperation Council.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines human rights issues in the states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, with a focus on Bahrain; Kuwait; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia; and the United Arab Emirates.

Contents:

""HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE STATES OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL""; ""HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE STATES OF THE GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Bahrain 2012 Human Rights Report""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from""; ""a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life""; ""b. Disappearance""; ""c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhumane, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment""; ""Prison and Detention Center Conditions""; ""d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention""

""Role of the Police and Security Apparatus""""Arrest Procedures and Treatment While in Detention""; ""e. Denial of Fair Public Trial""; ""Trial Procedures""; ""Political Prisoners and Detainees""; ""Civil Judicial Procedures and Remedies""; ""f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence""; ""Section 2. Respect for Civil Liberties, Including""; ""a. Freedom of Speech and Press""; ""Internet Freedom""; ""Academic Freedom and Cultural Events""; ""b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association""; ""Freedom of Assembly""; ""Freedom of Association""

""c. Freedom of Religion""""d. Freedom of Movement, Internally Displaced Persons, Protection of Refugees, and Stateless Persons""; ""Protection of Refugees""; ""Stateless Persons""; ""Section 3. Respect for Political Rights: The Right of Citizens to Change Their Government""; ""Elections and Political Participation""; ""Section 4. Corruption and Lack of Transparency""; ""in Government""; ""Section 5. Governmental Attitude Regarding International and Nongovernmental Investigation of Alleged Violations of Human Rights""

""Section 6. Discrimination, Societal Abuses, and Trafficking in Persons""""Women""; ""Children""; ""Anti-Semitism""; ""Trafficking in Persons""; ""Persons with Disabilities""; ""National/Racial/Ethnic Minorities""; ""Societal Abuses, Discrimination, and Acts of Violence Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity""; ""Other Societal Violence or Discrimination""; ""Section 7. Worker Rights""; ""a. Freedom of Association and the Right to Collective Bargaining""; ""b. Prohibition of Forced or Compulsory Labor""; ""c. Prohibition of Child Labor and Minimum Age for Employment""

""d. Acceptable Conditions of Work""""Chapter 2: Kuwait 2012 Human Rights Report""; ""Executive Summary""; ""Section 1. Respect for the Integrity of the Person, Including Freedom from""; ""a. Arbitrary or Unlawful Deprivation of Life""; ""b. Disappearance""; ""c. Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment""; ""Prison and Detention Center Conditions""; ""d. Arbitrary Arrest or Detention""; ""Role of the Police and Security Apparatus""; ""Arrest Procedures and Treatment While in Detention""; ""e. Denial of Fair Public Trial""; ""Trial Procedures""

""Political Prisoners and Detainees""

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed August 20, 2013).

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-62808-781-1