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Human rights are freedoms established by custom or international agreement that impose standards of conduct on all nations. Human rights are distinct from civil liberties, which are freedoms established by the law of a particular state and applied by that state in its own jurisdiction.
Specific human rights include the right to personal liberty and due process of law; to freedom of thought, expression, religion, organization, and movement; to freedom from discrimination on the basis of race, religion, age, language, and sex; to basic education; to employment; and to property. Human rights laws have been defined by international conventions, by treaties, and by organizations, particularly the United Nations. These laws prohibit practices such as torture, slavery, summary execution without trial, and arbitrary detention or exile. more >>
06 October, 2007
Human rights agencies and government institutions are holding a two-day discussion to prepare a framework that enables Ethiopia to prepare periodical reporting on human rights. more >>
16 April 2007
To: European Union, UNO, USA Congress, Human Rights Watches, Amnesty International, ICRC, and UNHCR.
Dear Sirs:
I am writing you behalf of the Oromo Parliamentary Group. The Oromo Parliamentary Group (OPG) is made up of Oromo members of Ethiopia federal parliament and the parliament of the regional sate of Oromia and as representative of Oromo people and Ethiopian people as whole. more >>
06 April 2007
Addis Ababa (WIC)– The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission appealed today to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to do its level best in rescuing the abducted Ethiopians in Afar State. more >>