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In words, there is universal acceptance that the rights of women and children must be respected and protected. In practice, however, their rights are often undermined and ignored.
For Black women and children in the United States, abuse and disregarded rights are especially in play while in the hands of law enforcement, says a recent report that concluded U.S. law enforcement personnel constantly commit human rights violations against Black people.
The report by the International Commission of Inquiry on the Systemic Racism and Police Violence Against Blacks that in the United States amassed evidence of systemic racist violence against U.S. Blacks constitutes a violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
US-Made Border Crisis Persists Despite Bidenâs About-Face on Refugee Cap
Migrants and asylum seekers are seen after spending the night in one of the car lanes off the San Ysidro Crossing Port on the Mexican side of the U.S.-Mexico border in Tijuana, Mexico, on April 24, 2021.
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This weekâs news of the Biden-Harris administrationâs about-face on U.S. refugee policy was a win for all the progressive forces that have been pressuring Biden to discontinue Trumpâs egregiously low cap on the number of refugees accepted each year. But the victory did nothing to change the other massive structural ways in which the Biden-Harris administration is continuing to perpetuate the humanitarian crisis at the border through its embrace of Trumpâs other asylum policies.
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HomeNews Opening Statement by H.E. Eva-Maria Liimets in UN .
Opening Statement by H.E. Eva-Maria Liimets in UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review
4. May 2021 - 16:57
Madam President, Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is an honour and privilege for me to address the UN Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review and present the national report of Estonia submitted to the third Universal Periodic Review.
The UPR provides an important and valuable tool for reviewing our national human rights legislation, policies and practices. It helps to make plans for the future as well as to discuss how to further international cooperation in protection and promotion of human rights and fundamental freedoms. We are glad to carry on the UPR dialogue with all UN Member States during this third reporting cycle, which began in 2011 when the first national report was submitted.
The national emergency caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in the United States continues to pose a grave threat to our health and security. As of April 29, 2021, the United States had experienced more than 32 million confirmed COVID-19 cases and more than 570,000 COVID-19 deaths. It is the policy of my Administration to implement science-based public health measures, across all areas of the Federal Government, to act swiftly and aggressively to prevent further spread of the disease.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), within the Department of Health and Human Services, working in close coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, has determined that the Republic of India is experiencing widespread, ongoing person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The World Health Organization has reported that the Republic of India has had more than 18,375,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19. The magnitude an