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DOCUMENTS on human rights
VDPA 5. All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated. The international community must treat human rights globally in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing, and with the same emphasis. While the significance of national and regional particularities and various historical, cultural and religious backgrounds must be borne in mind, it is the duty of States, regardless of their political, economic and cultural systems, to promote and protect all human rights and fundamental freedoms.
HRD WE INSIST that human rights are universal, indivisible and inalienable and represent the birthright of all men, women and children and the common legacy of humanity which binds us and future generations...
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VDPA 30. The World Conference on Human Rights also expresses its dismay and condemnation that gross and systematic violations and situations that constitute serious obstacles to the full enjoyment of all human rights continue to occur in different parts of the world. Such violations and obstacles include, as well as torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, summary and arbitrary executions, disappearances, arbitrary detentions, all forms of racism, racial discrimination and apartheid, foreign occupation and alien domination, xenophobia, poverty, hunger and other denials of economic, social and cultural rights, religious intolerance, terrorism, discrimination against women and lack of the rule of law.
HAPJ (themes) The violation of human rights is one of the root causes of war. These violations include the denial of economic, social and cultural rights, as well as political and civil rights. The artificial distinction between these two sets of rights can no longer be tolerated. We affirm the universality and indivisibility of human rights and call for stronger mechanisms to implement and enforce human rights treaties and to afford redress to victims for the violation of their rights.
HRD WE ARE WITNESSES to the fact that in the fact in the fifty years since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, "disregard and contempt for human rights" remain the everyday reality in which many people continue to live and that human rights violations take on increasingly varied and complex forms, involving a growing number of actors, particularly economic actors, in the context of globalization;... WE EXPRESS our solidarity with those whose rights are violated without any recourse to mechanisms for the protection of human rights because of the systematic repression of their rights;
UNDRR Article 10 No one shall participate, by act or by failure to act where required, in violating human rights and fundamental freedoms and no one shall be subjected to punishment or adverse action of any kind for refusing to do so.
UNESCO's
work in the field of human rights extends the Organization’s contribution in
the ethical and standard-setting dimensions.
It has
three major aims:
strengthen
awareness;
act as a catalyst
for regional, national and international action in human rights;
foster cooperation
with all actors and networks.
With
regard to the advancement
of human rights, action is concentrated in areas where UNESCO has a special
mandate: generating and sharing knowledge, protecting human rights, renewing
and reinforcing commitment to human rights education and providing advisory
services and technical assistance to Member States.
In important related areas, such as women
and gender, where emphasis is on promoting equality between the sexes and on
the social dimension of women's rights, actions focus on research, networking,
advocacy and knowledge sharing of best practices.
In the struggle
against discrimination, UNESCO tries to identify the obstacles hampering
the full exercise of human rights: the impact of nationalism, religious
intolerance, discrimination against minorities, and forms of discrimination
arising from scientific progress or from illness such as HIV
and AIDS.
After concentrating its work on the theoretical analysis of the principles of
democracy, UNESCO developed a strategy in 2002-2003 for an international
programme on democracy. This strategy is
coordinated by the International Centre for Human Sciences (ICHS) at
UNESCO encourages and advances research on new forms of violence and develops
regional plans for human security by improving links with local initiatives to
prevent conflicts at their source, through respect for human rights and
policies for sustainable development and for alleviating poverty.