Belarus, Russia, Ukraine.
- 1 online resource (189 pages)
- Human Rights: Background and Issues .
Intro -- BELARUS, RUSSIA, UKRAINE: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS -- BELARUS, RUSSIA, UKRAINE: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 2011 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES: INTRODUCTION -- Chapter 2 2011 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES-BELARUS -- 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 -- 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 -- Status of 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. OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY -- 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 3 2011 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES-RUSSIA -- 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 -- Regional Human Rights Court Decisions -- Civil Judicial Procedures and Remedies -- f. Arbitrary Interference with Privacy, Family, Home, or Correspondence -- g. Use of Excessive Force and other Abuses in Internal Conflicts -- Killings -- Abductions -- Physical Abuse, Punishment, and Torture -- SECTION 2. RESPECT FOR CIVIL LIBERTIES, INCLUDING -- a. Freedom of Speech and Press -- Status of 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 -- Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) -- 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. OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY -- 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 -- Indigenous People -- 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 4 2011 COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES-UKRAINE -- SECTION 4. OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AND GOVERNMENT TRANSPARENCY -- 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 -- Regional Human Rights Court Decisions -- 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 -- Status of 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 5. GOVERNMENTAL ATTITUDE REGARDING INTERNATIONAL AND NONGOVERNMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS -- SECTION 6. DISCRIMINATION, SOCIETAL ABUSES,AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS -- Women -- 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 -- 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 -- INDEX -- Blank Page.