human institutions
121Drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights — The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted from early 1947 to late 1948 by Canadian John Peters Humphrey of the United Nations Secretariat and representatives of countries which were members of the first United Nations Commission on… …
122African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights — The African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) is a quasi judicial body tasked with promoting and protecting human rights and collective (peoples ) rights throughout the African continent as well as interpreting the African Charter on …
123CIA transnational human rights actions — This article deals with those activities of the Central Intelligence Agency that preserve or violate human rights. General principlesIn 2003, Assistant Secretary of state for Human Rights Patricia Derian when she wrote, Through these [U.S.… …
124Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR, Arabic: المركز الفلسطيني لحقوق الإنسان) is an independent Palestinian human rights organization based in Gaza City, founded and directed by Raji Sourani. The non governmental organization was… …
125Universal Declaration of Human Rights — Declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948. Drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was adopted without dissent but with eight abstentions. Among its 30 articles are definitions of civil and political… …
126Cornell University College of Human Ecology — NYS College of Human Ecology Established 1925 Type Contract Dean Alan Mathios …
127National Human Genome Research Institute — The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is a division of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland. NHGRI began as the National Center for Human Genome Research (NCHGR), which was established in 1989 to carry… …
128Permanent Assembly for Human Rights — The Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (in Spanish, La Asamblea Permanente por los Derechos Humanos (APDH)) is an Argentine non governmental human rights organization that was founded in 1975. History The Permanent Assembly for Human Rights was… …
