Ambassador Duong Chi Dung attends the UN Human Rights Council's 37th session in Geneva on February 26, 2018 Vietnam will repeat its respect for cooperation in international dialogue mechanisms to promote human rights. Vietnam responsibly participated in the UN Human Rights Council from 2014 to 2018, the UN Economic and Social Council from 2016 to 2018, and the UNESCO Executive Board from 2015 to 2019. It has promoted the comprehensive approach, supported dialogue and cooperation, respected fundamental principles of international law, and made recognizable contributions to the world body. Efforts for cooperation, dialogue Vietnam pays attention to cooperation and dialogue with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and the Special Procedures mechanism of the United Nations Human Rights Council. Over the past 5 years, Vietnam has welcomed the UN special rapporteurs on cultural rights, freedom of religion and … [Read more...] about Vietnam respects international dialogue on human rights
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Vietnam spares no efforts protecting, promoting human rights: Deputy PM
Ethnic and minority children in the northen region of Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo Phan Tuấn Anh HÀ NỘI — Rising from wars, Việt Nam had made continuous efforts to build a socialist state with the rule of law, which was of the people, by the people and for the people, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh has said. The country’s efforts to fight for national independence and reunification for decades were to ensure all Vietnamese people could enjoy their human rights to their utmost, including living in peace, independence and freedom, and deciding their destinies and development paths, he said. The adoption of the Constitution 2013 with an exclusive chapter on human rights and civil rights and obligations and that of the over 90 subsequent legal documents related to human rights within four years were significant efforts to create an important legal framework for the protection of human rights and … [Read more...] about Vietnam spares no efforts protecting, promoting human rights: Deputy PM
VN spares no effort to protect and promote human rights: DPM
Deputy PM Pham Binh Minh According to Deputy PM Minh, rising from wars, Viet Nam has made uninterrupted efforts to build a socialist state with the rule of law, which is of the people, by the people and for the people. The country’s decades of efforts to fight for national independence and reunification aim to ensure all Vietnamese people can enjoy their human rights to the fullest, including those of living in peace, independence and freedom, and of deciding their destiny and development path, he said. The adoption of the Constitution 2013, with an exclusive chapter on human rights and citizen rights and obligations, and of the over 90 subsequent legal documents related to human rights within the four years were significant efforts to create an important legal framework for the protection of human rights and citizenship, he added. Viet Nam has spared no effort to improve the institutional system and create material facilities to better ensure human rights. All socio-economic … [Read more...] about VN spares no effort to protect and promote human rights: DPM
Vietnam spares no efforts to protect, promote human rights: Deputy PM
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh (Photo VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Rising from wars, Vietnam has made continuous efforts to build a socialist state with the rule of law, which is of the people, by the people and for the people, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has affirmed. The country’s efforts to fight for national independence and reunification for decades are to ensure all Vietnamese people can enjoy to the fullest their human rights, including those of living in peace, independence and freedom, and of deciding their destiny and development path, he said. The adoption of the Constitution 2013 with an exclusive chapter on human rights and citizen rights and obligations and that of the over 90 subsequent legal documents related to human rights within four years were significant efforts to create an important legal framework for the protection of human rights and citizenship, he added. Besides, Vietnam has strived to improve … [Read more...] about Vietnam spares no efforts to protect, promote human rights: Deputy PM
Indonesia ‘anti-LGBT abuses’ fuel HIV cases: Human Rights Watch
A crackdown on Indonesia's LGBT community is fuelling a spike in HIV cases as at-risk people avoid prevention services or seeking treatment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday. Conservative politicians and hardline Islamist groups have been increasingly vocal against the vulnerable community in recent years, while lawmakers eyed outlawing gay sex in the world's biggest Muslim majority country. Police conducted "arbitrary and unlawful" raids on places frequented by LGBT people including saunas, night clubs, hotel rooms, hair salons, and even private homes, HRW said. That has discouraged some at-risk groups from accessing prevention and treatment services, according to the report entitled "'Scared in Public and Now No Privacy': Human Rights and Public Health Impacts of Indonesia's Anti-LGBT Moral Panic." As a result, HIV rates among men who have sex with other men have soared five-fold since 2007 from 5.0 percent to 25 percent, HRW said, adding that the group accounted for one-third of … [Read more...] about Indonesia ‘anti-LGBT abuses’ fuel HIV cases: Human Rights Watch