A workshop to announce Vietnam’s third-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Country Report on Human Rights Practices was held in Hanoi on December 3 with the participation of Vietnamese officials and representatives of involved UN representatives. At the workshop The workshop acknowledged that Vietnam has implemented 175 out of the 182 recommendations by the UN Human Rights Council’s (UNHRC) second-cycle UPR which it accepted in June 2014. According to Vietnam’s third-cycle UPR Country Report, the realization of the recommendations has left positive impacts on all aspects of society in Vietnam, especially in making human rights-related laws, ensuring social welfare, improving people’s living standards, and promoting cooperation and dialogues on human rights at regional and international levels. Since the 2014 UPR, Vietnam’s achievements in socio-economic development and progresses in human rights practices have been acknowledged by the … [Read more...] about Vietnam makes much progress in human rights practices
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Russia criticizes US report on human rights
Russia's Foreign Ministry on Monday criticized the US 2012 report on human rights and accused it of applying double standards. Russia's Foreign Envoy for Human Rights, Democracy, and Supremacy of Law Sergei Dolgov, said that Russia believed the 2012 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices had slanted the humanitarian and human rights topics in favor of Washington's own political interests. Dolgov said the report suffers from the same shortcomings as previous similar reports, adding that the report lacked sources to back up its conclusions, including the Russia chapter. He stressed that no country was immune to problems in the human rights sphere, the US being no exception. Dolgov said Moscow expected a more objective and balanced approach towards the US in respect of human rights issues, and that Russia was ready for an open, constructive, equal, mutually respectful dialogue and cooperation with the US in the field of human rights. … [Read more...] about Russia criticizes US report on human rights
US issues incorrect assessments on human rights in VN
Vietnamese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh told reporters on Friday that some evaluations about human rights in Vietnam in the US Department of State's 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are based on incorrect information. >> VN elected to UN human rights council with highest votes Such evaluations, therefore, do not reflect the real situation in Vietnam, the spokesman said in reply to reporters' questions on Vietnam's reaction to the US report. Vietnam makes human rights a focus in all its socio-economic policies, he said, adding that the country's efforts in promoting human rights have been recognized by the international community at the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the second cycle in February this year. The spokesman emphasized that Vietnam is willing to hold dialogues with other countries, including the US, which hold different points of view on human rights. Such dialogues, he said, will help strengthen … [Read more...] about US issues incorrect assessments on human rights in VN
Foreign Ministry to consult public on national report on human rights
VietNamNet Bridge - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will consult the people's opinion on the draft national report on the implementation of human rights in Vietnam, which is expected to present at the UN Human Rights Council in January 2014. This is a national report under the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) cycle 2. Vietnam made the first review under this mechanism in 2009, accepted 96 out of 123 recommendations. The draft is the result of the work of 18 ministries, government and National Assembly agencies, reporting the implementation of recommendations of the previous review and updating new developments in practice. The report refers to the respect, protection and promotion of human rights, including civil and political rights (freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of information, freedom of religion and belief, the freedom of assembly, establishing associations, the rights of prisoners, the right to be judged fairly, the economic, social and cultural rights and … [Read more...] about Foreign Ministry to consult public on national report on human rights
China issues human rights record of the United States
China has issued the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006 in response to the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2006 issued by the US Department of State on Mar. 6. Released by the Information Office of China's State Council on Mar. 8, the Chinese report lists a multitude of cases to show the human rights situation in the United States and its violation of human rights in other countries, China's Xinhua news agency reported. "As in previous years, the State Department pointed the finger at human rights conditions in more than 190 countries and regions, including China, but avoided touching on the human rights situation in the United States," the document says. By publishing the Human Rights Record of the United States in 2006, the document says it aims to "help people have a better understanding of the situation in the United States and promote the international cause of human rights". The Chinese document criticises America's self-touted democracy in … [Read more...] about China issues human rights record of the United States