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Christina Patterson: What we can learn from the Sikh in the BNP
Nov 20th, 2009 - The Independent
So, the BNP is about to welcome a Mr Rajinder Singh. And, quite frankly, it's a bit of a shock. Members of the party that wants to put the "great" back in Great Britain are meant to look as though they've spent their lives in bunkers...
Activists deride new rights commission as SE Asian leaders meet in Thailand
Oct 23rd, 2009 - CJAD
CHA-AM, Thailand - Activists have derided as toothless a Southeast Asian human rights commission inaugurated at a summit of regional leaders who are also discussing how to achieve greater economic integration.
Activists call new SE Asia rights body toothless
Oct 23rd, 2009 - Philly
CHA-AM, Thailand - Southeast Asian nations inaugurated their first regional human rights commission Friday, a watchdog immediately derided as toothless by activists who...
Tough Start For ASEAN Human Rights Commission
Oct 23rd, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
CHA-AM, Thailand – Southeast Asia's efforts to create a commission to curb human rights abuses and encourage free-trade deals got off to a rocky start Friday when...
Southeast Asian leaders launch human rights body at annual summit amid strong criticism
Oct 23rd, 2009 - CJAD
CHA-AM, Thailand - Southeast Asian nations inaugurated a human rights commission Friday which was immediately blasted by representatives of civil society organizations...

Human Rights Commission videos from YouTube:

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Human Rights Commission Horror Stories - Steven Boissoin
Ezra Levant explains the situation surrounding a teacher and a pastor that was heard by the Commission. Steven Boissoin, the pastor in question, found out the hard way that in Canada your ...
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Invitation to the 2009 Human Rights Medals and Awards
The Australian Human Rights Commission invites you to the 2009 Human Rights Medals and Awards, which will be presented at a gala luncheon ceremony in the Grand Ballroom at the Sheraton on the Park Hotel in Sydney on Thursday ...
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Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, Colombian Human Rights Defenders
Colombian defender Principe Gabriel Gonzalez speaks at the congressional hearing, "Human Rights Defenders in the Crosshairs: The Ongoing Crisis in Colombia", before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Oct. 20, 2009.
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Human Rights Commission - Good or Bad?
Produced By: Bridget Antwi This report takes a look at the history of the Human Rights Commission, talking to those for it and against it.

Human Rights Commission from WikiPedia:

A truth commission or truth and reconciliation commission is a commission tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government (or, depending on the circumstances, non-state actors also), in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past. They are, under various names, occasionally set up by states emerging from periods of internal unrest, civil war, or dictatorship. South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, established by President Nelson Mandela after apartheid, is popularly considered a model of Truth Commissions, rarely if ever[citation needed] achieved in other parts.

As government reports, they can provide proof against historical revisionism of state terrorism and other crimes and human rights abuses. Truth commissions are sometimes criticised for allowing crimes to go unpunished, and creating impunity for serious human rights abusers. Their roles and abilities in this respect depend on their mandates, which vary widely.