Giving a voice to the dead: forensic scientists join worldwide human rights investigations to uncover the truth
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The UN and the Physicians for Human Rights have been working together to prove human rights violations by having forensic scientists investigate deaths in several countries. Work has been done in Argentina, Guatemala, Chile, El Salvador, the Philippines, Kurdistan in Iran, and the former Yugoslavia. By locating grave sites, identifying bodies, and determining if victims were civilians or combatants, forensic scientists can provide hard evidence of human rights crimes and help families learn the fate of their kin. DNA testing is one of the new techniques being used.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1995
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The Haitian struggle for democracy
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Pres Clinton has maintained Pres Bush's practice of processing Haitian asylum claims in Haiti and denying amnesty in most cases based on a perceived lack of political persecution, a practice which subjects Haitians to further persecution and denies them basic due process guarantees. A report by the ABA's Individual Rights and Responsibilities Section details human rights violations, especially arbitrary detentions, in Haiti and urges the US to revise its method of processing asylum claims and grant Haitians the protections granted to other refugees in the past.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1993
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A journey to asylum: what refugees face in an uneven world
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International law has traditionally defined asylum as the right of refugees to leave their countries when faced with persecution and seek protection elsewhere. The law does not, however, require other countries to admit refugees. Many states are reluctant to admit refugees for fear of losing control of their borders and refuse admittance on sovereignty grounds. A system of requiring admittance and well as sharing the burden of caring for refugees by means of a global fund should be implemented.
Publication Name: Human Rights
Subject: Social sciences
ISSN: 0046-8185
Year: 1995
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