In 2021, Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna projected eye-watering profits of up to US$54 billion yet supplied less than 2% of their vaccines to low-income countries. Big Pharma were not the only corporate giants to undermine pandemic recovery for profit. Social media companies such as Facebook, Instagram and Twitter provided fertile ground for Covid
Countries are ranked based on analysis with indicators derived from ILO conventions and looks at violations of rights both in law and practice. Workers’ rights in Central and Eastern Europe today Between 2020 and 2021, Hungary decreased its score, from 3 to 4, indicating an increase in violations of workers’ rights.
Published by Statista Research Department , Feb 10, 2023. The countries with the lowest human rights and rule of law index scores are located all in Europe, except New Zealand and Costa Rica. In a
The National Human Rights Committee was founded in 2002 with the responsibility of overseeing and carrying out investigations on human rights abuses in the country. Their methods of advancing the country's standards of human rights include contributing to research programs related to human rights, conducting studies, and providing advice and
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. In January, human rights defender Jolovan Wham was found guilty of holding an illegal public assembly in relation to a 2018 protest against an earlier trial of Terry Xu and Daniel de Costa. He served 15 days in jail after losing his appeal and refusing to pay a fine. In June, police interrogated Kirsten Han and Rocky Howe under the Public Order
Most big companies operating in sectors at high risk of labor abuses are failing to meet human rights standards set by the United Nations, according to an analysis of 100 major companies published
This article may show systemic bias.In particular, there may be a strong bias in favor of both sourced and unsourced criticisms of the country's human rights record (major WP:UNDUE and WP:BALANCE issues; the article should not resemble a database for every possible criticism of the U.S. human rights record found on Google; instead, it should rely on reliable sources, preferably academic ones).
The proportion of people living in poverty increased. Russia withdrew from the Council of Europe on 15 March and in June adopted a law allowing Russian authorities to ignore judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), including those envisaging compensation payments, retroactive to 15 March. In April, the UN General Assembly voted
Its latest Risk Index Report out today identifies China, India, Vietnam, Bangladesh and Myanmar as the five highest risk countries for human rights violations. These countries account for 48% of
human rights violations by country ranking