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Human Development Report 2010
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Civil Society, Europe and CIS, Governance and MDG, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, UNDP ProducedThis year’s Report celebrates the contributions of the human development approach, which is as relevant as ever to making sense of our changing world and finding ways to improve people’s well-being. Indeed, human development is an evolving idea—not a fixed, static set of precepts—and as the world changes, analytical tools and concepts evolve. So this Report is...
The State of the World’s Children Special Edition: Celebrating 20 Years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Other UN AgencyIn commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 20 November 2009, UNICEF is dedicating a special edition of its flagship publication The State of the World’s Children to child rights. The report broadly assesses the Convention’s impact on children’s well-being and human development during the past two decades,...
UNHCR Statistical Yearbook 2008
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Global Index, Human Rights, Latin America and the Carribean, Other UN AgencyUNHCR systematically gathers and reports statistics on populations of concern, including numbers, locations, demographic characteristics, as well as legal and physical protection needs. Such information is required to design programmes that bring protection and improved welfare to refugees, stateless persons, internally displaced persons (IDPs) and others of concern. The Statistical...
The State of the World's Human Rights
Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Justice, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyAmnesty International's 2010 report documents abuses in 159 countries and shows how powerful governments are blocking advances in international justice by standing above the law on human rights, shielding allies from criticism and acting only when politically convenient. Between January and May 2009, some 300,000 Sri Lankans were trapped on a narrow strip of land between the retreating...