The aim of the Forum is to open a space for dialogue for civil society, parliamentarians, decisioni-makers, regional organizations, as well as specialized UN agencies, to exchange on issues related to democracy and human rights in Africa and the Arab world.

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With everything that was going on in the late 1960s -- the war in Vietnam, civil and human rights issues, the Rev.

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The issues were brought to light by a legal case in which the European Court of Human Rights ruled that holding DNA samples from individuals who have been arrested but are later acquitted or have charges dropped against them is a violation of the right to privacy - an outcome that was backed by civil liberties campaigners.

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The World Conference on Human Rights appreciates their contribution to increasing public awareness of human rights issues, to the conduct of education, training and research in this field, and to the promotion and protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms.

UNESCO: Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action

Of course, technology by itself is not the answer to all the issues we face in our efforts to live up to Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Aron Cramer, president of BSR, a San Francisco non-profit that works on environment and human rights issues, said Apple, one of its members, isn't alone in issuing detailed working conditions reports.

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The expulsion comes a week after Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Moscow to meet with President Vladimir Putin in the latest effort to patch up a relationship jarred by disputes over issues from European security and Mideast uprisings to human rights.

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