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	Declaration of Rights of Peoples of Russia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Declaration of Rights of Peoples of Russia (Деклара́ция прав наро́дов Росси́и) was a document promulgated by the Bolshevik government of Russia on November 15 (November 2 by Old Style), 1917 (signed by Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin).
		Right of peoples of Russia of a free self-determination, including secession and formation of a separate state
		Although the role this declaration played for their declared independence is doubtful, it eased Bolshevist Russia's recognition of their independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Declaration_of_Rights_of_Peoples_of_Russia (612 words)

	Declaration of the Rights of the Russian People
		Declaration of the Rights of the Russian People
		There remain but the peoples of Russia, who have been forbearing and have bided their time under the yoke and the arbitrariness, and whom it is necessary immediately to enfranchise and liberate.
		The right of the peoples of Russia to dispose of their own fate even to separation and the establishment of an independent state.
	novaonline.nvcc.edu /eli/evans/HIS102/Documents/Russian.html (572 words)

	HRNi - Declaration of Rights of the Laboring and Exploited People 1918
		Russia is declared to be a republic of the Soviets of Workers', Soldiers', and Peasants' Deputies.
		(a) For the purpose of attaining the socialization of land, all private property in land is abolished, and the entire land is declared to be national property and is to be apportioned among agriculturists without compensation of the former owners, to the measure of each one's ability to till it.
		It is also to this end that the Third Congress of Soviets insists upon putting an end to the barbarous policy of the bourgeois civilization which enables the exploiters of a few chosen nations to enslave hundreds of millions of the working population of Asia, of the colonies, and of small countries generally.
	www.hrni.org /files/instruments/HRNi_EN_863.html (424 words)

	:: The Balkan Pages :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		After the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Declaration of Rights of Peoples of Russia encouraged the various nationalities in the Russian Empire to gain their independence, Moldova became an independent Republic on December 2, 1917.
		In September the people on the east bank of the Nistru River (with mostly Slavic population) proclaimed the "Dnestr Moldavian Republic" (commonly called the "Dnestr Republic") in Transnistria, with its capital at Tiraspol.
		Russia and Moldova signed an agreement in October 1994 on the withdrawal of Russian troops from Transnistria, but the Russian government balked at ratifying it, and another stalemate ensued.
	www.angelfire.com /blog2/balkanpages/moldova.htm (1944 words)

	Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from nonpolitical crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations.
		The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures.
		Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international cooperation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social, and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality.
	www.firstthings.com /ftissues/ft9804/articles/declaration.html (1519 words)

	Participate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Letter writing campaigns are undertaken to to government leaders, human rights groups, and the media, to draw attention to religious intolerance and abuses of human rights.
		Seminars regarding human rights and religious tolerance are held for Foundation volunteers and supporters, and the general public, to hear about current conditions in various areas, and to provide guidance and instruction on how to approach and effectively deal with intolerance.
		But the greatest support comes from people like you - people who believe that everyone should be free to practice their chosen religion without fear of persecution - people who are willing to help preserve such freedoms.
	www.humanrightsandtolerance.org /participate.html (1359 words)

	EefyWiki - 21d: Red October
		The equality and sovereignty of all peoples of the former Russian Empire
		The peoples of Russia voted for a Constituent Assembly in which no party enjoyed a majority.
		The Declaration of Rights of the Peoples of Russia was formally accepted, and a constitution was adopted.
	eefy.editme.com /L21d (854 words)

	Indigenous Peoples
		Indigenous Peoples have the right to self-determination by virtue of which they freely determine their economic, social, political and cultural development and the inherent right to possession of all of their traditional and ancestral lands and territories.
		The denial or qualification of the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples is racist and lies at the root of Indigenous suffering.
		Indigenous Peoples freely express their own identity and exercise their inherent rights free from all forms of discrimination, which necessarily entails respect for their human rights and fundamental freedoms.
	academic.udayton.edu /race/06hrights/WCAR2001/NGOFORUM/Indigenous.htm (1351 words)

	CANCUN DECLARATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
		The militarization of Indigenous Peoples’ lands and territories, and the many cases of assassination and arbitrary arrests and detention of indigenous activists and leaders and people who are supporting them, as well as the criminalization of Indigenous Peoples’ resistance, all significantly increased.
		Indigenous peoples who have been displaced from their lands because of militarization, infrastructure projects, extractive industries, export processing zones and other development schemes should be repatriated back to their lands or should be justly compensated.
		The rights of Indigenous Peoples to their traditional livelihoods and to food should be recognized and protected, thus trade and investment rules which undermine these rights should be repealed or appropriately amended.
	www.ifg.org /programs/indig/CancunDec.html (1995 words)

	Text of U.S.-Russia Joint Declaration
		The United States and Russia will intensify joint efforts to confront the new global challenges of the twenty-first century, including combating the closely linked threats of international terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.
		The United States and Russia proceed from the Joint Statements by the President of the United States of America and the President of the Russian Federation on Strategic Issues of July 22, 2001 in Genoa and on a New Relationship Between the United States and Russia of November 13, 2001 in Washington.
		The United States and Russia declare their intention to carry out strategic offensive reductions to the lowest possible levels consistent with their national security requirements and alliance obligations, and reflecting the new nature of their strategic relations.
	www.state.gov /p/eur/rls/or/2002/10469.htm (2163 words)

	ICT [2006/03/31] Indigenous Rights Declaration moves to Human Rights Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		''When a declaration of human rights is adopted by the U.N. General Assembly by consensus, this shows that every state agrees with or does not object to the declaration of rights.
		However, if a declaration is adopted by a vote, that declaration will never be binding on the member states that voted against it unless those states stop objecting later.
		Even if the declaration becomes customary international law, it would still not be binding upon those states that voted against it and continued to object to it.
	www.indiancountry.com /content.cfm?id=1096412750 (684 words)

	POLITICS: U.N. Faces Test on Native Rights
		The declaration recognises the rights of indigenous people to their lands and resources and to live as they wish.
		It states that indigenous people must be protected from forced assimilation and the destruction of their cultures.
		Similar controversy has surfaced over the declaration's recognition of indigenous peoples' demand that the holders or seekers of commercial patents on seeds, plants and other forms of traditional knowledge must first obtain consent from the communities that discovered or developed the assets in the first place.
	www.ipsnews.net /news.asp?idnews=35103 (803 words)

	Advocate - Indigenous Peoples: UNCyberschoolbus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Saami Peoples of Scandinavia, for instance, are recognized as "indigenous people" in Norway, but in Sweden, they are considered an "ethnic minority." Without the recognition of indigenous identity, the collective rights of Peoples articulated in the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples cannot be applied.
		While the individual human rights of the Saami Peoples are protected under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, collective rights to land, natural resources, and cultural autonomy are not secured in Sweden.
		According to one Norwegian lawmaker, some considered these advances a "quiet revolution." As a result of this political action and the assertion of the Saami's indigenous rights to self-determination, the Saami language is currently recognized by the state and taught in schools.
	www.un.org /pubs/cyberschoolbus/indigenous/advocate_focus.asp (221 words)

	The USA and Human Rights - Global Issues
		Health and other social rights were also becoming important issues while the economy was booming in the late 1990s and early 2000s (for some) yet leaving more and more people out.
		As many people have commented upon for years, (and detailed for example in this report from Human Rights Watch), US labor standards are poor, despite rhetoric of the opposite, and often violate basic rights.
		So, to “prevent human rights abuses” by by-passing the United Nations suggests that the definition of human rights which the US wishes to uphold is different to what they helped create and sign.
	www.globalissues.org /HumanRights/Abuses/USA.asp (2793 words)

	Resources on Indigenous People
		Information relating to the study of the relationship between indigenous peoples of the rainforests, and the environment in which they live, and which is rapidly being destroyed.
		Most of the chapters examine significant human rights developments in a particular country, the response of global actors (such as the European Union, Japan, the United States, the United Nations, and various regional organizations), and the freedom of local human rights defenders to conduct their work.
		This report from Human Rights Watch "dissects the deceptive discourse of genocide and shows how ordinary administrative structures and practices were turned into mechanisms of murder." In addition, it examines the actions of the major international actors, who withdrew the UN troops when the genocide began.
	faculty.plattsburgh.edu /richard.robbins/legacy/indigenous_peoples.htm (3756 words)

	The Dominion: UN-Justice in Canada
		The Declaration affirms the right of self-determination of Indigenous Peoples, including the right to traditional territory and resources, and the right of Indigenous Peoples to oversee their own education in their own languages.
		The people of Buffalo River Dene Nation were removed from their traditional territory in 1952, purportedly to establish the Primrose Lake Air Weapons Range.
		The Declaration of Indigenous Rights is now before the 61st session of the UN General Assembly awaiting ratification of the human rights of Indigenous Peoples.
	dominionpaper.ca /original_peoples/2006/09/29/unjustice_.html (706 words)

	Rights and Status of Indigenous Peoples
		Indigenous peoples all over the world claim the right to live freely on their ancestral lands, to celebrate their culture and deeply felt spirituality, and to move from cultural to economic autonomy and to political self-government, including the ultimate option of secession.
		Particular attention should be given to the rights of indigenous peoples to use and develop the lands they occupy, to be protected against illegal intruders, and to have access to natural resources (such as forests, wildlife, and water) vital to their subsistence and reproduction.
		These peoples are, and desire to be, culturally, socially and/or economically distinct from the dominant groups in society, at the hands of which they have suffered, in past or present, a pervasive pattern of subjugation, marginalization, dispossession, exclusion and discrimination.
	www.law.harvard.edu /students/orgs/hrj/iss12/wiessner.shtml (14647 words)

	Human Rights
		The study of human rights is laden with values and attitudes and these need to be confirmed or confronted.
		If we want a world where human rights abuses are consigned to history, then it is up to all people, as individuals, communities and nations to be vigilant, and knowledgeable about human rights.
		It is estimated that at least 60 million people have died or been maimed (emotionally and physically) in wars and human rights abuses since 1945.
	www.abc.net.au /civics/rights/enter.htm (767 words)

	The Draft United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: a vital turning point in international human ...
		Global efforts to support the human rights of Indigenous peoples have reached a critical turning point as the draft UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples comes before the UN General Assembly for adoption later this year.
		The Declaration affirms the right of Indigenous peoples to have meaningful control over their own lives, to maintain their distinct cultural identities for future generations, and to have secure access to the lands and natural resources essential to their ways of life.
		It is vital that the UN General Assembly adopt the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with the support of as many states as possible in order to demonstrate a strong global commitment to the human rights of Indigenous Peoples.
	www.amnestyusa.org /news/document.do?id=ENGIOR520052006 (777 words)

	UN Human Rights Council adopts declaration for rights of Indigenous (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		UNITED NATIONS (FinalCall.com) - The new United Nations Human Rights Council at their first meeting in Geneva, June 19-30, adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which seeks to reaffirm the right of self-determination of Indigenous peoples and identifies their rights.
		According to UN documents, the declaration was passed with a 30-2 vote, with Canada and the Russian Federation voting against.
		“It is important to know that Indigenous peoples have a right to say no to the transnational corporations that want to control the resources on their lands,” he said.
	www.finalcall.com /artman/publish/article_2828.shtml (576 words)

	Hague Declaration of Indigenous Peoples on Climate Change
		However, while instruments such as the ILO Convention covers a wide range of Indigenous Peoples rights, such as labor issues, land rights, social and economic rights, cultural rights, political representation and self-governance, they fail to adequately protect our concerns with regard to the destruction of the Earth's climate.
		We reaffirm our ancestral rights to self-determination and our right to decide without any outside interference on issues directly or indirectly related to our lands and territories, that include terrestrial and marine ecosystems and that are among the most diverse and particularly fragile on the planet.
		We, as Indigenous Peoples, manage the "natural carbon sinks" in our territories according to our world view and their integral use is a right that our people have and exercise according to our local and specific needs.
	www.tebtebba.org /tebtebba_files/susdev/cc_energy/hague.html (1397 words)

	OHCHR: Georgian () - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Of the 40 or so native languages spoken in the Caucusian region, which, given its territorial size, can boast more peoples, languages and cultures than almost any other region on earth, Georgian is the most widely spoken.
		Besides being the most widely spoken of these languages, it is the only one with an ancient literary tradition.
		The origin of the Georgian alphabet is obscure, but it is known to have been invented in the 5th century A.D. It is written from left to right.
	www.unhchr.ch /udhr/lang/geo.htm (221 words)

	Civil Liberties and Civil Rights: General Law: Internet Law Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Argentina Constitution, Declaration of Rights and Guarantees (in Spanish)
		Declarations of rights from the constitutions of the states of the United States and other sources
		Russia Constitution, chapter 2 (Rights and Liberties of Man and Citizen)
	www.lawmoose.com /internetlawlib/93.htm (2006 words)

	civilrights.org -- Op-Ed: The U.N.'s Darfur Moment
		Mark L. Schneider is the senior vice president of the International Crisis Group and former director of the Peace Corps.
		To some degree, the "Responsibility to Protect" concept was a natural evolution of the international concern for human rights that was present at the U.N.'s founding and manifested in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Genocide Treaty, and later in the international human rights covenants adopted in the mid-1960s.
		China and Russia will go along but only when the die is cast.
	www.civilrights.org /library/detail.cfm?id=46787 (726 words)

	Indigenous Peoples. Their forests, struggles and rights
		This book gathers articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement (WRM) regarding indigenous peoples and their struggles in defence of the forest.
		These peoples are the guardians of the forest and no-one is more interested than them in ensuring the conservation of the forests that have been their home, an integral part of their culture and the source of their livelihood.
		In the book, the major issue of indigenous peoples still living in voluntary isolation is highlighted as a way of contributing to the protection of their rights.
	www.wrm.org.uy /peoples/Book/text.html (418 words)

	MERSH Volume 9 Contents
		Contents of Volume 23 (Modernism in Russia--Museums of Regional Studies in Russia and the Soviet Union)
		Declaration of Rights of the Peoples of Russia Samuel A. Oppenheim
		Declaration on the Formation of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics Alex G. Cummins, Jr.
	www.ai-press.com /MERSH.09.contents.html (680 words)

	A Chronology of the Global Human Rights Struggle - Global Issues
		The report continues to go on to show that despite these many achievements, we still have a long way to go to effectively help realize human rights and improve human development.
		1789 The French Revolution and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
		1924 Geneva Declaration of the Rights of the Child
	www.globalissues.org /HumanRights/Abuses/Chronology.asp (1354 words)

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