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	Germany
		The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provide effective means of dealing with cases of individual abuse.
		His appeal to the European Court for Human Rights was heard in November, and a decision is expected in the spring of 2001.
		The right of Muslims to ritually slaughter animals was the subject of two court cases during the year.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/eur/index.cfm?docid=765 (10394 words)

	"GERMANY FOR GERMANS"
		Human Rights Watch is a nongovernmental organization established in 1978 to monitor and promote the observance of internationally recognized human rights in Africa, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East and among the signatories of the Helsinki accords.
		Human Rights Watch/Helsinki wishes to thank all the non-ethnic German residents and foreigners who were willing to share their experiences with us, as well as the German human rights activists and advocates for asylum seekers and refugees who assisted us in our research and reviewed this report.
		Human Rights Watch/Helsinki found at the time that the German state's response to the violence had significantly contributed to an environment in which anti-foreigner sentiments flourished and appeared to be tolerated by the state.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/Germany.htm (16748 words)

	1997 Human Rights Reports: Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Federal Republic of Germany is a constitutional parliamentary democracy with an independent judiciary; citizens periodically choose their representatives in free and fair multiparty elections.
		The Government generally respects the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provide effective means of dealing with instances of individual abuse.
		In April the European Commission on Human Rights decided not to pass on to the European Court of Human Rights a discrimination case brought by the Church of Scientology against Germany, on the grounds that the Church had not exhausted domestic legal channels.
	www.usemb.se /human/human97/germany.html (5532 words)

	German Lawmakers Approve Constitutional Measure on Animal Rights - 7/2 meatingplace.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Germany is the first European nation to guarantee animal rights.
		Animals in Germany already are protected through legislation defining the conditions of captivity, but activists claimed it did not go far enough to regulate the use of animals in research.
		Germany's Consumer Affairs Minister Renate Kunast, a member of the environmentalist Greens party that has lobbied for years to include animal rights into the constitution, welcomed the vote as "groundbreaking," but said it would not diminish human rights.
	www.fass.org /fasstrack/news_item.asp?news_id=525 (244 words)

	Germany
		The Government generally respected the human rights of its citizens; although there were problems in some areas, the law and judiciary provided effective means of addressing individual instances of abuse.
		Germany was both a destination and transit country for trafficking in persons, overwhelmingly women and girls.
		The right to remain in Germany was granted in cases of marriage to a German national, political asylum, or evidence that the victim's life would be endangered by being deported.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27839.htm (8030 words)

	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH : Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Germany has been confronted with a disturbing escalation in violent crimes against those who are different, and especially those who are perceived as not ethnic German during the period since unification.
		Human Rights Watch is also concerned that groups other than foreigners have increasingly become targets of right-wing violence.
		Germany is currently confronted with a political and social crisis that has profound consequences for its citizens, as well as foreigners who seek refuge within its borders.
	users.westnet.gr /~cgian/germany.html (428 words)

	1996 Human Rights Report: Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The Government fully respects the human rights of its citizens, and the law and judiciary provide effective means of dealing with instances of individual abuse.
		Repatriations of Vietnamese citizens living illegally in Germany have proceeded behind the schedule established in the protocols to the agreement signed with Vietnam in July 1995; 7,500 returns were foreseen for 1996, but the actual number of returns for the year only reached approximately 1,500.
		Germany submitted an interpretation of the Convention in which Sinti and Roma were explicitly mentioned as ethnic minorities in Germany, providing them the recognition that they had long sought.
	www.usemb.se /human/1996/europe/germany.html (5034 words)

	Human Rights Watch: Europe and Central Asia : Germany
		Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are gravely concerned by the sharp increase in Western Europe of violent attacks on persons and property prompted by intolerance of religious, racial, cultural, and national differences.
		In particular, the two international human rights organizations strongly condemn the wave of racist attacks against Arabs and anti-Semitic attacks against Jews, and call on West European governments to redouble their efforts to combat racism in all its forms and to bring to justice suspected perpetrators of hate crimes.
		Human Rights Watch strongly praised the speech of German Federal Minister of Justice Dr. Edzard Schmidt-Jortzig at a conference to establish an International Criminal Court (ICC).
	www.hrw.org /europe/germany.php (1505 words)

	Violations of Human Rights in Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The ombudsman was recommended the general competence, to the human rights matters under his scrutiny and, if not incompatible with national legislation, to initiate investigations and to give opinions when questions of human rights are involved.
		“Human rights” refer to those fundamental rights and freedoms essential for human survival, liberty and dignity that have been recognised by the global community and protected by international legal instruments.
		Committee of Petitions, the Committee of Human Rights, the Deutsche Institut für Menschenrechte (Human Rights Institut), the
	home.online.no /~wkeim/files/de_human_rights.htm (1099 words)

	Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid: Tasks and working methods
		Until then there had been a "Subcommittee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid" in the German Bundestag, whose remit was limited to advising the Committee on Foreign Affairs on human rights issues.
		Subjects covered so far have been the problems of so-called non-state persecution with regard to asylum law, the question of economic, social and cultural human rights in Germany, a discussion on instruments and measures for combating torture, and the upholding of human rights in the war against terrorism.
		Human rights policy is a task cutting across a variety of policy fields.
	www.bundestag.de /htdocs_e/orga/03organs/04commit/02commper/comm18.html (800 words)

	Kids for Human Rights
		There are some great things happening in the world, to promote human rights.
		Kids from around the world who speak Esperanto will be meeting this September at an international human rights convention.
		Human rights is very important to most Esperantists.
	www.geocities.com /youngvolunteer/humanrights.html (110 words)

	PolitInfo US: Human Rights in Germany 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Germany was invited by the Community of Democracies' (CD) Convening Group to attend the November 2002 second CD Ministerial Meeting in Seoul, Republic of Korea, as a participant.
		In 2000 the Bundestag voted to create the National Institute for Human Rights, an autonomous foundation whose function will be to monitor human rights domestically and abroad and to promote education and scientific research in the field.
		Germany was a destination and transit country for trafficking in persons, overwhelmingly women and girls.
	us.politinfo.com /Information/Human_Rights/country_report_157.html (9530 words)

	Turkey
		Human Rights Watch found that Turkish troops use a wide variety of transport vehicles and weapons during village depopulations, many of which are of NATO origin.
		Human Rights Watch investigated incidents of indiscriminate fire in which civilians were terrorized, wounded or killed and during which troops did substantial damage to civilian property.
		Human Rights Watch found that torture and ill-treatment of civilians was commonplace during village displacements and that NATO equipment was commonly used in these incidents.
	www.hrw.org /reports/1995/Turkey.htm (16681 words)

	Human rights in Germany : media
		Germany, as a typical western state with the freedom of press, does not have many problems with human rights.
		The best place to look for news about human rights seems to be the printed media which we decided to observe.
		There was an interview a smaller article about the problems in Germany and I found an excerpt of the Declaration of human rights very good.
	www.vestfyns-gym.dk /humanr/med-ger.htm (1087 words)

	Church of Scientology Human Rights Office - Germany: Religious Freedom
		The lawsuit, in progress since 1997, concerned a member of the Church of Scientology from Bavaria who was asked by a company in northern Germany, with whom she was about to enter into a contract, to sign a document stating that she has not taken courses based on the works of
		The court held that the distribution of the filter by officials of the Hamburg City government violated the Scientologist’s rights under Article 4 of the German Constitution, which protects freedom of religion, as well as the city’s constitutional duty to remain neutral.
		The Church of Scientology on Human Rights
	www.humanrights-germany.org (297 words)

	Petition Violations of Human Rights in Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Petition Violations of Human Rights in Germany: Invitation of the Human Rights Commissioner of the CoE to Germany
		Germany (in 12 of 16 lander) and Luxembourg are now competing to be the last in Europe regarding Freedom of Information.
		Germans are the last in Europe to dare to demand human rights and the "acknowledgement" is therefore useless.
	home.online.no /~wkeim/petition_me-en.htm (1271 words)

	Federal Foreign Office - Facts about Germany: Basic rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Others are freedom of assembly, freedom of association, the right to form coalitions, the confidentiality of letters, the post and telecommunications, freedom of movement, freedom in the choice of profession, protection from forced labor, the inviolability of the home and the right of conscientious objection.
		Every citizen has the right to lodge a constitutional complaint with the Federal Constitutional Court if he feels his basic rights have been impaired by decisions made by or actions performed by the state and has appealed to the appropriate courts without success.
		By acceding to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Basic Freedoms and by ratifying the United Nations' international covenants on human rights, the Federal Republic of Germany is subject to international monitoring of human rights.
	www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de /752.99.html (434 words)

	Freenations
		The Director of the German Institute for Human Rights has been forced to resign because he has been rather too active in defence of human rights in Germany - instead of providing useful material for Berlin's "ethnically" based Foreign Policy.
		Other German human rights organisations meanwhile express ever sharper criticism of the abuse of basic human rights in Germany.
		The German Institute for Human Rights was founded in March 2001 on the recommendation of the German Parliament which was falling in line with a demand of the United Nations of its members to set up independent national organisations to promote and protect human rights.
	www.freenations.freeuk.com /gc-49.html (451 words)

	Premier Hsieh Delivers Videotaped Address to the International Society for Human Rights in Germany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		In contrast, human rights in China have seen little improvement over the years, and recently Beijing has threatened Taiwan with an anti-separation law (the so-called Anti-secession Law), an indication of its hostility to Taiwan's democracy and the threat it poses to freedom.
		Since then, respect for humanity and concern for human rights have been the major ideals and driving force behind his participation in politics.
		This seriously threatens Taiwan's freedoms and human rights, and is a direct provocation of the international community's principle of advocating peaceful resolution of disputes.
	www.roc-taiwan.org /taiwan/4-oa/20050423/2005042301.html (586 words)

	Privacy and Human Rights 2003: Germany
		This landmark court decision derived the "right of informational self-determination" directly from Articles 1 (1) and 2 (1) of the Basic Law, which declare personal rights (Persönlichkeitsrecht) to freedom are inviolable.
		Germany was slow to update its law to make it consistent with the EU Data Protection Directive.
		Plaintiffs and various DPAs argue that the law violates human dignity, the right to be left alone in one's home and that it is unnecessary to effectively combat crime.
	pi.gn.apc.org /survey/phr2003/countries/germany.htm (3309 words)

	Top Celebrities Challenge Chancellor Helmut Kohl On Human Rights In Germany - An Open letter to HELMUT KOHL
		unwillingness to protect the basic rights of a group of its citizens, and, indeed, exhibits a willingness to condone and participate in their persecution, right thinking people in other countries must speak out.
		These officials are trying to inhibit the freedom of artists to write, think and talk as their conscience dictates.
		The United Nations Human Rights Committee recently announced severe criticisms of Germany for abusing the rights of religious and ethnic minorities.”
	www.humanrights-germany.org /letter/index.htm (417 words)

	boycott-riaa.com - Article: Your Rights Do NOT Come from Government (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Posted by jack in Industry News on October 21, 2003 at 10:24 AM As the noose tightens on the necks of citizens around the world from the DMCA, the proposed FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas), European Directive, citizens are becoming concerned about the loss of their freedoms.
		The fundamental truth is that rights "come with" being born, they are not "allowed or given" by government.
		As a human being, they still maintained all rights they were born with, it was just a government saying they were going to actively prevent people from exercising these rights.
	www.boycott-riaa.com /article/print/8559 (583 words)

	Foreword to Religious Apartheid 1996: Official Repression of Minority Religious Rights in Germany
		It is a summary of the briefs presented on behalf of the Church of Scientology of Germany to the international human rights bodies, including the United Nations and the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe.
		The documents referred to in the endnotes to this report evidencing a pattern and practice of the human rights abuses against Scientologists in Germany are available upon request.
		In Germany, these documents may be obtained from the German Bureau of the Church’s Human Rights Office, Steindamm 70, 20099, Hamburg, Germany, telephone nr.: (49) 40 24 00 75.
	www.religiousapartheid.org /fore.htm (254 words)

	PRO ASYL: Grundrechte Report 2002 - Fundamental Rights Report 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		The annual report gives information on the situation of the civil and human rights in Germany.
		The results of the counterterrorism after September 11th are in the centre of the this year's civil rights report.
		For PRO ASYL this perversity in human rights had been the crucial cause to take part in the Fundamental Right Report published by the Humanist Union and other civil rights organizations.
	www.proasyl.de /presse02/jun04.htm (559 words)

	Find in a Library: White paper on the human rights situation in Germany and of the Germans in Eastern Europe.
		Find in a Library: White paper on the human rights situation in Germany and of the Germans in Eastern Europe.
		White paper on the human rights situation in Germany and of the Germans in Eastern Europe.
		WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
	www.worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/34c4897da52c1b68.html (75 words)

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		the leading togolese activist of the PDR in Germany was deported to Ghana on the 19th of June but the authorities of Ghana refused to take him.
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	www.humanrightswatch.org /doc/?t=europe_news_rss&c=german (501 words)

	Derechos Human Rights Links: Germany
		For the Record (UN Human Rights Activities on Germany): 2000
		US State Department Human Rights Reports on Germany: 1999
		US State Department Reports on Religious Freedom in Germany: 2000
	www.derechos.net /links/geo/europe/germany.html (51 words)

	Top Celebrities Challenge Chancellor Helmut Kohl On Human Rights In Germany - An Open letter to HELMUT KOHL - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
		Top Celebrities Challenge Chancellor Helmut Kohl On Human Rights In Germany - An Open letter to HELMUT KOHL - Chancellor of the German Federal Republic - Scientology Information Campaign
		In an Open Letter published by the International Herald Tribune, Dustin Hoffman, Goldie Hawn, Sherry Lansing, Sid Sheinberg, Oliver Stone, Tina Sinatra, Constantin Costa-Gavras, Mario Puzo, Larry King, Gore Vidal and Bertram Fields, amongst others, stated, referring to the attacks on the rights of Scientologists in Germany:
		“When a modern nation demonstrates its unwillingness to protect the basic rights of a group of its citizens, and, indeed, exhibits a willingness to condone and participate in their persecution, right thinking people in other countries must speak out.
	www.scientology.de /scnnews/kohl/issu000a.htm (453 words)

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