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2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
By: K.Boyko
March 15, 2010
2009 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices.
U.S. Dept of State, March 2010
Secretary of State, Remarks to the Press
These reports are an essential tool for activists who courageously struggle to protect rights in communities around the world; for journalists and scholars who document rights violations and who report on the work of those who champion the vulnerable; and for governments, including our own, as they work to craft strategies to encourage protection of human rights of more individuals in more places.
The principle that each person possesses equal moral value is a simple, self-evident truth, but securing a world in which all can exercise the rights that are naturally theirs is an immense practical challenge. To craft effective human rights policy, we need good assessments of the situation on the ground in the places we want to make a difference. We need a sophisticated, strategic understanding of how democratic governance and economic development can each contribute to creating an environment in which human rights are secured. We need to recognize that rights-protecting democracy and rights-respecting development reinforce each other. And we need the right tools and the right partners to implement the right policies.
http://www.state.gov/secretary/rm/2010/03/138241.htm
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/index.htm
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2009/nea/136070.htm
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