Commission 3: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS THEORY AND PRACTICE – Havana 2000

    Commission 3: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS THEORY AND PRACTICE

    Topics on which papers were presented included:

    • Achieving the Principals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
    • Racial and Ethnic Discrimination;
    • The Rights of Women, Children, and Youth,
    • The Status of Immigrants and Refugees;
    • Labor Rights;
    • The Right to a Healthy Environment and the Benefit of Natural Resources and Civil and Criminal Responsibility for Their Destruction;
    • Separation of Powers,
    • Non-voting Electorates;
    • Political Corruption and Unethical Behavior in Democratic Societies.