that it also referred to the constitution make it also very clear through the words of the human rights commission south africa that equality can't be a race only system the human rights commission of south africa said just last week in the report what we need is a new and approach we need to be context sensitive and we must not use race as the only kitty area and the human rights commission criticised the cut interface classification that is used in south africa and what software yet is do do is absolutely right the pendulum swung too far in this example and the protests were solidarity bring and belt balance back into the better meters of the constitution. how much of this whole debate about the. the. scheme and also learned redistribution is genuine how much of it is politically motivated because on the other. end of the debate you have people saying that serum opposed is using the issue to try to prevent his wife will breakaway group the economic freedom fighters from winning the elections in the next year. up on a throne but this issues need to be thought about beyond the tension of elections

high commissioner for human rights and amnesty international and human rights watch and the interesting commission on human rights are all saying that you are killing civilians that you are holding political prisoners why are they saying that they because they are. feeding from a number of organizations so all i have got a favor with you or do you know why well it is not a regular government to telling the truth while i understand the concept of hama as in the homogenization of the discourse this is what we are saying the information that is coming out of the world is money purely did and it is based on the father's premise of the problem that when i look at it as an outsider the human rights groups are admitting what you're saying they're saying policemen have been killed by protests literally it's meant ok but but they're going to size the point is they're criticizing protestors aren't done sixty percent gets killed our government sympathy goes around so long to work let me let me just ask the human rights groups criticizing both sides you're saying you've killed no one who are more emotional th

that it also referred to the constitution make it also very clear through the words of the human rights commission south africa that equality can't be a race only system the human rights commission of south africa said just last week in the report what we need is a new aren't approach we need to be context sensitive and we must not use race as the only critique area and the human rights commission criticised the cat interface classification that is used in south africa and what suffer yet is do do is absolutely right the pendulum swung too far in this example and the protests were solidarity bring about balance back into the better meters of the constitution. how much of this whole debate about the. the. scheme and also learned redistribution is genuine how much of it is politically motivated because on the other. and of the debate you have people saying that serum a post is using the issue to try to prevent his wife will breakaway group the economic freedom fighters from winning the elections in the next year. us i think that this issues need to be thought about beyond detention not they'd accept

i am here on behalf of the san francisco human rights commission. the hrc works under the mayor process office to provide leadership and advocacy on human rights and social justice issues in san francisco. the commission also enforces the nondiscrimination laws and works closely with the community is to identify and combat encouraged a discrimination. on behalf of the human rights commission, i strongly urge the appeal board to deny the appeal and allow the arts commission the historic preservation commission to move forward with the removal of the early days statue. the early days statue celebrates the conquest and genocide of native american community and sends a devastating message, not only to native american communities but to our city as a whole. it is an affront to san francisco's values and has no place in our city. in 2007, they released a report authored by gentlemen who spoke earlier title discrimination by omission. issues of concern for native americans in san francisco. in that report, they specifically acknowledge the offensive nature

high commissioner for human rights and amnesty international and human rights watch and the inter merican commission on human rights are all saying that you are killing civilians that you are holding political prisoners why are they saying that they because as a hurry. the r.c.a. are feeding from a number of organizations so all i have got to really give us favor where you were during all the world is and the government to tell you the truth while i understand the concept of hama's in the homogenization of the discourse this is what we are saying the information that is coming out of the world is money purely good and it is based on premise of the problem that when i look at it as an outsider the human rights groups are admitting what you're saying they're saying policemen have been killed by protests literally spent ok but what they're going to side is a point is they're criticizing protesters aren't done sixty percent gets killed our government sympathy goes around so long but work let me let me just as he is the human rights groups criticizing both sides you're saying you've killed no one who are

discriminated against and denied services and retaliated against for going to the san francisco human rights commission and the human services agency, civil rights commission. and also to the mayor's office on disability, who -- and also working with the a.d.a. coordinator at the homelessness department, and when they did the reorganization they didn't know how to -- the employees didn't know how to. and as a result i was subjected to threats of physical violence, to have my legs broken, to have my nose pushed out. threatened. rumors were spread out that i was trying to get shelters closed down. none of that was true. and none of my complaints ever got the accommodations that i requested because of my respiratory disability and the smoking make me sick. and the doctor said that you can't be around this -- and there was no treatment. and when all of the agencies did not help to resolve and move this forward i resorted to the court system and i did not have an attorney and on my own. >> thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> board of supervisors, i have been working for 23 years and i just

human rights. the flight of human rights remains a challenge in the world. form leading to the work ,f the human rights commission -- great woman led the work of the human rights commission 70 years ago. she pointed out, universal human rights began in small places, close to home. so close and so small they cannot be seen on any map. they are the world of individual persons. college heor attends, the factory where he works. such are the places where every seeksoman, and child justice and equal opportunity and equal dignity without discrimination. unless these rights have meaning, they have little beating anywhere. without concerned citizen action to uphold them, we should look in vain for progress in the larger world. with a heartfelt appeal to the leaders of the world, to rise to meet the needs of our people, and to not lose heart in your attempts to forge a more peaceful world, a safer and a more humane world, where every person can find their place with doing, let'so proceed to build a united nations that should be more relevant to all people. thank you very much. [applause]

enforcement officers -- [microphone cut off] >> my name is mary, a former employee of the human rights commission. i worked 16 years for the city in various departments. because as you know, the human rights commission is a regulatory body. i worked those years with no promotion. i showed an attorney my personnel file, and she said well, why did they get rid of you? i said for various personal reasons. she's black, she doesn't support the things that the human rights commission supports so and so forth. and they took me off of all three jobs that i worked on, the last time they put me on, caused so much pressure on the optic nerves of my eyes that my primary doctor, took me off the job a year, and when i came back to work they destroyed the stuff in my cubicle, and do you think you can do the job if we put you back to work, and i don't know, we are going to send a questionnaire to your doctor as what you can do. doctor had stated don't increase the amount of typing, eliminate some of the typing, 8 to 10 hours a day is too much pressure on the optic nerve. what the department said, and this is d.h

this would not need to happen if the san francisco human rights commission was doing its job. i'm sure we all know that the human rights commission was formed in 1964 expressly to help fight discrimination against blacks at the time, and almost 50 years later, it was being head -- directed by teresa sparks, a white transgender. she was sued by thomas willis, a subordinate, and the city settled for $250,000. why did he sue? it was because she discriminated against him simply because he was a black heterosexual male, and i'm saying it is outrageous that we have a human rights commission that has -- instead of helping the black community has been indifferent to their issues. i think that it is reprhensible that this teresa sparks was not only not reprimanded for her conduct, but she was promoted three years later before she ultimately retired. this is outrageous treatment of the black community. >> clerk: thank you for your comments. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is rachel heiden. i'm the executive director of san francisco transit riders. i'm here to invite all

human rights and equity and things that matter. this clearly matters to the city and county of san francisco, which is why we are putting it at the forefront of the human rights commission. i am grateful to cheryl for her leadership. thank you to all the commissioners here who are here from the commission on the status of women. it does take a village to move things forward in this capacity. we have had an incredible leader in this effort. someone who has been a fighter and relentless in not only just producing this legislation, but making sure that every member of the board of supervisors served as a cosponsor and a real partner for this particular efforts. ladies and gentlemen, at this time i would like to introduce supervisor hilary ronen. [applause] >> hello ladies and gentlemen in san francisco. today is an amazing day and victory for all women, but also all survivors of sexual assault in san francisco. let's give that a round of applause. [laughter] [applause] >> i want to start off by thinking mayor lee, first off when she was still a supervisor for being a very early sponsor of the legislation, and now for signing it into law and holding this beautiful ceremony.

human rights commission on south sudan is calling on the government to set up a hybrid court to try suspected war criminals south sudan's government signed a peace deal last week to end nearly five years of civil war here but morgan reports. it's only days since south sudan's were in parties agreed to end a war which has ravaged the world's youngest country but the united nations is keen for the government to take the next big step as soon as possible form a hybrid court to put on trial anyone suspected of committing atrocities during the conflict on what we said in our report the south sudan is a country at war with the citizens because the attacks continue the violations until new the art flow of internally displaced persons and refugees continue and course the number of children were affected by the continued to go on the increase . were began in twenty thirteen when president salva kiir accused his then vice president riek machar of attempting a coup tens of thousands of people have been killed and a third of the country's twelve million population displaced the un has reports of ethnic k

human rights commission for south sudan will present an oral report to the human rights council in geneva later on monday the report lists human rights violations since the civil war broke out in twenty thirteen last year's report by the commission found that civilians have been deliberately and systematically targeted on the basis of their ethnicity by armed forces including government and opposition forces the commission also previously stated that sexual violence was a consistent characteristic of the conflict in south sudan violations against children were also reported with children killed maimed and recruited to fight on both sides the un says more than four million people have been displaced from the country and that seven million out of the twelve million population are in need of aid to survive has been sukkah is chairwoman of the commission on human rights in south sudan she says only accountability will restore peace. well the commission has in you know in the last few days what you've seen of the warring parties on the government conclude a peace agreement which they now indic

human rights in indian occupied kashmir those people who are killed women who are raped i'm not saying this amnesty international physicians for human rights watch and now you'll have the un human rights commission as reported in the new emission but she didn't exactly call it out she said she wanted u.n. people to go and investigate what you're alleging saying that there's been no meaningful improvements no open or serious discussions with the modi government that following this report which was discussed. actually produced by the human rights human rights commissioner and the not only just criticized india but there is some criticism in pakistan side of us i'd question it as well but there are a lot of abuses of human rights systematic sort of torturing of people and also using pellet guns rape as an instrument to silence people disappearance thinking counters it was a bit of history and these are two commonwealth nuclear armed country is mr modi clearly says there are terrorists in kashmir there are allied to islam is forces and there are terrorists like is the mists that are in syria don't forget more the was banned from united states and united kingdom before he got elected as prime ministe

says if sasol executives don't change their minds complaints will be made to solve africa's human rights commission and the united nations for me to al-jazeera sikandar south africa . india's supreme court has ruled that gay sex is not a crime. l g b t campaigners celebrated as the landmark judgment was delivered it strikes down a colonial era law which made homosexual acts punishable by up to ten years in prison this is about the freedoms of indian citizens in a democracy it is not just about sex it is about how we treat our own citizens and to my mind the government has no place in the bedroom the government has no place in the private lives of individuals are some of the bottle of that law today we gained independence before we were trapped in this country but today is our independence day the british fashion label burberry has announced it will stop burning unsold luxury goods after criticism from environmental campaigners the high end retailers says it will also stop using real fur in its products in july burbridge mitten to destroying around thirty seven million dollars worth of unwanted clot

iraq's human rights commission reports nine people have been killed and more than one hundred wounded including security force members of. the protesters who were injured were peaceful they don't have rifles pistols or any guns they only have banners and signs this occur the forces use excessive force. anger has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered the shiite muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for imports and exports. despite the oil revenues iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no electricity government corruption and unemployment are also high on the list of protestors grievances for them up and down i don't want but why are the police humiliating i'm from busta asking for my rights. the ministry of transportation is appealing to protesters not to target the port and other public facilities it says are connected to their frustration it seems protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want action natasha

in a detailed report in 2012 the australian human rights commission found numerous breaches of their i thought she had lost her son, abdul, at sea. translation: after a long time, he called me and told me he was in jail in australia. that was really the hard thing to hear. abdul says he was offered good money to work on a boat. he says he didn't know he was headed for neighbouring australian waters, and was carrying on—board migrants desperate to seek asylum there. caught off the coast, he was charged with people—smuggling. his family says he was just 1a at the time. he was convicted in australia as an adult, and jailed in an adult maximum—security prison for 2.5 years. translation: i was scared i would be beaten up and was so far from my family, and held for a long time. he's one of more than 120 indonesian boys who've joined this class action, seeking compensation from the australian authorities. they had no intention of coming to australia and, when they were dealt with in australia, they were dealt with very harshly, and they weren't dealt with as children, as they should have bee

iraq's human rights commission reports more than a hundred wounded including security force members of the protesters who were injured were peaceful they don't have rifles pistols or any guns they only have banners and signs this. the forces use excessive force. has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered to the shia muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances on the mob and. you are the police humiliating me i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators not to target the port and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their grievances now they want

the media needs to build the human rights commission the broadcasting commission all the independent commissions we need to us from ground zero we need to rest of the palm and as you know since last year has been done to me sound to me the tree sees of it so we need to build the military see. and with the last sunday was that . unlike you i'm not a member of parliament was i am going to mention i'm not allowed i'm not allowed inside the military and mission i'm not allowed inside the chambers without their permission and as well into the rules and guidelines of your very own if you don't release new rules we learned where i mean i think we're. ready to leave here you're saying even finish your sentence there because i i see will kind of nodding his head wanting to get in there even though what. the military the soldiers have taken off their uniforms their plain clothes now control the entire column. and. twelve members of parliament opposition members have been unconstitutionally op from entering the parliament you've been me i've not been i'm still i still hold to all the members wh

human rights commission and he attacked the i.c.c. the international court court criminal court he attacked syria and threatened syria that if it uses chemical weapons he will actually resort to violence see he attacked venezuela he attacked he attacked socialism he attacked opec he criticized the united nations and threatened to cut down the actual american contribution and at the beginning of his speech he actually flexed his muscles by actually threatening the world with the with talking about how much the u.s. spends on the military industry he gave a number he gave seven hundred billion dollars and increasing next year to seven hundred sixteen billion dollars that's how he started this speech and then at the end of the speech he talked about peace and this is an interesting interesting contrast the speech was was especially aggressive towards iran where he called upon the nation of the world to isolate iran and that is a very strong a strong statement it's not new yet to actually show his foreign policy and his position of his ad

group of nine top doctors to examine me and indeed there was even a report of the uganda human rights commission that came out that he disregarded but again it's not the first time that our president he's making such outrageous statements we with respect to him. that at that to give us an idea of for people watching around the world what's life like in uganda if you are a young person who's only over known this one leader who feels this deep desire to change then what's an average day like for someone living in a poor neighborhood in kampala life is unsettling for the poor you live in constant and attain it. a situation where one works up. if they're lucky enough to have lunch they're not sure about where a young man or woman. cannot guarantee a decent meal a day a situation where when you walk you know you will get paid a situation where the system works only for the lucky few and for those lucky few they have to the pain to belong to a certain class or a certain tribe or a set in obese some whole close to the presidency what would stop you if you did come to power i know we keep going back to

human rights. the fight for human rights remains a challenge in the world. ago, a great woman led to the work of the human rights commission in charge of drafting the universe sean -- universal declaration. mrs. eleanor roosevelt. in theher phrases, streets where we must work to bring this organization and its decision closer to our people. mrs. roosevelt pointed out and i quote "we are after -- where, after all, do universal human rights begin? in small places iliad". small, that they cannot be seen in any map in the world, if they are the map of individual persons. the neighborhood he lives in, the schools or colleges he attends come up the factories, farms or office where he works. such are the places where every man, woman or child equal comece, equal opportunity equaled dignity without discrimination. unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere. action concern citizens to oppose them close to home, we shall look in vain for progress in the larger world. ." i would like to inaugurate this 73rd session of the united general as embry, with a heartfelt appeal to the leaders of the world to me

president obama did in the states, and we should honour the recommendation of the equalities and human rights commissionive strategy that a labour government should implement against racism in all its respects in schools and colleges in the workplace, and that is what the next labour government should now commit itself to do. applause and this policy cannot be half—hearted or has it and, it cannot be carping or begrudging, it cannot be carping or begrudging, it cannot be carping or begrudging, it cannot be negative. we cannotjust move on. we have to move forward, true to our values and principles of equality and solidarity and in respect of the wishes of the jewish community, so why say it is time to say that this wrong must and can be righted. this injustice has to be remedied, this stain has to be removed, this saw and the harm that has been done under her that is caused has to be undone immediately and it has to be undone and seen to be undone in the next few days. applause i have looked at all the arguments people have put for not agreeing with the definition that has come from the international hol

group of nine top doctors to examine me and indeed there was even a report of the uganda human rights commission that came out that he disregarded but again it's not the first time that our president he's making such outrageous statements. with respect to him. that at that to give us an idea of for people watching around the world what's life like in uganda if you are a young person who's only over known this one leader who feels this deep desire to change then what's an average day like for someone living in a poor neighborhood in kampala life is unsettling for the poor you live in constant and attain it. a situation where one works up an if they're lucky enough to have lunch they're not sure about where a young man or woman. cannot guarantee a decent meal a day a situation where when you walk you know you will get paid a situation where the system works only for the lucky few and for those lucky few they have to do pain to belong to a certain class or a certain tribe or a set in obese some whole close to the presidency what would stop you if you did come to power i know we keep going back to t

iraq's human rights commission reports more than one hundred wounded including security force members of. the protesters who were injured were peaceful they don't have rifles pistols or any guns they only have banners and signs this inquiry forces use excessive force. has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered to the shia muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances all the more up and down i might bother you are the police humiliating me i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators. not to talk at the ports and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen

in the capital men i'll go before those president will take his decision to expel the un human rights commission. all right you know today those are the latest headlines i'll be back in about thirty one minutes but that's after who can china's democracy experiment. on counting the cost off your week of now let's look at the impact donald trump's trade policy is having globally plus why celebrity social media influences have a new set of online followers advertising regulates. counting the cost and i just see the. tens of thousands of demonstrations erupt across china each year driven by anger over corruption and the illegal sale of communal lend most protests fail to make an impact but in two thousand and eleven one of the chief by the arts . to consulate is rose up demanding the return of their lead and calling for their leaders to step down to decades of corruption. was. a major crackdown activist shoots him for died in police custody. that you can achieve thinkable the right to choose their own videos. you know this is this is father. she is the. frontrunner. i was. handsomer than. i was. a m

iraq's human rights commission reports more than one hundred wounded including security force members of. the protesters who were injured were peaceful they don't have rifles pistols or any guns they only have banners and signs this inquiry forces use excessive force. has been simmering for weeks in basra and other cities in southern iraq considered to the shia muslim heartland of the country the region is oil rich and the port is vital for iraqi imports and exports despite the oil revenue iraqis complain they're forced to live with the daily indignities of unclean water and no elektra's city government corruption and unemployment are also high in the list to protest his grievances all the more up and down why are the police humiliating i mean i'm from basra asking for my rights. as protests continue around the clock the ministry of transportation is appealing to demonstrators not. to target the ports and other public facilities which government ministers say are not connected to their frustrations it seems the protesters have succeeded in forcing the government to listen to their gri