Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Cape Verde
Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Cape Verde

Author: U. S. Department of State

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Published: 2012-12-09

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 9781481211789

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Cape Verde is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional powers are shared between the newly elected (in August) head of state, President Jorge Carlos Fonseca, and Prime Minister Jose Maria Neves, who is serving a third term after his party won the parliamentary elections in February. President Fonseca was elected to a five-year term in generally free and fair elections. The Supreme Court and the National Electoral Commission also declared the 2011 nationwide legislative elections generally free and fair. There continue to be isolated instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of civilian control. There were reports of human rights problems in the following areas: allegations of police violence towards prisoners and detainees, lengthy pretrial detention, and violence and discrimination against women. Other human rights issues concerned child abuse and some instances of child labor. The government took steps to prosecute and punish officials who committed abuses. A tendency to downplay or disregard police abuses sometimes characterized the attitude of local governments.

Cape Verde Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996
Cape Verde Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996

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"Cape Verde Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1996" is a report of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor of the U.S. Department of State that originally appeared on January 30, 1997. The report discusses political and other extrajudicial killings, disappearances, and freedom of speech and press.

Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Guinea-Bissau
Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of Guinea-Bissau

Author: U. S. Department of State

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Published: 2012-12-09

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781481212922

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Guinea-Bissau is a multiparty republic. In July 2009 Malam Bacai Sanha of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde (PAIGC) was elected president in elections following the assassination of Joao Bernardo Vieira by the military. International observers declared the election to be generally free and fair despite election-related violence preceding the polls. As in the previous year, there were multiple instances in which elements of the security forces acted independently of civilian control. On December 26, fighting between rival factions of the military resulted in two deaths. Serious human rights abuses included beating and torture by security forces, poor conditions of detention, and violence--including female genital mutilation (FGM)--and discrimination against women. Other human rights abuses included arbitrary arrest and detention; lack of judicial independence and due process; interference with privacy; intimidation of journalists; widespread official corruption, exacerbated by government officials' impunity and suspected involvement in drug trafficking; trafficking of children; and child labor, including some forced labor.

Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of South Africa
Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011 Country of South Africa

Author: U. S. Department of State

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Published: 2012-12-11

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 9781481215633

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South Africa is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional power is shared between the president and the parliament. In 2009 the country held a largely free and fair election in which the ruling African National Congress (ANC) won 65.9 percent of the vote and 264 of 400 seats in the National Assembly, which then elected ANC President Jacob Zuma as the country's president. Security forces reported to civilian authorities. Principal human rights problems included police use of lethal and excessive force, including torture, against suspects and detainees, which resulted in deaths and injuries; vigilante and mob violence; and prison overcrowding and abuse of prisoners, including beatings and rape by prison guards. Other human rights problems included arbitrary arrest; lengthy delays in trials and prolonged pretrial detention; forcible dispersal of demonstrations; pervasive violence against women and children; societal discrimination against women, persons with disabilities, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community; trafficking in persons; violence resulting from racial and ethnic tensions and conflicts with foreigners; and child labor, including forced child labor and child prostitution. The government investigated and prosecuted officials who committed abuses, but there were numerous reports of impunity.

Constitutionalising the External Dimensions of EU Migration Policies in Times of Crisis
Constitutionalising the External Dimensions of EU Migration Policies in Times of Crisis

Author: Sergio Carrera

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

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Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 1788972481

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This discerning book examines the external dimension EU migration and asylum polices in times of crisis. It thoroughly assesses patterns of co-operation in EU migration management with a focus on co-operation with the global south. A key resource for academics and students focussing on EU Law and migration more specifically, this book will also appeal to policy-makers, legal practitioners and international organisation representatives alike.

Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution
Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution

Author: Terza A. Silva Lima-Neves

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-05-11

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 1793634904

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Cabo Verdean Women Writing Remembrance, Resistance, and Revolution: Kriolas Poderozas documents the work and stories told by Cabo Verdean women to refocus the narratives about Cabo Verde on Cabo Verdean women and their experiences. The contributors examine their own experiences, the history of Cabo Verde, and Cabo Verdean diaspora to highlight the commonalities that exist among all women of African descent, such as sexual and domestic violence and media objectification, as well as the different meanings these commonalities can hold in local contexts. Through exploring the literary and musical contributions of Cabo Verdean women, the Cabo Verdean state and its transnational relations, food and cooking traditions, migration and diaspora, and the oral histories of Cabo Verde, the contributors analyze themes of community, race, sexuality, migration, gender, and tradition.