When thinking of tyranny, most Chinese people recall Qin Shi Huang (259-210 B.C.), the first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, whose oppressive government burnt philosophical books and buried Confucian scholars alive. Today the Chinese Communist Party’s violence and abuses are even more severe than those of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty.
A global framework agreement can be an effective tool to advance the implementation of the Global Compact labour principles and improve industrial relations.
What began as a meltdown of the global financial system in 2008 has been transformed into a new political reality of austerity which threatens over six decades of social solidarity and expanding human rights protection in Europe, says the Council of Europe in a recent report, while Eurostat found that a quarter of EU’s population is at risk of poverty and social exclusion.
Amnesty International Ireland is the country’s largest human rights organisation with over 15,000 members and supporters. It is concerned with the protection and promotion of the fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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