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Subjects Occurences

Persons with Disabilities (680)
Disappearance of Persons (559)
Civil and Political Rights (448)
Torture and Other Cruel Treatment (444)
Rights of The Child (429)
Women (269)
Detained Persons (258)
Human Rights (237)
Youth (236)
Racial Discrimination (232)
Migrant Workers (219)
Economic Social and Cultural Rights (214)
Ageing Persons (202)
Prisoner Treatment (184)
Religious Intolerance (181)
Minorities (163)
Extralegal Executions (148)
Equal Opportunity (143)
Science and Technology (142)
Displaced Persons (139)
Self-Determination of Peoples (121)
Religious Freedom (117)
Family (116)
Indigenous Peoples (115)
Summary Executions (115)
Apartheid (110)
Human Rights in Armed Conflicts (105)
Right to Development (105)
Non-Governmental Organizations (99)
Refugee Assistance (98)
Crime Prevention (97)
Criminal Justice (95)
Capital Punishment (93)
Children (93)
Women's Advancement (85)
Protection of Minorities (81)
Equality (79)
Slavery (78)
Women's Status (76)
Refugees (74)
Mass Exoduses (73)
Political Prisoners (72)
Freedom of Expression (70)
Drug Traffic (69)
Gender Discrimination (66)
Migrant Workers' Families (65)
Right To Life (65)
State of Emergency (65)
Freedom of Movement (64)
Women's Rights (61)
Repatriation (60)
Disability (57)
Rehabilitation (57)
Drug Control (56)
Narcotic Drugs (56)
Administration of Justice (53)
Women in Development (53)
Discrimination (51)
Trade Union Rights (48)
Civilian Persons (47)
Non-Citizens (46)
Genocide (44)
Fascism (42)
Arbitrary Detention (40)
Child Labour (39)
Impunity (39)
Medical Ethics (39)
Nazism (39)
Mercenaries (38)
Education (37)
Decolonization (36)
Drug Abuse (36)
Employment (36)
Judicial Independence (36)
Sanctions (36)
Transnational Corporations (36)
Conscientious Objectors (35)
Humanitarian Assistance (35)
Political Conditions (35)
Terrorism (35)
Poverty Mitigation (34)
Prisoners of War (34)
Right to Education (34)
Freedom of Association (33)
Least Developed Countries (31)
Amerindians (30)
Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief (30)
AIDS (29)
Political Violence (29)
Property Rights (29)
Right to Work (28)
Social Integration (28)
Totalitarianism (28)
Women with Disabilities (28)
Detention on Grounds of Mental Illness (27)
Criminal Investigation (26)
Disability Prevention (26)
Literacy (26)
Migrants (26)
Refugee Protection (26)
Children with Disabilities (25)
Developing Countries (24)
Disarmament (24)
Poverty (24)
Environment (23)
Student Refugees (23)
Armed Incidents (22)
Landmines (22)
Prostitution (22)
Disability Statistics (21)
Law Enforcement Officials (21)
Amnesty (20)
Armed Forces (20)
Cooperatives (20)
Disaster Relief (20)
Ethnic and Racial Groups (20)
Living Conditions (20)
Rape (20)
Right to a Fair Trial (20)
Sustainable Development (20)
Xenophobia (20)
Dispute Settlement (19)
Freedom of The Press (19)
Habeas Corpus (19)
Natural Resources (19)
Child Welfare (18)
Emergency Relief (18)
Ethnic Cleansing (18)
Judicial System (18)
War Victims (18)
Child Refugees (17)
Detained Juveniles (17)
Tolerance (17)
Trafficking in Persons (17)
Child Prostitution (16)
Detention Centres (16)
Development (16)
Forensic Medicine (16)
Health Services (16)
International Civil Service (16)
Children in Armed Conflicts (15)
Hostages (15)
Resettlement (15)
Right of Assembly (15)
Right to Food (15)
Street Children (15)
Women Migrant Workers (15)
Food Supply (14)
Freedom of Thought (14)
Human Settlements (14)
Peacekeeping Operations (14)
Right to Housing (14)
Standard of Living (14)
Youth Organizations (14)
Crimes Against Humanity (13)
Due Process of Law (13)
Food Problems (13)
Gender-Based Violence (13)
Industrial Development (13)
International Trade (13)
Medical Supplies (13)
Mentally Ill Persons (13)
Organized Crime (13)
Population (13)
Principles of Medical Ethics Relevant to the Role of Health Personnel Particularly Physicians in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (13)
Sale of Children (13)
Sovereignty (13)
Women Refugees (13)
Criminal Procedure (12)
Cultural Values (12)
Forced Labour (12)
Military Occupation (12)
Military Personnel (12)
Mine Clearance (12)
Civil Defence Forces (11)
Cooperative Movements (11)
Development Assistance (11)
Forced Prostitution (11)
Freedom of Information (11)
Globalization (11)
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid (11)
Juvenile Justice (11)
Political Participation (11)
Psychotropic Substances (11)
Renewable Energy Sources (11)
Socially Disadvantaged Persons (11)
Sports (11)
War Crimes (11)
Women in Armed Conflicts (11)
Assassination (10)
Child Pornography (10)
Dangerous Goods Transport (10)
Desertification (10)
Economic Development (10)
Environmental Protection (10)
Family Reunification (10)
Family Rights (10)
Permanent Sovereignty (10)
Pluralism (10)
Prisons (10)
Abduction (9)
Ageing Women (9)
AIDS Prevention (9)
Armed Conflicts (9)
Child Abuse (9)
Cultural Identity (9)
Economic Assistance (9)
Illiteracy (9)
International Criminal Courts (9)
International Instruments (9)
Law Reform (9)
Persons with Mental Disabilities (9)
Police (9)
Political Status (9)
Zones of Peace (9)
Child Health (8)
Counter-Terrorism (8)
Criminal Law (8)
Deportation (8)
Educational Assistance (8)
External Debt (8)
Extradition (8)
Harmful Traditional Practices (8)
Imprisonment (8)
Juvenile Delinquency (8)
Labour Exploitation (8)
Peasantry (8)
Prisoners (8)
Privileges and Immunities (8)
Race Relations (8)
Right to Health (8)
Social Development (8)
Aid Programmes (7)
Child Soldiers (7)
Democracy (7)
Drought (7)
Drought-Stricken Areas (7)
International Migration (7)
Manpower Development (7)
Mass Media (7)
Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones (7)
Parental Abduction (7)
Pharmaceuticals (7)
Physical Education (7)
Popular Participation (7)
Rape Victims (7)
Relief Corridors (7)
Rural Areas (7)
Social Welfare (7)
Torture Prevention (7)
Ageing (6)
Agricultural Development (6)
Arms Race (6)
Chemical Weapons Use (6)
Child Development (6)
Civil Society (6)
Destruction of Property (6)
Development Strategies (6)
Disaster Victims (6)
Educational Policy (6)
Human Rights Education (6)
Immigration Policy (6)
International Bill of Human Rights (6)
International Economic and Social Policy (6)
Land Rights (6)
Nuclear Weapon Tests (6)
Privatization (6)
Safe Areas (6)
Socially Disadvantaged Children (6)
Troop Withdrawal (6)
UN Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (6)
Violence (6)
Vocational Training (6)
Women Workers (6)
Workers' Rights (6)
Youth Employment (6)
Adoption (5)
Adoption Law (5)
Crime Victims (5)
Cultural Heritage (5)
Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (5)
Disarmament Agreements (5)
Drug Production (5)
Ethnic Conflict (5)
Foreign Interests (5)
Gender Equality (5)
Gender Mainstreaming (5)
Government Investigations (5)
Health (5)
Journalists (5)
Juvenile Offenders (5)
Law Enforcement (5)
Mass Graves (5)
Military Activity (5)
Military Courts (5)
National Liberation Movements (5)
Nationality (5)
Nuclear Weapons (5)
Political Opposition (5)
Political Parties (5)
Prosecution (5)
Reconstruction (5)
Right to Peace (5)
Right to Privacy (5)
Rural Development (5)
Social Conditions (5)
Students (5)
Toxic Substances (5)
Agrarian Reform (4)
Agriculture (4)
Annexation of Territory (4)
Anti-Semitism (4)
Blind Persons (4)
Blockade (4)
Chemicals (4)
Civil War (4)
Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (4)
Corruption (4)
Criminal Jurisdiction (4)
Cultural Property Preservation (4)
Cultural Property Restitution (4)
Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic Religious and Linguistic Minorities (4)
Disaster Prevention (4)
Dissidents (4)
Domestic Violence (4)
Drug Demand (4)
Economic Gap (4)
Economic Growth (4)
Educational Institutions (4)
Emergency Powers (4)
Employment Discrimination (4)
Employment Policy (4)
Energy Resources Development (4)
Food Aid (4)
Guerrillas (4)
Hunger (4)
Illicit Traffic (4)
Institutionalized Persons (4)
International Security (4)
Literacy Programmes (4)
Mental Health Services (4)
Military Relations (4)
Negotiation (4)
Organ Transplantation (4)
Police Power (4)
Political Trials (4)
Pornography (4)
Searches and Seizures (4)
Territorial Asylum (4)
Toxic Waste Management (4)
Trade Restrictions (4)
Trade Union Activists (4)
Trade Unions (4)
Transnational Crime (4)
Travel Restrictions (4)
War Prevention (4)
Working Conditions (4)
Young Workers (4)
Youth Exchanges (4)
Youth Services (4)
Academic Freedom (3)
Administrative Detention (3)
Alcoholism (3)
Arrest (3)
Art Works (3)
Athletes (3)
Bank Loans (3)
Boundaries (3)
Ceasefires (3)
Child Migrants (3)
Civil Servants (3)
Civil Service (3)
Compensation (3)
Compulsory Military Service (3)
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (3)
Cultural Pluralism (3)
Cultural Property Protection (3)
Deaf-Blind Persons (3)
Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples (3)
Declaration on the Use of Scientific and Technological Progress in the Interests of Peace and for the Benefit of Mankind (3)
Democratization (3)
Earthquakes (3)
Emergency Legislation (3)
Environmental Damage (3)
Environmental Policy (3)
Exiles (3)
Food Security (3)
Food Shortage (3)
Foreign Investments (3)
Foreign Relations (3)
Housing (3)
Humanitarian Standards (3)
Illegal Immigration (3)
Income Distribution (3)
Industrial Cooperation (3)
International Covenants on Human Rights (3)
International Crimes (3)
International Economic Relations (3)
International Humanitarian Law (3)
Land Tenure (3)
Law of the Sea (3)
Legal Status (3)
Leisure (3)
Martial Law (3)
Medical Treatment (3)
Military Demobilization (3)
Military Education (3)
Minors (3)
Non-Nuclear-Weapon States (3)
Non-State Actors (3)
Nuclear Accidents (3)
Nuclear Non-Proliferation (3)
Nuclear War (3)
Offenders (3)
Oil Embargo (3)
Olympic Games (3)
Outer Space (3)
Parent-Child Relations (3)
Persons Born Out of Wedlock (3)
Protest Movements (3)
Reparation (3)
Reprisals (3)
Retirement (3)
Rule of Law (3)
Sanitation (3)
Settlement Policy (3)
Sex Tourism (3)
Sexual Minorities (3)
Spouse Employment (3)
State Responsibility (3)
Strikes (3)
Sustainable Agriculture (3)
Technology Transfer (3)
Training Programmes (3)
Treaties Between States and Indigenous Peoples (3)
Unemployment (3)
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (3)
Water Supply (3)
Weapons of Mass Destruction (3)
Wetlands (3)
Women Migrants (3)
Women Prisoners (3)
Women's Health (3)
Women's Organizations (3)
Abuse of Power (2)
Armaments (2)
Arms Embargo (2)
Autopsies (2)
Battered Women (2)
Boycotts (2)
Braille (2)
Capacity Building (2)
Career Development (2)
Cartography (2)
Chernobyl (Ukraine) (2)
Child Guidance (2)
Civil Courts (2)
Colonial Countries (2)
Cultural Cooperation (2)
Cultural Policy (2)
Dangerous Goods (2)
Deaf Persons (2)
Declaration on the Participation of Women in Promoting International Peace and Cooperation (2)
Detention (2)
Devaluation (2)
Developing Island Countries (2)
Disability Benefits (2)
Disaster Preparedness (2)
Disease Prevention (2)
Drought Control (2)
Duty of the Individual to the Community (2)
Economic Cooperation (2)
Economies in Transition (2)
Embassies (2)
Employment Creation (2)
Empowerment (2)
Energy Policy (2)
Energy Resources (2)
Environmental Degradation (2)
Environmental Impact Assessment (2)
Equal Pay (2)
Exterritoriality (2)
Family Planning (2)
Family Welfare (2)
Financial Implications (2)
Foetus (2)
Food Production (2)
Force in International Relations (2)
Front-Line States (2)
Full Employment (2)
Girls (2)
Governance (2)
Hazardous Wastes (2)
Health Hazards (2)
Health Personnel (2)
Illicit Arms Trafficking (2)
Immigrants (2)
Inflation (2)
Intellectual Property (2)
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (2)
International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights (2)
Intimidation (2)
Islamic Law (2)
Labour Law (2)
Labour Market (2)
Labour Relations (2)
Laundering of Funds (2)
Legislators (2)
Malaria (2)
Material Remnants of War (2)
Military Budgets (2)
Military Service (2)
Moral Education (2)
Muslim Women (2)
Natural Disasters (2)
Natural Resources Development (2)
Nature Conservation (2)
Nuclear Safeguards (2)
Occupational Health (2)
Occupational Safety (2)
Pardon (2)
Peacebuilding (2)
Population Growth (2)
Post-Conflict Reconstruction (2)
Preventive Diplomacy (2)
Prison Labour (2)
Prisoners' Families (2)
Production Diversification (2)
Professional Workers (2)
Punishment (2)
Refoulement (2)
Relief Transport (2)
Religious Groups (2)
Religious Places (2)
Reproductive Health (2)
Restitution (2)
Reverse Transfer of Resources (2)
Right of Petition (2)
Right to Counsel (2)
Right to Culture (2)
Right to Own Property (2)
Rural Cooperatives (2)
Rural Institutions (2)
Rural Population (2)
Small Arms (2)
Social Change (2)
Social Policy (2)
Social Security (2)
Staff Composition (2)
Statelessness (2)
Technical Training (2)
Tourism (2)
Transboundary Waste Disposal (2)
Transitional Justice (2)
Travel (2)
Trials (2)
Uranium (2)
Veterans (2)
War Criminals (2)
War Damage Compensation (2)
Weapons Destruction (2)
Weapons Surrender (2)
Witnesses (2)
Women in Politics (2)
Women Managers (2)
Abandoned Children (1)
Accident Victims (1)
Adopted Children (1)
Adult Education (1)
Affirmative Action Programmes (1)
Age (1)
Agricultural Cooperatives (1)
Agricultural Workers (1)
Anti-Apartheid Movements (1)
Anti-Discrimination Measures (1)
Asia and the Pacific (1)
Asylum Seekers (1)
Authors (1)
Basic Education (1)
Bilateral Aid (1)
Blindness (1)
Brain Drain (1)
Business Enterprises (1)
Capacity and Disability (1)
Capital Markets (1)
Caste (1)
Censorship (1)
Channels of Communication (1)
Chemical Weapons (1)
Christians (1)
Church and State (1)
Civil Disobedience (1)
Codes of Conduct (1)
Collective Bargaining (1)
Commercial Law (1)
Commodities (1)
Communication Personnel (1)
Confiscations (1)
Corporate Social Responsibility (1)
Coups D'etat (1)
Courts Martial (1)
Crime (1)
Criminal Courts (1)
Criminal Evidence (1)
Criminology (1)
Crop Eradication (1)
Crop Substitution (1)
Cultural Development (1)
Cultural Participation (1)
Cultural Property (1)
Cultural Relations (1)
Customs and Traditions (1)
Dangerous Occupations (1)
Debt (1)
Debt Bondage (1)
Debt Relief (1)
Declaration on the Human Rights of Individuals Who Are Not Nationals of the Country in Which They Live (1)
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (1)
Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1)
Demographic Ageing (1)
Depleted Uranium (1)
Development Policy (1)
Diplomatic Asylum (1)
Diplomats (1)
Disability Evaluation (1)
Disarmament Negotiations (1)
Discrimination Based on Work and Descent (1)
Disease Control (1)
Domestic Workers (1)
Early Warning Systems (1)
Economic Conditions (1)
Economic Relations (1)
Economic Security (1)
Economic Trends (1)
Ecotourism (1)
Educational Legislation (1)
Educational Programmes (1)
Educational Quality (1)
Educational Research (1)
Educational Systems (1)
Emigration (1)
Enclaved Groups (1)
Environmental Education (1)
Environmental Quality (1)
Epidemics (1)
Equality of States (1)
Equipment and Supplies (1)
Executions (1)
Extended Family (1)
Family Law (1)
Female Circumcision (1)
Financial Crisis (1)
Financing (1)
Fisheries (1)
Fishery Resources (1)
Food Distribution (1)
Forced Migration (1)
Foreign Loans (1)
Forestry (1)
Foster Home Care (1)
Fundamentalism (1)
Funds (1)
Gender (1)
Gender Research (1)
Gender Statistics (1)
Genocide Prevention (1)
Geographical Discoveries (1)
Group Hatred (1)
Guerrilla Warfare (1)
Guided Missiles (1)
Harmful Products (1)
Harmful Traditional (1)
Health Centres (1)
Health Information (1)
Historic Sites and Monuments (1)
Homeless Persons (1)
Honour Killings (1)
Human Genetics (1)
Human Reproduction (1)
Human Rights Activists (1)
Human Rights Advancement (1)
Human Rights Institutions (1)
Human Rights Violations (1)
Incest (1)
Incommunicado Detention (1)
Indigenous Organizations (1)
Infant Mortality (1)
Informed Consent (1)
Institution Building (1)
Interdependence (1)
Interim Governments (1)
International Courts (1)
International Criminal Jurisdiction (1)
International Criminal Law (1)
International Law Codification (1)
International Monetary Situation (1)
International Organizations (1)
International Symposium on Penal Systems (1)
International Watercourses (1)
International Youth Organizations (1)
Interregional Programmes (1)
Intervention (1)
Investment Promotion (1)
Investments (1)
Irregular Migrants (1)
Islamic Countries (1)
Jews (1)
Jurisprudence (1)
Justiciability (1)
Labour Disputes (1)
Landlocked Developing Countries (1)
Lawyers (1)
Legal Remedies (1)
Local Government (1)
Malnutrition (1)
Marine Ecosystems (1)
Marine Pollution (1)
Marine Resources Conservation (1)
Mass Communication (1)
Massacres (1)
Maternal and Child Health (1)
Maternal Mortality (1)
Maternity Leave (1)
Medical Research (1)
Mental Health (1)
Mental Stress (1)
Mercury Contamination (1)
Microcredit (1)
Migration (1)
Migration Policy (1)
Military Assistance (1)
Military Expenditures (1)
Military Reform (1)
Morbidity (1)
Multimodal Transport (1)
Muslims (1)
New Technologies (1)
Non-Formal Education (1)
Non-Governmental (1)
Nuclear Disarmament (1)
Nuclear Facilities (1)
Nuclear Materials (1)
Nuclear Technology (1)
Nutrition (1)
Ocean Dumping (1)
Oceans (1)
One-Parent Families (1)
Opium Poppy (1)
Organizational Structure (1)
Organizations (1)
Paternity (1)
Peace (1)
Pensionable Remuneration (1)
Petroleum Prices (1)
Pharmaceutical Industry (1)
Physical Infrastructure (1)
Political Cooperation (1)
Political Crimes (1)
Political Power (1)
Political Representation (1)
Population Composition (1)
Population Transfers (1)
Population Trends (1)
Practices (1)
Prejudices (1)
Primary Education (1)
Primary Health Care (1)
Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care (1)
Prison Reform (1)
Prisoner Treatment Humanitarian Assistance (1)
Professional Staff (1)
Public Demonstrations (1)
Public Health (1)
Radiation Effects (1)
Radioactive Contamination (1)
Real Resources Transfer (1)
Recommendations (1)
Refugee Camps (1)
Refugee Law (1)
Rehabilitation Centres (1)
Rehabilitation Projects (1)
Relief Personnel (1)
Religious Education (1)
Religious Institutions (1)
Resources Allocation (1)
Restrictive Business Practices (1)
Right to Drinking Water (1)
Right to Nationality (1)
Right to Security of Person (1)
Risk (1)
Salaries and Allowances (1)
School Attendance (1)
Seabed Mining (1)
Sex Crimes (1)
Sex Preference (1)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (1)
Shared Natural Resources (1)
Small States (1)
Social Justice (1)
Social Services (1)
Special Education (1)
Staff Security (1)
State Succession (1)
Student Movements (1)
Subsidiary Bodies (1)
Summary (1)
Tax Treaties (1)
Taxation (1)
Teachers (1)
Technical Cooperation Among Developing Countries (1)
Technological Change (1)
Tobacco (1)
Trade Liberalization (1)
Trade Negotiations (1)
Traffic Accidents (1)
Transport (1)
Travel Facilitation (1)
Truce Supervision (1)
Tuberculosis (1)
UN Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy (1)
UN. Commission on Narcotic Drugs (1)
Unemployment Insurance (1)
Uranium Mines (1)
Urban Areas (1)
Urban Development (1)
Urban Population (1)
Urbanization (1)
Vaccines (1)
Violence Research (1)
Violent Deaths (1)
Vocational Rehabilitation (1)
Wage Policy (1)
Wages (1)
Women in Agriculture (1)
Women's International Democratic Federation (1)
Young Adults (1)
Young Women (1)
Youth Movements (1)
Zionism (1)