Human rights in Benin
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 113 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5087-6519-4
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Human rights in Benin are addressed in the Beninese Constitution. In comparison to other African nations, respect for human rights in Benin is generally above average; the US State Department considered that "The government generally respected the human rights of its citizens" although international observers have noted a lack of detailed statistical data on the enjoyment of human rights. In 2007 the Ibrahim Index of African Governance ranked Benin 11th of 53 countries for its human rights record. About a third of the population live below the international poverty line of US$1.25 per day, which poses challenges to the realisation of economic, social and cultural rights. The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has noted numerous concerns related to chronic malnutrition, high unemployment and frequent abuse of children often associated with poverty. The death penalty has been abolished in practise and the 2009...
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