Commission 3: DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS THEORY AND PRACTICE

Topics on which papers were presented included:

• Achieving the Principals of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;
• Racial and Ethnic Discrimination;
• The Rights of Women, Children, and Youth,
• The Status of Immigrants and Refugees;
• Labor Rights;
• The Right to a Healthy Environment and the Benefit of Natural Resources and Civil and Criminal Responsibility for Their Destruction;
• Separation of Powers,
• Non-voting Electorates;
• Political Corruption and Unethical Behavior in Democratic Societies.