This violates individual dignity and human rights.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

Discrimination trespasses on fundamental rights and freedoms and it violates human dignity.

UNESCO: DIRECTOR-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR THE DAY

Then, in December, the European Court of Justice agreed to review a complaint from three French animal-rights campaigners, backed by the European Commission on Human Rights, who say that the French law letting shooters on to smallholders' land violates property rights and freedom of association because it forces people to become de facto members of the local field-sports association.

ECONOMIST: France��s angry countrymen

One of them, Lord Justice Auld, said female circumcision was an "evil practice" which violates Article 3 (degrading treatment) of the European Convention of Human Rights.

BBC: NEWS | UK | Girl loses sexual mutilation case

Human-rights groups say the Hmong may face persecution in Laos and that their forced return violates international law.

ECONOMIST: Laotian Hmong refugees in Thailand