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[Term] Human Rights [Link] N/A [Definition] 
As defined in section 116(a), FAA, the term "internationally recognized human rights" includes: freedom from torture or other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment; prolonged detention without charges; disappearances due to abduction or clandestine detention and other flagrant denial of the rights to life, liberty, and the security of the person. Other internationally recognized human rights, as examined by the U.S. Department of State in the annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 199X, include: the right of self government; the right to be free of governmental violations of the integrity of the person; the right to enjoy civil liberties, such as freedom of expression, assembly, religion, and movement, without discrimination based on race, ancestry, or sex; and the right to change one's government by peaceful means. Section 502B(2), FAA, prohibits the provision of security assistance to "any county the government of which engages in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights."
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