The ideal of free men enjoying freedom from fear and want can be achieved only if conditions are created whereby everyone may enjoy his economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as his civil and political rights
American Convention on Human Rights
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45. On June 24, 2003, a Superior Court of Justice dismissed a libel suit seeking $2.7 billion in damages, filed by the Toronto Police Association against Toronto Star Daily Newspapers Ltd. The lawsuit was motivated by a series of reports published in the Toronto Star that made reference to differences in the treatment that the police gave Afro-descendants, based on police data.[1]
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