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1 Aug 2023, 2:04 am by Seán Binder
RELATIONS The United States has urged the Taliban to “reverse policies responsible for the deteriorating human rights situation” in Afghanistan, particularly for women, girls, and “vulnerable communities,” during talks in Qatar. [read post]
31 Jul 2023, 10:58 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The EEOC charges this alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of race and national origin. [read post]
28 Jul 2023, 6:10 am by Tom Dannenbaum
Along these lines, the Human Rights Committee has reasoned (correctly in my view) that all killings in an aggressive war violate the right to life. [read post]
The Court also relied on the reasonableness doctrine in 2018 to invalidate a decision by the Defense Minister to bar Palestinians from participating in a Remembrance Day ceremony. [read post]
24 Jul 2023, 5:55 am by Menachem Z. Rosensaft
Those are memories that could – and by all rights probably should – have psychologically scarred her for life. [read post]
The new laws also “expanded the use of pretrial detention,” according to Human Rights Watch. [read post]
18 Jul 2023, 4:40 am by Charles Sartain
California’s oil imports come mostly from the Middle East and South America, unregulated  producers of dirty oil such as human-rights abuser Saudi Arabia and Amazon forest destroyer Equador. [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 9:01 pm by Lesley Wexler
’” Does granting this request for cluster munitions undermine the seeming commitment of Ukraine to rules and to humanity? [read post]
17 Jul 2023, 1:45 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  In Mallory, the Supreme Court Majority ruled that any corporation registered to do business in a state which requires out-of-state businesses to consent to general personal jurisdiction waives its right to assert a Due Process challenge to jurisdiction in that state. [read post]
12 Jul 2023, 1:57 am by Seán Binder
This is only the latest scandal for the right-wing Finns party since it joined the governing coalition last month. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 12:42 pm by Melody McDonald Lanier
During Texas’ 88th Legislative Session, lawmakers filed more than 8000 bills – only a fraction of which passed through the complex legislative process to become a new law. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 6:15 am by Douglas London
Putin can harden his and the government’s defenses by strengthening the Rosgvardiya, the National Guard that reports directly to him. [read post]
5 Jul 2023, 6:15 am by Douglas London
Putin can harden his and the government’s defenses by strengthening the Rosgvardiya, the National Guard that reports directly to him. [read post]
More recently, on June 23, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called Friday for an “immediate end” to violence in the West Bank, citing the death of at least 126 Palestinians and 24 Israelis so far this year. [read post]
3 Jul 2023, 2:20 am by Seán Binder
 Willem-Alexander, 56, also acknowledged his ancestors’ role in slavery, saying they did nothing to stop “crimes against humanity. [read post]