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22 Jun 2016, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
There have been some doozies by religious leaders in the last 20 years, but I am happy to report that many religious leaders’ consciences have now been pricked by current events to the point they are now becoming the constructive leaders for human rights we need them to be.The United States is slowly recovering from an era in which religious lobbyists and organizations persuaded members of Congress and some states to grant them extreme rights to religious… [read post]
1 Oct 2023, 1:13 pm
One focuses on the freedom of the human person to go as they might; the other on the collective social person organized as a state to maintain its own solidarity among the human persons that make up its collective. [read post]
16 Aug 2017, 9:01 pm by Marci A. Hamilton
The Convention was based on distrust and informed by a dark view of human nature, which has served us quite well, as I discuss here. [read post]
31 Oct 2010, 9:54 pm by Lyonette Louis-Jacques
Additional resources for more information about legalization of prostitution around the world include:  Elaine Mossman, International Approaches to Decriminalising or Legalising Prostitution (New Zealand Ministry of Justice, October 2007)(includes lists of countries that have legalized prostitution or decriminalized, but heavily regulate, with citations) 100 Countries and their Prostitution Policies (ProCon.org) Jo Bindman & Jo Doezema, Redefining Prostitution as Sex Work on the… [read post]
25 Apr 2013, 2:46 pm by Larry Catá Backer
Is this incomplete because it has been artificially delayed or because organically its unrealistic or really slow? [read post]
20 Jun 2015, 9:30 am by Staley Smith
He rejected the notion that human rights advocacy work should focus exclusively on one’s own government and its policies, particularly because the recent breach by China is a far bigger threat to the very interests privacy groups work to protect than is any surveillance by the American government. [read post]
22 Jun 2015, 9:24 am
If you thought that the European Patent Office (EPO) was the only international intellectual property administration that was coming under the scrutiny of an increasingly critical world for behaviour that ill befits its status, think again: the African Intellectual Property Organization -- better known by its French acronym OAPI -- seems to be suffering from the same malaise. [read post]
26 Dec 2016, 1:20 pm by Shahid Buttar
Even worse than Brennan’s misrepresentation, or perhaps even the CIA’s hack itself, was the purpose: to obstruct an investigation into criminal violations by CIA personnel of international human rights norms the U.S. was once proud to have pioneered. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 9:18 am
***The Center for Food Safety (CFS)The Center for Food Safety is a national, non-profit, membership organization founded in 1997 to protect human health and the environment by curbing the use of harmful food production technologies and by promoting organic and other forms of sustainable agriculture. [read post]
16 Sep 2019, 12:37 pm by Matthias Weller
Nearly 150 colleagues gathered from all over the world, amongst them many of the Conflictoflaws.net editors. [read post]
29 Dec 2017, 7:34 am by Ben
In the USA, one of the major musical works collection societies (and there are now four!) [read post]
20 Jul 2011, 8:16 am by Steve Hall
Bhuiyan says his rights as a victim have been violated, and he wants the chance to speak with Stroman so that he can have a “healing dialogue,” said a source who is working with the victim and his organization, “World Without Hate. [read post]
2 Mar 2010, 11:25 pm by Otto Spijkers
The USA and some other States, for example, suggested that each State should 'contribute to the acceleration of economic growth and the equitable elevation of standards of living throughout the world and the economic and social progress and development of other States.' The most obvious way to do this was to provide development aid to developing States. [read post]
6 Feb 2024, 5:55 am by Vijeth Iyengar
(Editor’s note: This is the fourth article in a series on “Rights and Dignity: Older People in Conflict and Crisis,” produced in cooperation with Amnesty International USA and HelpAge USA.) [read post]
29 Oct 2007, 9:44 pm
China, where each year the majority of the world's executions are carried out, uses predominantly the firing squad as a method of execution, although a serious attempt is being made to extend the application of lethal injection.Lethal injection raises a number of human rights challenges, notably the argument of proponents that it is a "humane" method of execution. [read post]
7 Dec 2020, 10:16 am by William Ford, Tia Sewell
.: The House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations will hold a hearing on international human rights and the closing civic space. [read post]
28 May 2019, 10:56 am by William Ford
.: The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board will hold a public forum to discuss the USA FREEDOM Act and the call detail records program under that act. [read post]