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According to the Humane Society of the United States, there are just over 86 million owned cats in the United States. [read post]
9 Apr 2013, 7:13 am by Rahul Bhagnari, ACLU
Like many social justice organizations, the ACLU of Florida, working in collaboration with the national ACLU Human Rights Program, will continue to engage in this process to raise issues that impact the lives of millions of people in the United States. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 12:00 am
Joyce Tischler, ALDF founder and general counsel, recently talked with Scott Drake of Speaking of Justice about a lawsuit filed by the Humane Society of the United States against six of the nation's largest retailers and fashion designers for engaging in false advertising and mislabeling of fur garments. [read post]
23 Feb 2007, 2:38 am
An investigtion by the Humane Society of the United States has found coats whose labels said their trim was "faux fur" actually had trim made from dog fur. [read post]
23 Jan 2012, 12:59 pm by Chandra Bhatnagar, Human Rights Program
” The IACHR report documents human rights abuses facing Black people throughout the Americas, including the United States, and mirrors and cites the many conclusions and detailed recommendations of other international experts, who have assessed the human rights record of the U.S. in recent years. [read post]
6 Sep 2019, 4:01 am by Guest Blogger
” (9) These thinkers animated the debates in the U.S. about the form of governance it should adopt after throwing off what it saw as the tyranny of Great Britain, and, says Snyder, “Much of the succeeding political debate in the United States has concerned the problem of tyranny within American society: over slaves and women, for example. [read post]
10 Nov 2014, 5:44 am by Diane Marie Amann
The first component of President Damrosch’s inclusion initiative, BASIL is designed to affirm and expand the tradition of black international lawyers, jurists and academics in the United States. [read post]
9 Feb 2023, 6:08 am by Linda Bishai
Developing Human Security Assessments The United States, like many other countries, has rhetorically embraced the concept of human security, a term that was coined by the United Nations Development Program in 1994. [read post]
2 Jan 2012, 1:59 am
Major livestock groups are urging Congress to reject the historic deal struck between the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and the United Egg Producers (UEP) on egg production, but egg producers are not backing down.UEP, which represents 87 percent of domestic egg production, and HSUS are jointly petitioning Congress to create national animal welfare standards for egg production, notably transitioning from battery cages to enriched housing… [read post]
7 Dec 2017, 6:51 pm
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2017)As in past years (here, here, here, and here) I am again happy to report on the annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights. [read post]
13 Jul 2018, 7:30 am by FM Librarian
Dept. of State, June 2018) [access]- "The report currently provides country-specific narratives for 187 countries and territories, including the United States, and places them on one of four tiers, reflecting the extent to which the government meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, as required by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, or TVPA, the U.S. law that created the report. ... [read post]
11 Jan 2022, 4:00 am by Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada
This year, LRWC is working with the Law Society of Ontario’s Human Rights Committee and Human Rights Watch to organize an online event to discuss the situation of lawyers at risk in Colombia. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 4:27 pm by INFORRM
The Human Rights Act fully protects the newspaper if notification is given and an injunction is sought. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 6:54 am by Kevin Smith, J.D.
The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding its 28th session this month, and one item on the agenda is discussion about a report from Farida Shaheed, who is a “Special Rapporteur” in the area of “cultural rights. [read post]
13 Mar 2015, 6:54 am by Kevin Smith, J.D.
The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding its 28th session this month, and one item on the agenda is discussion about a report from Farida Shaheed, who is a “Special Rapporteur” in the area of “cultural rights. [read post]
15 Mar 2015, 10:38 am by Amanda Mortwedt Oh
” Going forward, it will be essential for other States and civil society organizations to “ensure action and follow-up” on the unprecedented work of the commissioners. [read post]
27 Jul 2021, 4:15 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Founded in 1954, the Humane Society of the United States and its affiliates around the globe fight the big fights to end suffering for all animals. [read post]
22 Mar 2009, 3:48 am
The story quotes Michael Markarian from the Humane Society of the United States about the lack of statistics on how bad the crisis has become: "There are no hard numbers on this. [read post]