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4 Dec 2007, 6:22 am
Strikingly, these groups invoke the UN Declaration of Human Right's provision that the family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State to critique the Convention and CEDAW as anti-family and a threat to the natural family. [read post]
27 Oct 2014, 10:04 pm by News Desk
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has launched a hotline that offers a reward for whistleblowers who report cruelty and neglect on factory farms, at livestock auctions, and in slaughter houses. [read post]
14 Sep 2018, 2:14 pm
Each follows below.Please register online through the Indico platformAbout the UN Forum on Business and Human RightsThe UN Forum is the world's largest annual gathering on business and human rights with more than 2,000 participants from government, business, community groups and civil society, law firms, investor organisations, UN bodies, national human rights institutions, trade unions, academia and the media.Over three days, participants take… [read post]
10 Sep 2007, 4:18 am
Both the United States Constitution and the human brain have been lauded for their elegance of design and for the genius of their designers. [read post]
11 Aug 2005, 12:55 pm
"The first time a district attorney has charged an egg-producing corporation with cruelty to animals": the Humane Society of the United States reports that a Missouri prosecutor is charging MOARK, an egg processor and distributor, with misdemeanor cruelty. [read post]
3 Feb 2012, 7:22 am by David
REVKIN (x-post from Dot Earth Blog) In a Mother Jones post, Tom Philpott has aptly summarized the issues raised by a new Humane Society of the United States investigation and video report on the conditions in which pigs are propagated by two big Oklahoma pork suppliers: The remarkable thing…is how banal it is. [read post]
12 Aug 2010, 4:09 am by Riley
  The article also features several quotes by Wayne Pacelle, the chief executive of the Humane Society of the United States. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 7:13 am by David
Adonia David   The horrors of slaughterhouses were brought home to many Americans in 2007 when undercover video shot by the Humane Society of the United States at a California slaughterhouse showed workers abusing cows who were unable to walk (“downers”) by dragging them with forklifts, using water hoses on them, and shocking them with electric [...] [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 7:00 am by Howard Friedman
Yesterday, President Obama issued a statement (full text) extending best wishes to Sikhs in the United States and around the world as they celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Guru Nanak Dev Ji, the first Sikh Guru. [read post]
11 Feb 2009, 9:25 am
At a touching ceremony last night on Capitol Hill, The Humane Society of the United States honored Hodes and Jones for their work in assisting the grieving families of Army Spc. [read post]
18 Jan 2006, 7:00 am
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court Stephen Breyer visits the National Constitution Center to discuss his book, Active Liberty: Interpreting our Democratic Constitution. [read post]
26 Oct 2011, 7:49 am by David
The United States Humane Society estimates that there are roughly 4,000 puppy mills in the U.S. alone, and that 2-4 million of these dogs are sold each year. [...] [read post]
1 May 2009, 6:29 am
 Conservative political radio talk show political host Rush Limbaugh has joined forces with the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) to support a U.S. crackdown on "organized dog fighting and other animal cruelty crimes" according to the Washington Times. [read post]
9 Jun 2015, 8:39 am by Associated Press
Police say detectives, Animal Control officers and representatives from the Humane Society of the United States discovered ... [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 8:19 pm
New York is the foie gras capital of the United States. [read post]
16 May 2010, 9:28 am by charonqc
Big Society: Now you are back from the United States, what is your first priority apart from marginalising the liberals in your new LibCon coalition? [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 2:40 pm by Charon QC
” -Mohandas Gandhi Following the horrors of World War II, Sir Winston Churchill inspired,  and British MP and lawyer Sir David Maxwell-Fyfe led,  the establishment of the European Convention on Human Rights under the auspices of The Council of Europe (not to be confused with the European Union)  – a convention designed to ensure that no signatory state within post-war Europe would ever again be able to violate the basic fundamental freedoms and… [read post]
21 Nov 2017, 6:18 am
Every State has a commitment to apply the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights in a way that recognizes that environmental harms are human rights wrongs to those individuals and communities affected. [read post]
17 Sep 2015, 8:09 am
In the run up the the state visit of Xi Jinping to the United States, the CECC has announced  activities that focus on its current critical line toward Chinese policies. [read post]