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1 May 2024, 6:05 am by Paul M. Barrett
The NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, where I work, has advocated for Congress to enhance the consumer protection authority and resources of the U.S. [read post]
30 Apr 2024, 10:53 am by JURIST Staff
Serving as a United Nations Special Rapporteur from 1998 until her passing, Asma played pivotal roles in addressing human rights issues on a global scale. [read post]
The report, jointly issued by the UN Joint Human Rights Office in DRC (UNJHRO) and the UN Stabilization Mission in DRC (MONUSCO), found that 93% of the 3,618 documented cases of torture, cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment, involving 4,946 victims, occurred in areas affected by armed conflicts. [read post]
24 Apr 2024, 5:57 am by Norman L. Eisen
Project 2025 is complemented by other 2025 planning efforts by, for example, the America First Policy Institute, the Center for Renewing America, and the Conservative Partnership Institute. [read post]
24 Apr 2024, 5:05 am by Beatrice Yahia
The U.N. human rights office yesterday called for an independent investigation into the two mass graves found at hospitals in Gaza. [read post]
23 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm by Evelyn Tsisin
In fact, some scholars have called it the “closest thing we have in this country to a human rights statute. [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 2:49 pm by Amy Howe
If a town next to Grants Pass built a new shelter that has many vacant beds, Roberts asked, would there still be a right to sleep in Grants Pass? [read post]
22 Apr 2024, 1:54 am by Steve Lubet
Lee, by contrast, would have no historical reputation at all if he had not committed treason to defend human bondage. [read post]
17 Apr 2024, 5:19 am by Beatrice Yahia
The commission was formed in 2021 to investigate human rights violations in Israel and the Palestinian territories. [read post]
9 Apr 2024, 11:43 am by Jillian C. York
Mignone International Human Rights Prize conferred by the Government of Argentina and the Franco-German Ministerial Prize for Human Rights and Rule of Law. [read post]
9 Apr 2024, 12:06 am by Josh Richman
” (Nov. 7, 2023)  New York Times: “The Google Trial Is Going to Rewrite Our Future” (Sept. 18, 2023) CNBC: “Tech companies have exploited human tendencies to maintain their monopolies, says Columbia's Tim Wu” (Oct. 3, 2023) What do you think of “How to Fix the Internet? [read post]
8 Apr 2024, 12:36 am by centerforartlaw
The European Court of Human Rights in the decision Bayev and others v. [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:05 pm by renholding
Indeed, they must be if humanity is to survive and flourish in the face of existential threats.[26] One reason is that the collective power of business to influence some of these large problems is at least equivalent to the power of nations or global assemblages of only governments and nonprofit organizations.[27] Extending my previous descriptive argument in Business Persons prescriptively, business firms are best understood as “real fictions” in society that are legally… [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 9:19 am
These include (1) the movement toward alignment of public policy and private activity (especially in the context of economic activities); (2) governmentalization of private sector activity; (3) the rise of compliance based accountability (quality control) governance; (4) the revolution in the normative valuation of human rights and sustainability as both a set of culturally superior expectations and legal requirements; (5) the revolution in the methods of assessment and… [read post]
7 Apr 2024, 6:57 am by Rob Robinson
Understanding these threats is crucial for protecting critical infrastructure, ensuring the integrity of information systems, and facilitating investigations and litigation related to potential human rights abuses and violations of international law. [read post]