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16 Apr 2010, 11:04 am
The ACLU and Human Rights Watch (HRW) submitted a statement for the record that discussed the ongoing corporal punishment of American public school children and its impact on their educational success. [read post]
22 Jul 2024, 5:37 pm
UN Special Rapporteur Micheal Frost stated that the current situation significantly threatens human rights and democracy. [read post]
19 Aug 2012, 6:52 pm
These are questions that raise the specter of owning the right to human beings, even a "persona," echoes most uncomfortably the law of slavery. [read post]
18 Oct 2019, 10:27 am
Here's the abstract:In order for an international court to grant interim protection (provisional measures), it should first satisfy that the party seeking protection has at least a plausible claim to the rights in question. [read post]
28 May 2013, 6:36 am
This article therefore aims to demonstrate that a supranational ius puniendi can be inferred from a combination of the incipient supranationality of the world order (understood normatively as an order of values) and the concept of a world society composed of world citizens whose law—the ‘world citizen law’ (‘Weltbürgerrecht’)—is derived from universal, indivisible and interculturally recognized human rights predicated upon a Kantian concept… [read post]
23 Apr 2014, 11:13 am
Refusing to talk about mass global surveillance within a framework of international human rights law perpetuates the myth that the United States is not a perpetrator of human rights abuses. [read post]
26 May 2023, 11:16 am
This trial remains the first in the world where the courts of one country convicted the former ruler of another for war crimes and crimes against humanity. [read post]
1 Dec 2016, 10:16 am
Price’s ACA replacement bill, H.R. 2300 (the so-called “Empowering Patients First Act”), which he first introduced in 2009 and in every subsequent Congress, would cruelly strip injured patients of their legal rights and interfere with local jury trials – not just in Georgia but everywhere! [read post]
12 Oct 2020, 12:04 am
The first factor in favour of applying the principle of ubiquity to business-related human rights claims as well is that it considerably reduces the need for the frequently difficult delineation between human rights violations (Art. [read post]
28 May 2010, 2:11 pm
After 19 years have shown how right the commission was to recommend abolition in the first place, this is no time for timidity. [read post]
21 Mar 2023, 1:24 pm
This is because human rights activists have criticized the Bill for limiting the rights already protected and guaranteed by the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the State. [read post]
18 Oct 2018, 12:23 pm
On review of the history and effects of “virginity testing” the agencies cited six human rights that are being violated: -The right to be protected from discrimination based on sex. [read post]
23 Feb 2024, 7:00 am
Border and Asylum Policies Harm Black Asylum Seekers (Human Rights First, Feb. 2024) [text]Related post:- Regional Focus: United States (9 Feb. 2024) [read post]
21 Nov 2008, 3:22 pm
Amnesty International is asking that within the first 100 days of his Presidency, Barack Obama: -announce a plan and date to close Guantanamo -issue an executive order to ban tortue -ensure that an independent commission to investigate abuses committed by the U.S. government in its “war on terror” is set up The same grassroots energy that propeled Barack Obama to victory can now be the driving force behind America’s renewed commitment to human rights. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 1:13 am
The Chinese government is silencing discussion and commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, according to a statement released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday. [read post]
22 Aug 2015, 9:25 am
Simone is a legal analyst who supports ECOFACT’s environmental and social due diligence team with her expertise in human rights. [read post]
18 Jul 2013, 1:46 pm
The case had all sorts of undertones: race, human rights, the right to bear arms, the right to self defence, age, profiling, community safety, intent to harm vs. intent to protect. [read post]
9 May 2024, 7:36 pm
A human being asking you about age, your politics or family planning during the hiring process would be an actionable violation of your civil rights. [read post]
12 Sep 2011, 11:30 pm
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published Hidden in plain sight, a report into disability-related harassment and how well this is currently being addressed by public authorities. [read post]
26 Feb 2019, 8:14 am
The guidance, which is believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S., specifically mentions the right of individuals in New York City to maintain “natural hair, treated or untreated hairstyles such as locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, fades, Afros, and/or the right to keep hair in an uncut or untrimmed state. [read post]
