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19 Dec 2009, 11:01 am by Terry Lenamon
Earlier this month, the United States Supreme Court heard argument in the case of Beach Renourishment v. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 12:56 pm by Lenora Lapidus, Women's Rights Project
Nearly every country in the world has ratified CEDAW; the United States is one of only seven that have not. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 9:32 am by Michael Markarian
Pam Byrnes: I am honored and most appreciative of the recognition from The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 9:32 am by Michael Markarian
Pam Byrnes: I am honored and most appreciative of the recognition from The Humane Society of the United States and the Humane Society Legislative Fund. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 8:57 am by Chandra Bhatnagar, Human Rights Program
International Migrants Day offers us an opportunity to pause and reflect on what kind of society we want to pass on to our children and grandchildren. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 9:59 pm
United States Patent and Trademark Office case, in which a group of patients, physicians, academic researchers, and medical societies filed suit against the U.S. [read post]
17 Dec 2009, 8:03 am by Steve Hall
Until they reach that point, I urge those States still employing the death penalty to place a formal moratorium on its use, with the aim of ultimately ratifying the Optional Protocol and abolishing the punishment altogether everywhere.Pillay is the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.The World Coalition Against the Death Penalty has issued a news release, "UN Protocol on the Death Penalty Turns 20. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 1:47 pm
Thus, children in the United States would be provided with additional protections if the United States became party to the CRC. [read post]
16 Dec 2009, 7:58 am by Victoria Pynchon
  If you are unemployed and your COBRA benefits are running out, I want you to imagine yourself a United States Senator with responsibility for insuring that all Americans have access to quality health care while at the same time answering to the folks back home who are afraid the cost will show itself in increased taxes; the quality of care will plummet; and, the insurance industry will be hobbled, decreasing the benefit of private insurance plans to those who have them now. [read post]
15 Dec 2009, 1:46 pm by Hilde
15 December 2009 – The top United Nations human rights official today called for the universal abolition of the death penalty, citing a host of reasons ranging from the fundamental right to life to the possibility of judicial errors. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 1:25 pm
The Irish Constitution provides that "the State recognises the Family as the natural primary and fundamental unit group of Society, and as a moral institution possessing inalienable and imprescriptible rights, antedecent and superior to all positive law," and specifically provides that the State, "therefore, guarantees to protect the Family in its constitution and authority. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 10:48 am
In the United States, Knowledge Ecology International estimates about 5 percent of published books have been transformed to the Daisy format. [read post]
11 Dec 2009, 9:27 am
They also offer scholarships for students, which is the topic of this post: Deadline: December 31 Scholarships up to $12,000 for undergraduate or graduate study in the United States or abroad. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 9:59 pm by Colin Rule
And so, a quarter century after the United States Senate rejected the League of Nations -- an idea for which Woodrow Wilson received this prize -- America led the world in constructing an architecture to keep the peace: a Marshall Plan and a United Nations, mechanisms to govern the waging of war, treaties to protect human rights, prevent genocide, restrict the most dangerous weapons. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 9:55 pm
United States Patent and Trademark Office case, in which a group of patients, physicians, academic researchers, and medical societies filed suit against the U.S. [read post]
10 Dec 2009, 1:24 pm
 Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this:  The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. [read post]
8 Dec 2009, 8:15 am
The United States, and likely the Obama administration, is going to confront situations that are not covered by state consent or [read post]
4 Dec 2009, 2:23 pm
Voters with disabilities still confront obstacles to voting-a basic human and civil right. [read post]