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2 Aug 2024, 5:51 am by Sarah Shirazyan
These rights and freedoms are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and are among those that the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner has identified as being at risk from generative AI. [read post]
4 Mar 2015, 8:06 am
Military campaigns, financial sanctions and attempts to staunch the inflow of weapons - such as the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty - may be part of the solution. [read post]
1 Feb 2018, 9:10 am
I hope that they will be of use to States, civil society organizations, international organizations and others working to bring human rights to bear on environmental issues.The Human Right to a Healthy Environment. [read post]
3 Jun 2013, 10:00 pm by Karen Tani
Specifically, Ferrer presents a case study in the application of the Haitian Republic’s Constitution of 1816 to create a safe-haven territory to which slaves and even free blacks could escape or migrate with the expectation of living as free people, and she traces the effect of this law, and more generally the Haitian Revolution, on the slave societies that surrounded Haiti in the Caribbean and Atlantic, and even the effect of these factors in Europe, the United… [read post]
20 May 2021, 2:01 am by Jen Patja Howell
What should we make of the recent decision by the Biden administration to sign the United States on to the call? [read post]
27 Jul 2024, 6:53 pm
Much the same is true of sovereign wealth funds and the human rights impacts of their investments.Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for Business and Human Rights A/HRC/8/5 (7 April 2008) I have been working on the production of a comprehensive commentary of the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and… [read post]
10 May 2023, 6:06 am by Tracey Gurd
The Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua, established by the United Nations, recently concluded that since those uprisings, the Nicaraguan government has committed and continues to commit crimes against humanity with total impunity. [read post]
25 Dec 2014, 9:11 pm
Human rights indicators allow States to assess their own progress in implementing human rights and compliance with the international treaties, and also provide tools for civil society to monitor progress and ensure accountability. [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 6:05 am by Alex T. Johnson
Brazil and the United States first agreed to JAPER in March 2008. [read post]
15 May 2018, 11:00 am by Valentin Weber
It provides further answers as to why and how the United States, the former Soviet Union, China, Iran, and Syria use their proxies. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 7:41 pm
(Business and Human Rights Resource Center,  Binding treaty: Pros and cons (June 2014).The Ecuadorean Resolution had the support of a broad coalition of civil society actors that had been lobbying with great effort to attain its objectives--the drafting of a comprehensive treaty for business and human rights. [read post]
26 Oct 2016, 6:23 am by Tequila J. Brooks
The Special Rapporteur issued recommendations not only to States, but to Businesses, the ILO, the United Nations and multilateral financial institutions like the World Bank and IMF as well as to trade unions and civil society. [read post]
25 Aug 2014, 2:44 pm by Sital Kalantry
CERD is one of only a few international human rights treaties the United States has ratified. [read post]
12 Jul 2011, 2:59 am
Last week, the Humane Society of the United States held an unusual press conference. [read post]
5 Jun 2024, 1:09 pm by Kate Reeves
State Department just released its 2023 Country Report on Human Rights Practices for India, which outlines the high rates of politically motivated killings and “arbitrary deprivation of life. [read post]