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26 Jun 2015, 6:56 am
(Pix © Larry Catá Backer 2015)The issue of crafting an international legally binding instrument to regulate, international human rights law, the activities of transnational corporations and other business enterprises has moved to center stage since the adoption of a resolution by the U.N. [read post]
13 Jan 2022, 8:35 am by Katitza Rodriguez
   The important work of combating cybercrime should be consistent with States’ human rights obligations set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and other international human rights instruments and standards. [read post]
4 Oct 2017, 3:59 pm
Mirroring its object of study, international law and global governance scholarship on BHR has focused on theoretical and legal arguments in defense of different global regulatory approaches. [read post]
6 Jun 2016, 8:22 am by Center for Internet and Society
His experience and expertise will be key in developing tools and networks to advance a human rights-based approach to platform liability laws. [read post]
25 Mar 2010, 3:09 pm by Suzanne Ito, ACLU
(The ACLU is co-counsel with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, the Louisiana Justice Institute, the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice and Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. [read post]
11 Nov 2021, 5:52 pm by Michael Lowe
The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) defines Child Sex Trafficking as “… a form of child abuse that occurs when a child under 18 is advertised, solicited or exploited through a commercial sex act. [read post]
29 Jun 2013, 12:54 pm
“A country ‘violates human rights,’ and its president becomes a devil incarnate, the society destabilizes, the human rights issue is followed by attack planes, and the country is wiped out from the face of the earth. [read post]
28 Jun 2011, 12:46 pm by Corporate Action Network
One can hope that such egregious human rights violations by contractors supporting a Department of Defense (DOD) mission would not occur again, and if they did, that the vehicles available for criminal accountability, the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA) and the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), would be used to punish the perpetrators. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 12:44 pm by Shauna Madison
On April 11, 2014, Prisoner Legal News (PLN), a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed a lawsuit against Lewis County of the State of Washington and several of its employees directly involved in the operation of Lewis County Jail. [read post]
24 Sep 2014, 12:44 pm by Shauna Madison
On April 11, 2014, Prisoner Legal News (PLN), a project of the Human Rights Defense Center (HRDC), filed a lawsuit against Lewis County of the State of Washington and several of its employees directly involved in the operation of Lewis County Jail. [read post]
1 Sep 2022, 5:01 am by Jason Pielemeier, Chris Riley
Internet freedom posits a rights-centered and rules-based approach to internet governance. [read post]
10 Aug 2021, 5:51 am by Daniel
Some of the defenses, depending on what happened, may include:The police violated your rights. [read post]
24 Sep 2007, 4:16 am
She called the Human Rights Watch study reliable and urged lawmakers to classify sex offenders by rigorous clinical standards used in several states. [read post]
As one of the Ukrainian air force pilots told Breaking Defense, “My opinion is knowing the Russian air defense right now, and knowing that range of the missiles that Gray Eagle, I’ll give you a 90% chance that it will be shot down. [read post]
7 Nov 2019, 7:37 am by Matthew Moriarty
The board settled on these principles after a 15-month study that sought feedback from experts such as “Turing Award-winning AI researchers, retired four-star generals, human rights attorneys, political theorists, arms control activists, tech entrepreneurs” and the public. [read post]
28 Jul 2008, 4:17 am
From the recent Maclean’s decision: "The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in Canada (Human Rights Commission) v. [read post]
22 Jun 2014, 5:00 pm
The deplorable conditions are an affront to basic human rights and have led attorneys to take action for Constitutional violations. [read post]