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18 Jan 2023, 6:28 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
Kitty Block is President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. [read post]
14 Mar 2010, 11:25 pm
New York’s Administrative Procedures Act does not require a State agency to issue a declaratory ruling when requestedMatter of Humane Society of United States, Inc. v Brennan, 63 AD3d 1419The genesis of this lawsuit was the New York State’s Department of Agriculture and Markets' declining to issue a declaration that foie gras* is an adulterated food product within the meaning of Agriculture and Markets Law §200. [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 9:05 pm by Damini Kunwar
Every day, an average of twenty people in the United States die due to a shortage of organs available for transplant. [read post]
11 Mar 2008, 1:35 pm
The Times's Joe Nocera casts a skeptical eye and concludes that the president of the Humane Society of the United States is "playing Russian roulette with the truth".... [read post]
18 Aug 2020, 9:03 am by Ana Popovich
On August 3, 2020, 144 families of victims of police violence and more than 360 civil society organizations submitted a letter to Michelle Bachelet, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, regarding a recent UN resolution on “the promotion and protection of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Africans and of people of African descent against police brutality and other violations of human rights. [read post]
17 Nov 2013, 1:26 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Judgments, international and regional instruments, and national constitutions have been classified geographically based on the United Nations Statistics Division. [read post]
30 Sep 2021, 3:40 am by kblocher@hslf.org
  Kitty Block is President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. [read post]
10 May 2014, 1:37 pm
(GP General Principles).As part of the OHCHR's mandate to lead the business and human rights agenda within the United Nations system and to further elaborate the GPs and its operationalization, the UN Human Rights Council, at its 17th session (resolution A/HRC/17/4), established a Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises, consisting of five independent experts, of balanced geographical… [read post]
29 Jul 2020, 12:28 pm by kblocher@hslf.org
The Humane Society Legislative Fund and the Humane Society of the United States worked closely with the Personal Care Products Council, the leading national trade association representing hundreds of cosmetics and personal care products companies, to propose language for the Humane Cosmetics Act. [read post]
14 May 2008, 8:09 pm
A while back I did this review and have updated it again.5-15-2008 NationalThe United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948-1998 with violations shown Article by Article.On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. [read post]
1 Nov 2022, 5:00 pm by Human Rights at Home Blog
On November 10, 2022, the Human Rights Clinic and Program at the University of Miami School of Law, in collaboration with the Human Rights Society at the University of Miami School of Law, the National Right to Food Community of... [read post]
11 Dec 2007, 3:26 am
Human Rights Network's inspiring statement about the importance of focusing on human rights work in the United States:Underlying all human rights work in the United States is a commitment to challenge the pernicious belief that the United States is inherently superior to other countries of the world, and that neither the U.S. government nor the U.S. rights movements have anything to gain from the domestic application of… [read post]
31 Dec 2014, 2:58 pm
We are also working with civil society organizations, trade unions and national human rights institutions to enhance their capacity to use the UN Guiding Principles. [read post]
13 May 2019, 6:00 am by Guest Blogger
  Essentially, no Americans try to emigrate out of the United States while millions of people from around the world try to immigrate to the United States. [read post]
This Human Rights Day offers the perfect opportunity to consider how the United States can improve its own human rights record and ensure that "what's best inside us" extends to every sector of society. [read post]
They outline how States and businesses should implement the UN “Protect, Respect and Remedy” Framework in order to better manage business and human rights challenges. [read post]
7 Apr 2010, 9:53 am by Meyer Glitzenstein & Crystal
On behalf of Defenders of Wildlife, the Humane Society of the United States, and the Center for Biological Diversity, we have filed an amicus brief in a case pending in the U.S. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 3:42 am by Adam Wagner
A recent United Nations Human Rights Council report examined the important question of whether internet access is a human right. [read post]
18 Mar 2008, 3:02 pm
From American Anti-Vivisection Society, Center for Food Safety, Consumers Union, Farm Sanctuary, Food & Water Watch, and Humane Society of the United States: March 18th, 2008 â€â [read post]