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22 Nov 2019, 9:07 am
Each year the Law Library of Congress celebrates Human Rights Day with a panel discussion focusing on the understanding and recognition of a critical social, economic, or cultural human rights issue. [read post]
11 May 2007, 2:30 pm
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights was created in 1959 and is expressly authorized to examine allegations of human rights violations by members of the Organization of American States, which include the United States. [read post]
10 Feb 2021, 7:57 am
Human rights defenders continue to face significant obstacles in reaching victims of human rights abuses in Sudan. [read post]
15 Feb 2007, 1:00 am
Buergenthal has taught at the State University of New York at Buffalo Law School, the University of Texas School of Law, Emory Law School, where he directed the Human Rights Program of the Carter Center, and George Washington University Law School, where he was presiding director of the International Rule of Law Center. [read post]
23 Sep 2013, 6:02 am
Amaka Okany: State Responsibility and the State-Business Nexus under the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights Representatives from US Department of State and Department of Labor have also been confirmed. [read post]
23 Jun 2017, 6:49 am
The Congressional-Executive Commission on Chinaannounces a hearingGagging the Lawyers: China’s Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers and Its Implications for U.S. [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 7:18 am
Government charged with monitoring compliance with the Helsinki Accords and advancing comprehensive security through promotion of human rights, democracy, and economic, environmental, and military cooperation in 57 countries. [read post]
5 Sep 2019, 7:18 am
Government charged with monitoring compliance with the Helsinki Accords and advancing comprehensive security through promotion of human rights, democracy, and economic, environmental, and military cooperation in 57 countries. [read post]
1 Dec 2017, 1:10 am
Chairs Urge Robust Use of Global Magnitsky Tools to Punish Human Rights Violators in ChinaSubmit list of officials for State Department vettingMedia Contact: 202-226-3777November 29, 2017(Washington D.C.) [read post]
9 Aug 2014, 11:19 am
Since Boeing announced that it will be moving thousands of engineering jobs out of the state of Washington, the union representing its engineers has filed an age-discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as well as the Washington State Human Rights Commission. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 7:58 am
On January 1, 2023, Washington joined the growing list of states requiring pay transparency in job postings. [read post]
16 Mar 2016, 3:49 pm
According to the inter-American system of human rights (comprised of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, based in Washington, D.C., and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights based in San Jose, Costa Rica), States are only allowed to apply it for procedural purposes: when there is a risk that the defendant might flee (and the case might thus not be brought to justice), and/or where proceedings (such as the… [read post]
23 Mar 2017, 8:50 pm
He is an authority on international and human rights law and one of the youngest Holocaust survivors. [read post]
28 Dec 2023, 12:55 am
Both Argentina and Paraguay are Contracting States to the American Convention on Human Rights (or Pact of San José) and the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, which are the main instruments assessed by the Inter-American Court and Commission. [read post]
27 May 2015, 1:44 pm
One notable feature of this year's Crime Commission was the positive role played by the United States. [read post]
16 Mar 2018, 3:24 pm
Reliance on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a temptation of all states, and sometimes to very good effect--but those are political and moral, not legal, arguments. [read post]
24 Dec 2014, 11:23 pm
These draft articles address the rights and obligations of States affected by natural or man-made disasters, as well as the rights and obligations of States and international organizations that provide assistance to an affected State. [read post]
16 Jul 2015, 8:20 am
For Immediate Release Tuesday, July 14, 2015 Contact: Scott Flipse 202-226-3777 STATEMENT BY CECC CHAIRS REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS SMITH AND SENATOR MARCO RUBIO ON PRESIDENT XI’S ‘INCREASINGLY BOLD DISREGARD FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS’ (Washington, DC)—With the recent detentions and interrogations of scores of human rights lawyers and the death in detention of Tibetan Buddhist religious leader Tenzen Deleg Rinpoche, the Chairs of the… [read post]
23 Nov 2022, 5:04 pm
Release of 2022 Annual ReportNovember 16, 2022 (WASHINGTON, DC)—U.S. [read post]
28 Mar 2022, 4:38 pm
As Chairs of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China, we have worked on a bipartisan basis to advance legislation pursuing human rights improvements in the PRC as a critical national interest. [read post]
