At the conference, 189 participating countries and territories worldwide endorsed the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, with U.S. first lady Hillary Clinton declaring that “women’s rights are human rights.” . ... “Abe’s attempt to empower women is part of his..…
The gunman charged in the Pittsburgh shooting was reported to have railed against Jewish support for immigrants’ rights. . “Anti-Semitism is a human sickness and rots to the core every society that embraces it,” Carr said. . ..…
For its part the Palestinian Center for Human Rights said in statement on Friday evening, 22 February 2019, in excessive use of force against peaceful protesters on Friday of March of Return and Breaking the Siege, Israeli forces killed Palestinian child and wounded 115 civilians,..…
.” — Pierre Esperance, National Human Rights Defense Network . . by . . . . ... They didn’t want them to go before Haitian justice,” Pierre Esperance, who runs the National Human Rights Defense Network in Haiti, told the Herald. . ..…
Outside of Justice Department, it also seems untenable for Acosta to be allowed to remain in his position as head of Department of Labor — federal agency with role to play in combating and prosecuting human trafficking cases and protecting the rights of minors. ..…
Human Rights Watch says at least 51 people have been killed, while Sudanese officials say 31 people have died in protest-related violence since the demonstrations began on December 19. . ..…
Kalhori was 15 years old when he was arrested in December 2014 over the fatal stabbing of one of his schoolteachers, the rights group said. . ... The video also criticizes Toktakunov for working as the defense attorney of human right activist Azimjan Askarov in 2010. . ..…
Government — that’s its reality, not its ‘pro-democracy’ and ‘human rights’ myth. ... And, if the U.S. regime is so concerned to ‘protect democracy’ and ‘protect human rights’ all over the world (as that perennially lying bunch always claim to be the..…
KATE KELLY is a human rights attorney at Equality Now, an international women's rights NGO and a lead organization of the national ERA Coalition. ..…
Beyond Virtue and Vice Human Rights and Criminal Law in Context of Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights... ... new book, Beyond Virtue and Vice Rethinking Human Rights and Criminal Law, edited by GHJP Co- Director Alice M. ..…
Nearly 12,000 civilians have been killed by US-led air strikes in Iraq and Syria since 2014, according to a statement from the Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights. . ... Brett Wilkins is a San Francisco-based freelance journalist whose work, which focuses on issues of war and peace and..…
Rather than bringing peace, prosperity and democracy like the government propaganda had promised, American military interventions in these countries - interventions that had promised to oust repressive regimes and protect human rights - largely had the opposite impact. ..…
NATO nothing did to continue the protection of human rights after the war when the province became put under complete protectorate and control by NATO. ... The recent historical experience of violation of human rights that the situation was escalating with the creation..…
The same fears prompted 33 EU parliamentarians to write similarly worded letter to British Prime Minister, Ecuadorian President and UN Secretary General on December 10th, condemning the very serious and egregious violations of human rights in the heart of Europe.. The politicians and UN..…
We can criticize in the name of human rights, but we can not talk about the Palestinian right of return or things that would affect Israel's legitimacy or what is called Israel's right to exist. ... All the “Democrats and Progressives” who called for overthrowing Assad,..…