I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...
Eleanor Roosevelt's quote "Remember no one can make you feel inferior without your consent" emphasizes self-worth originating ...
“We have to continue walking…We still have to cover a long distance, but we are in the right direction.” The event took place 20 March during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women, a panel of ...
Despite the paramount importance of the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights issued in 1948, which ...
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948, the Committee on Human Rights (CHR) shared stories of ...
DALLAS — Before Travis Skyers takes any stage, he has a routine. “A mantra that my mom taught me is what three things that can no longer be hidden. The sun, the moon and the truth,” said Skyers, a ...
The UN Human Rights Council recently issued a resolution condemning Iran’s attacks on the Gulf states and Jordan, and called ...
Fifty years ago today, one of the most important treaties in the realm of international law came into effect. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) is one of the three ...
BANGOR, Maine (WABI) - Wednesday marks the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. According to the United Nations, the UN General Assembly adopted the non-legally binding document ...
I believe in the cause of universal human rights. The presentation was far-ranging, moving from basic trauma theory, to a discussion of dissociation as a response to distress, moral injury (more on ...