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Human Rights Made Whole
Yesterday, the U.N. General Assembly marked Human Rights Day by unanimously adopting the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,…
December 12, 2008
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Torture Might Be Necessary
CongressDaily reports yesterday: “The House Intelligence Committee’s top Democrat said Tuesday he has recommended that President-elect Barack Obama keep the…
December 11, 2008
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Capital Punishment Slowing Down
The Death Penalty Information Center has released its Year End Report (pdf) for 2008. It reveals clearly that the trend…
December 11, 2008
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More on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Reflections on its 60th anniversary by former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, author and former child soldier…
December 10, 2008
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What the UDHR Means to Me
The United Nations’ Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), proposed by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted by the United Nations in 1948…
December 10, 2008
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Happy Human Rights Day!
Today is a day when I feel especially grateful for all my rights–that I can write this blog entry, that…
December 10, 2008
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Are Last-Minute Stays of Execution a Form of Torture?
The practice of “mock execution”, where prisoners are led to believe they are going to be killed by their captors,…
December 10, 2008
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The Price of Silence
Anniversaries are a dime a dozen. We’ve got days for everything. Sled Dog Day. Bubble Gum Day. Ballet Day. Dump…
December 10, 2008
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The Effect of the Girl Effect
Yesterday I saw this clever, 2 minute video called the Girl Effect that basically says that a girl can save…
December 9, 2008
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Troy Davis: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Oral Arguments TODAY
At 1 p.m. today, the federal appeals court in Atlanta will hear oral arguments in the case of Troy Anthony…
December 9, 2008
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Blackwater Indictment Good Step; Better Law Next Step
In indicting five Blackwater personnel, and accepting a guilty plea of a sixth, for the 2007 Nisour Square shootings resulting…
December 8, 2008
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What Do O.J. Simpson and Attorney General Michael Mukasey Have in Common?
Consider the following two statements: 1.“I didn’t want to hurt anyone. I didn’t know I was doing anything wrong.” [There…
December 8, 2008