Human Rights
Workers’ rights as human rights: The Solidarity Center, the UN, and the ITUC
March 7, 2017Globalization has not benefited most of the world’s workers, says panelist Raquel Gonzalez, director of ITUC’s Geneva office.
Read moreSt. Louis Women’s March draws thousands, protesting Trump
January 23, 2017Marchers chanted and clapped over police sirens, while carrying signs that read, “Women’s rights are human rights!” and “Not my president!”
Read moreObama shortens Chelsea Manning’s term
January 18, 2017“Chelsea will walk out of Fort Leavenworth a free woman in four months, on May 17th.”
Read moreColombian prisoner David Ravelo must go free
January 5, 2017Ravelo's case is now before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Read moreThis week in history: Nobelist Emily Greene Balch, founder of WILPF
January 3, 2017Emily Greene Balch was born 150 years ago on January 8, 1867. She was an academic, writer and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946.
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