News & Commentary about Human Rights
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Jul 9, 2010
Lighting a Fire for the Women's Rights Treaty
Jun 30, 2010
An Arcane, Destructive — and Still Legal — Practice
Jun 22, 2010
Unequal Access to Citizenship for Muslims
Jun 4, 2010
Buried in the Bureau of Prisons
Jun 4, 2010
New York Closes in on a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights
May 24, 2010
Omar Khadr Is Not a Military Commissions Guinea Pig
May 17, 2010
Supreme Court: No Life Sentences for Juveniles Who Haven't Killed
May 7, 2010
Honor Your Mother. . . High Time to Ratify CEDAW
Apr 29, 2010
Puerto Rican Community Fights Human Rights Abuses
Apr 29, 2010
Dr. Dorothy Height Told Us That It's Not a Man's Civil Rights World