Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Can Human Rights Be Saved?

Jack Healey | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Human Rights, National Defense Authorization Act, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Politics News

After a legacy of torture inherited by the Bush/Cheney team, we are about to see the Obama administration sign off on a law that would permit indefinite military detention of American citizens without trial, process, or even formal charge.

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The Tunis Imperative: Human Rights and Development In the Wake of the Arab Spring

Navi Pillay | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Human Rights, Arab Spring, Development, Tunisia, Ohchr, Human Rights Day, Occupy Movement, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, World News

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted on 10 December 1948. Today, on the streets of our cities, people are demanding that governments and international institutions make good on this promise

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Universal Day of Human Rights -- Implementing Its Ideals

Maryam Zar | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Women, Universal-Human-Rights, World, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Human Rights Day, Human Rights, Impact News

It is not enough to speak about it, celebrate it and quote it to stir the emotions of people who may never have experienced life without those rights, then look away when its principles are violated.

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A World Made New: Celebrating International Human Rights Day

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: International Human Rights Day, Jewish Values, Human Rights, K'vod Habriot, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, Judaism, Religion News

The UDHR is both inspiring and challenging. Inspiring because of the ideal world it describes, insisting even that "Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized."

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It's Not Gay Rights; It's Human Rights: Clinton Breaks Down the Wall

Sandip Roy | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Human Rights, Gay Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, International Human Rights Day, Gay Rights Human Rights, Gay Voices News

Clinton showed in her speech that ultimately there must be a line in the sand before it turns into the quicksand of cultural relativism. Some things are just not negotiable. Otherwise, you slowly strip the "universal" out of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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Human Rights Day 2011: Signals of Hope

William F. Schulz | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Syria, Egypt, Ivory Coast Election, Turkey, Icc, Belarus, Arab Spring, Human Rights, Congo Rape, Tunisia, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Arab League, Libya, Occupy Wall Street, Myanmar, South Sudan, Human Rights Day, World News

2011 has been a momentous year. The Arab Spring alone promises to reshape the human rights landscape. Add to that the independence of South Sudan, the apparent opening in Myanmar and Occupy Wall Street, and you have the makings of a watershed year.

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I Have a Dream: Diversity (VIDEO)

Walden Davis | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Social Justice, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Global Village, Diversity, Udhr, Mlk, Impact News

Today, in the 21st century, King's dream and the UDHR's articles of human rights are still only partially met here at home in the "land of the free" and around the world.

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Wake Up America! Labor Needs a New "Clock Movement" to Keep Up With the Times

Armand F. Pereira | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Employees, Collective Bargaining, Human Rights, Labor Movement, Unions, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

The right to organize and bargain collectively is beyond limited union powers to organize workers and mobilize crowds.

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Real Freedom of Assembly and Expression Still Missing in Arab World

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Syria, Jordan, Libya, Iran, Freedom-of-Expression, Right to Assemble, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Yemen, Obama, Algeria, US, Bahrain, American Hypocracy, World News

If the US wants to see democratic change in countries like Syria, Libya and Iran, it must be sure that countries like Yemen, Algeria, Jordan and Bahrain are not allowed to violate their people's right to assembly and their freedom of expression.

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Atrocities Notwithstanding, 2010 Saw Major Progress on Human Rights

Julie B. Gutman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Forced Disappearance, British Guantanamo Detainees, Human Rights, Argentina Dirty War Law, Cambodia War Crimes Conviction, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Human Rights Day, Aung San Suu Kyi, Julie Gutman, World News

On December 10, the international community will mark the 60th annual Human Rights Day, celebrating the adoption by the United Nations of the Universa...

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A Citizen's Reflections on Race, Violence and Power

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citizenship, East Timor, Atlanta, Morocco, Crime, Chicago, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Violence, Washington DC, Legacy of Slavery, Democracy, Power, Race, Los Angeles, Interracial, South Africa, Peru, Segregation, Civil Rights Movement, Intraracial, Institutional Racism, Truth and Reconciliation, Slavery, Rochester, Racism, Quality of Democracy, Discrimination, Detroit, Baltimore, Trc, Politics News

Originally published on December 16, 2007 at Truthout.org. In recognition of International Human Rights Day, upcoming on December 10th. Three ye...

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Bounty Of Beliefs

Ellen Snortland | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Religious Intolerance, Human Rights Campaign, Phyllis Schlafly, Mary Baker Eddy, Separation of Church and State, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Impact News

Look around your tables this week and thank those of your friends and relatives who dare to be themselves, if they differ from you. It's a gift to differ.

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Women's Wrongs at the U.N.

Ami Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iran, Susan Rice, Saudi Arabia, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, United Nations, Women's Rights, United States, Human Rights, Entertainment News

During the course making my movie U.N.Me I have come across countless acts of absurd behavior by the U.N. This week gives us yet another shining exam...

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The U.S. Human Rights Report: Courage and Candor Are Signs of Strength

Wade Henderson, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John F. Kennedy, President Obama, Human Rights, Martin Luther King, UN Commission on Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Universal Periodic Review, UN Human Rights Council, Franklin Roosevelt, Civil Rights, State Department, Edward R. Murrow, Politics News

Last year, I was part of an official U.S. delegation that met with members of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. President Obama had just given ...

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Iran's Nuclear Crisis: Why ICC Ratification Could Help Ease Tensions and Avert War

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Kissinger, War With Iran, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ICC Ratification, President Obama, US-Iran Relations, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iranian Elections, Iran; ICC; Nuclear; Obama; IAEA; Mousavi, Iran-Iraq War, International Atomic Energy Agency, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979 Revolution, Rome Statute, Global Brief, Iran's Nuclear Program, Unnecessary-War-With-Iran, Benjamin Disraeli, Fereiydoun Hoveyda, Iran Nuclear Program, Cyrus Cylinder, Israel Iran, International Criminal Court, Islamic Law, Convention on the Rights of the Child, World News

Increasing sanctions coupled with a record of reliance on aggressive language, inflexible positions and the overhanging threat of war have only served to toughen Iranian resolve.

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From a Source of Inspiration to a Pariah State

Hagai El-Ad | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Israel, Prolonged Occupation, Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, World News

The path leading beyond the cliff's edge is clear and Israel's government is propelling the country forward with eyes wide open.

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Reality Check: Understanding the Mujahedin-e Khalq

Ali Safavi | Posted 05.25.2011

There has not been a single credible and independently verifiable finding that the MEK ever targeted any civilians or non-combatants. This is why the Iranian mullahs have fabricated cases against it.

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Residency and Naturalization

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Palestine, Residency, Human Rights, Obama Presidency, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Israel, World News

Issues of residency and citizenship cannot be swept under the rug anymore. Attempts to deny citizenship on the basis of national or political exclusion should not be tolerated in the 21st century.

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Human Rights and Globalization-Synergy or Competition?

Derek Henry Flood | Posted 06.29.2011

Read More: Human Rights, Kosovo, Pakistan, Chechnya, Chechnya Human Rights, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Guantanamo, Serbia, Globalization, Georgia, John Yoo, Un, Maoism, China, Xinjiang, World News

Human rights are an essential and non-negotiable component of global progress. The increased highlighting of human rights violations is itself a byproduct of globalization.

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Human Rights Soundbytes

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Diy, Teaching Human Rights, Tibet Hope Center, Elanor Roosevelt, Built on Respect, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Impact News

Two weeks ago, I found a video that asked people on the street: What are human rights? People were better able to explain what they weren't -- but not what they were.

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Universal Environmental Rights

Diane Perlman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Climate Change, Copenhagen 2009, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Green News

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Invictus Kicks Off New Campaign for the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Assembly, Larry Gross, Morgan Freeman, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Eleanor Roosevelt, Invictus, Rent Control, Bonnie Abaunza, Nobel Peace Prize, Matt Damon, Nobel Laureate, Desmond Tutu, Mary Wald, Los Angeles, Pacific Design Center, Education, Hunger, Human Rights, Coalition for Economic Survival, West Hollywood, Tiger Woods, Freedom, Udhr, TheCommunity.Com, Discrimination, Healthcare, Los Angeles News

Los Angeles gets a bad rap. It's assailed for being shallow and rarely acknowledged for its good heart. But Los Angeles has a huge heart - at the center of which is pulsating non-stop activism.

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Vienna Declaration: Press Freedom and Security Compatible in Fight Against Terrorism

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: International Federation of Journalists, First Amendment, Human Rights Watch, Pakistan, United Nations, World Press Freedom Committee, Lebanon, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, Media, Jakarta Post, London, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Indonesia, Salzburg, Maharat Foundation, Committee to Protect Journalists, Austria, Vienna, Center for International Legal Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, Article 19, Geo TV, Germany, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, University of Vienna, BBC World News, International Press Institute, Al Jazeera International, Der Standard, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Freedom of Expression, The Muslim Council of Britain, ZDF German Television, Terrorism, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Mainz, Orf, Media News

Security and press freedom can coexist, with the free flow of information recognized as the best weapon against terrorism, international media experts argued in a final declaration published this week.

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The Fight Against Discrimination

Navi Pillay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights Day, Discrimination, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, World News

On December 10, 1948, the world adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It states that all human beings are born equal in dignity and rights. Let us make its principles of equality, freedom and dignity for all a reality everywhere.

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U.N. Birthday Rocks for Its Peacemakers

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Aterciopelados, Summer Olympics Beijing 2008, U.N. Department of Public Information, Emmanuel Jal, U.N. Day Concert 2009 a Tribute to Peacekeeping, Humanitarian, Shankhar Mahadevan, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, The War Against War, Angelique Kidjo, Cnn International, Jayashri Wyatt, Sierra Leone, Global Citizens, Wyclef Jean, Lauren Saffa, U.N. Secretary General, Norway, Lang Lang, Salman & Samina Global Wellness Initiative, Earth Wind and Fire, Xian Song & Dance Troupe, Africa, Zahir Hussain, Senegal, Leonardo Dicaprio, Cotonou, U.N. Department of Peacekeeping Operation, Oslo, Education Sans Mutilation, Wikipedia, Rwanda, Melissa Etheridge, Sting, South Asia, Berlin Philharmonic, Entwined Twins, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Pakistan, Isha Sesay, Culture Project, You Are Not Alone, Amnesty International, Blood Diamond, Shrinivas Uppalapu, Julianne Hoffenberg, John Mahavishnu McLaughlin, Benin, New York, Junoon, Barack Obama, Time 100, Colombia, Killing Me Softly, Ghatam, The First Time Ever, General Assembly, Salman Ahmad, Fisher Stevens, Interfaith Dialogue, Thought Leaders, Steven Lawrence, China, Bbc, Allan Buchman, National Geographic, Day-O, United Nations, Jim Luce, Harry Belafonte, Paris, Injustice, Vienna Philharmonic, Sudan, She Mama Africa, Selvaganesh Vinayakaram, Malaika, Cancion Protesta, John Lee, Sister Fa, Samir Chatterjee, Blue Helmets, Roberta Flack Singing, War Child Film, Berlin, Grammy-Award, Mridangam, Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Nile Rodgers, Indi-Jazz Fusion, Afghanistan, Kanjira, Eleanor Roosevelt, Freedom of Expression Award, Nobel Peace Prize, We Are the World, Alain Le Roy, God Grew Tired of US, Under-Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, The Price of Silence, Two Sheps That Pass., Female Genital Mutilation, Emma McCune, Orphans International Worldwide, Haiti, New York Times, U.N. Peacekeepers, Swahili, Alicia Keys, Hutu-Tutsi Conflict, Sufi Rock, Remember Shakti, Michael Owen, USA for Africa, Haiti Earthquake, New York News

Flashbulbs popping non-stop, H.E. Mr. Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations in New York, entered the U.N. General Assembly Hall in New ...

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