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60th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Worldwide Danger of Religious Fundamentalism

John W. Whitehead | Posted 01.19.2009 | World

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John W. Whitehead

The United Nations General Assembly has passed a defamation of religion resolution that threatens to undermine the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion.

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Nations Must Support Human Rights By Recognizing International Standards

Victor Ochen | Posted 01.12.2009 | World

Read More: 60th Anniversary Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Youth, Human Rights, Africa, United Nations, United Nations Africa, International Standards, Un, World News
Victor Ochen

To fellow youth, it's understandable how you have been pained with our sufferings. But it's time we come together as brothers and sisters, united by feeling for justice towards one another.

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What Ms. Roosevelt Might Have Said About Gay Rights

Pia Sawhney | Posted 04.01.2009 | Politics

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Pia Sawhney

If Ms. Roosevelt was around today... would she have used the 60th anniversary of the UDHR the way gay activists have; and would she have endorsed a national boycott in solidarity with them?

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Republic Workers and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

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Sarah van Gelder

The factory sit-in could launch an economic human rights movement that takes off where Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. left off when he was assassinated supporting striking sanitation workers.

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Time for global civil disobedience?: Five things to Advance the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Kumi Naidoo | Posted 01.10.2009 | World

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Kumi Naidoo

Today is day of celebration for the progress we have made in the 60 years since the Declaration was signed. However, the litany of abuses does not afford us a second of self-congratulation.

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Corporate Responsibility and the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Michael Shtender-Auerbach | Posted 01.10.2009 | Business

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Michael Shtender-Auerbach

With its growing impact on socio-economic conditions, business has a role to play in finally bringing the Declaration's principles to their universal realization.

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Peaceful Revolution: On Human Rights Day, Dare to Lead

John Kirk Boyd | Posted 01.10.2009 | Living

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John Kirk Boyd

The 2048 Project provides a process by which individuals, organizations and governments developing the "rule of law" can focus together and draft an optimal international framework.

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