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Congress, Accountability, and the Goldstone Report

Salena Tramel | Posted 11.04.2009 | World

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Salena Tramel

Congress--and all Americans for that matter--should welcome each and every investigation of human rights violations, wherever and by whomever they may have been committed.

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When Abortion Is "Gendercide"

Madeline Wheeler | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Abortion, Women's Rights, Gender Ratios, Sex Selective Abortion, United Nations Human Rights Council, Petals in the Dust, Sex-Selection, Oklahoma Abortion Laws, India, Dr. Sabu George, Nyna Caputi, Infanticide, The Christian Science Monitor, H.B. 1595, International Violence Against Women Act, World News
Madeline Wheeler

Without enough women, some Indian girls from poor areas are being sold as wives to higher caste men. Often these girls service more than one male and are kept essentially as sex slaves.

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Gaza War Crimes Debate To Reopen At UN Security Council

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 10.13.2009 | World

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GENEVA — The U.N. Human Rights Council will reopen the debate about alleged war crimes in Gaza later this week after Palestinians succeeded in g...

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Glaring Omissions in Goldstone Report

State Rep. Julie Hamos | Posted 12.01.2009 | Chicago

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State Rep. Julie Hamos

Where is the repudiation of Hamas' refusal to recognize the State of Israel? How can Israel negotiate for a two-state solution when one Palestinian partner is bent on its destruction?

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The United Nations Kangaroo "Investigation" of Israeli "War Crimes"

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

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Alan Dershowitz

Richard Goldstone knows that unless his report condemns Israel, at least as forcefully as it condemns Hamas, it will never be accepted by the UN Human Rights Council.

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US War Crime Probes Inadequate: UN Expert

AP | FRANK JORDANS | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

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GENEVA — An independent U.N. human rights investigator said Thursday that the United States is failing to properly investigate alleged war crime...

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US Seeking Seat On UN Human Rights Council, Reversing Bush Precedent

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 05.01.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — The United States will seek election to the U.N. Human Rights Council this year, the State Department said Tuesday, announcing the ...

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North Korean Human Rights Situation "Dire", "Grim", And "Desperate": UN

Huffington Post | Stuart Whatley | Posted 04.16.2009 | World

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UN special rapporteur on North Korean human rights, Vitit Muntarbhorn, reported to the 10th Session of the UN Human Rights Council today with what is ...

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