United Nations Must Re-Impose Arms Embargo on DRC Government Forces
According to a UN Panel of Expert’s report released last Friday, government security forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo…
December 15, 2008
Human Rights Made Whole
Yesterday, the U.N. General Assembly marked Human Rights Day by unanimously adopting the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic,…
December 12, 2008
Australia to join Internet Censors? U.S. Companies Can't Be Allowed to Help.
The New York Times reported yesterday that “[t]he Australian government plans to test a nationwide Web filtering system that would…
December 12, 2008
Maryland Commission Calls for Abolition
Today, the Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment made it official, formally recommending in its Final Report that Maryland repeal the…
December 12, 2008
Capital Punishment Slowing Down
The Death Penalty Information Center has released its Year End Report (pdf) for 2008. It reveals clearly that the trend…
December 11, 2008
Torture Might Be Necessary
CongressDaily reports yesterday: "The House Intelligence Committee's top Democrat said Tuesday he has recommended that President-elect Barack Obama keep the…
December 11, 2008
The Price of Silence
Anniversaries are a dime a dozen. We’ve got days for everything. Sled Dog Day. Bubble Gum Day. Ballet Day. Dump…
December 10, 2008
Are Last-Minute Stays of Execution a Form of Torture?
The practice of “mock execution”, where prisoners are led to believe they are going to be killed by their captors,…
December 10, 2008
Happy Human Rights Day!
Today is a day when I feel especially grateful for all my rights--that I can write this blog entry, that…
December 10, 2008
What the UDHR Means to Me
The United Nations' Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), proposed by Eleanor Roosevelt and adopted by the United Nations in 1948…
December 10, 2008
More on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Reflections on its 60th anniversary by former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, author and former child soldier…
December 10, 2008
Troy Davis: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to Hear Oral Arguments TODAY
At 1 p.m. today, the federal appeals court in Atlanta will hear oral arguments in the case of Troy Anthony…
December 9, 2008