Human Rights Law

In “As Labor Struggles, Have the Big Rights and Liberties Groups Like the ACLU Deserted … Along with the Southern Poverty Law Center, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund and the Louisiana Justice Institute, we represent a …

While it was targeted mostly toward the Soviet Union’s Jewish community, it provided a broader foundation for Cold War human rights advocacy. To replace the Jackson-Vanik Act, a bipartisan array of senators supported The Sergei Magnitsky Rule …

Three of the top Twitter hash tags in Russia on Tuesday were “RuWikiBlackout,” “Wikipedia,” and “Law No. 89417-6,” all of which refer to the legislation. Human rights activists and opposition leaders also loudly criticized the bill. The …

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most notorious Islamist clerics has appealed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights allowing London to extradite him to the United States, slowing down U.S. efforts to prosecute him for terrorism.

Punitive laws and human rights abuses are costing lives, wasting money and stifling the global AIDS response, according to a report by the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, an independent body of global leaders and experts. The Commission … Continue reading →

STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) – One of Britain’s most notorious Islamist clerics has appealed a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights allowing London to extradite him to the United States, slowing down U.S. efforts to prosecute him for terrorism.

But both Internet users and human rights activists have loudly protested the law. The Presidential Council of Human Rights said that the law provides too wide a scope for the government to ‘‘subjectively’’ select which sites to blacklist.

But both Internet users and human rights activists have loudly protested the law. The Presidential Council of Human Rights said that the law provides too wide a scope for the government to “subjectively” select which sites to blacklist. The Wikipedia … Continue reading →

Human Rights Watch interviewed 59 people who experienced or escaped … Deploying adequate police officers to known hot spots to prevent attacks and to arrest attackers in the act; Improving the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes …

In that report, Amnesty International writes that it “frequently receives allegations of torture and other forms of ill-treatment against members of vulnerable groups by law enforcement officials in Greece.” Human Rights Watch is calling on …