Human Rights Law 
Washington insider Chad Griffin to lead gay rights lobby as new president of Human Rights Campaign – Contra Costa Times
“The Human Rights Campaign still sucks … an inclusive ENDA (Employment Non-Discrimination Act) or a whole host of other things, political or otherwise.” The California News Service is a journalism project of the University of California …
ALBA attacks justice, human rights – Miami Herald
This shameful act needs to be explained … the victims to plead before the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Court of Human Rights. (I don’t even mention Raúl Castro, because the Cuban government was expelled from that …
New SCOTUS brief: Keep international human rights cases in U.S. courts – Reuters Blogs
Morrison, they said, dealt with the reach of substantive U.S. securities laws, not with the jurisdictional provisions … notes that other countries permit claims for international human rights violations and describes the safeguards in U.S. courts against …
Human rights changes represent victory for free speech – The Chronicle Herald
The problem with Section 13 of the Canadian Human Rights Act, which Parliament repealed last week, is that its vague provisions threaten to curtail free speech — arguably our most important right — while being administered through a quasi-judicial …
Mayor Bloomberg’s Racial Profiling Program — a Human Rights Catastrophe – Huffington Post
Mayor Bloomberg’s massive street-level racial profiling program is a civil and human rights catastrophe that both hurts our … that racial profiling ultimately undermines effective law enforcement. New York City’s failure to lower violent …
Judges to be told to toughen up on human rights cases – Daily Telegraph
She wants MPs to pass a motion that the so-called Article 8 of the European Convention of Human Rights is not an “absolute right … against judges and that a wholesale change in the law was needed. Mrs May will … Continue reading
Rights Groups Protest Israeli Arrests of African Migrants – Voice of America
Human rights activists are protesting … The Israeli parliament passed a law this year allowing the government to detain any person who sneaks into the country. Van Esveld says arrests began after the government announced it would begin enforcing the … Continue reading
Russian arms dealer targeted over Syria – United Press International
Human Rights Watch said it objected to the participation of Russian … suspected of committing crimes against humanity may by a violation of international law. U.N. officials last week said they suspected Syria had committed atrocities against …
Restrictions on human rights poison positive Turkish climate – Today’s Zaman
Turkey has undergone a transformation towards installing the rule of law since the country became a candidate … Turkey for its violation of the right to free speech as well as human rights in general. In the latest pressure tactics … Continue reading
China To Go Long Way Before People Fully Allowed To Enjoy Human Rights – RTT News
The new plan for human rights protection work for 2012-2015 was published by … “China endeavors to develop socialist democracy, improve the socialist rule of law, expand the orderly political participation of citizens and guarantees people’s civil …
