Post Tagged with: "Human Rights"

• Jaycee Dugard Sues Government for Failing to Protect Her from Captor

  By Bill O'Neil, Courts, Human Rights, Original Content, Sex Equality September 25, 2011 at 5:45 pm 0 comments

  Jaycee Dugard has filed suit against the U.S. government, alleging that the failure of law enforcement officers to adequately monitor her captor – a federal parolee – contributed to her nearly twenty-year confinement in a California backyard, during which time she endured multiple rapes.  In doing so, Dugard challenges decades-old [...]

   

• UN Human Rights Body Passes Historic LGBT Anti-Discrimination Resolution

  By Jason Lee, Human Rights, Issue Areas, LGBTQ Rights June 17, 2011 at 11:30 am 0 comments

  For the very first time, the Human Rights Council at the United Nations approved a resolution that condemns  discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation.  The 47-member Human Rights Council voted 23 in favor and 19 against Friday, with 3 abstentions, for the resolution put forward by South Africa.  The [...]

   

• Dalai Lama Steps Down

  Human Rights, Issue Areas March 16, 2011 at 9:22 am 0 comments

  Today, in Dharmsala, India, the Dalai Lama will make an unprecedented move in Tibetan politics by stepping down as the political leader of the “government-in-exile” by amending the Tibetan Constitution so as to devolve his authority to a newly elected representative. The Dalia Lama’s decision is likely to encounter significant [...]

   

• Abortion Road Trip Rule

  By Noah Kaplan, Human Rights, Issue Areas, Reproductive Rights December 31, 2010 at 9:17 am 3 comments

  The Irish do not have a legal right to an abortion except in cases to protect the life of the mother.  Given that the punishment for an abortion is life in prison for both the woman and the doctor, one can imagine that it is a challenge for a woman [...]