1:21 p.m. EDT MR MILLER: Good afternoon. Sorry to be late. Again, I don’t have anything to start with so Matt — QUESTION: Really? Nothing again? MR MILLER: — if you have – if you have a curveball for me two days in a row? QUESTION: A curveball. Okay, let me see. MR MILLER: I
On behalf of the United States of America, I extend my best wishes to the people of Cameroon on the occasion of their National Day on May 20, 2024. Our nations work together on the most pressing issues we face today, from economic and regional stability to the health of our people and our planet.
A new report has found that worker rights – including the right to form a trade union and the right to bargain collectively – are among the least protected human rights globally.
Human rights scholar Martha Minow addressed around 30,000 graduates and guests at NYU’s 191st commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium on Wednesday, after receiving an honorary Doctor of Law degree from the university. Minow, the former dean of Harvard Law School and holder of Harvard University’s highest professorship, delivered NYU’s commencement address on behalf of this This story Human rights scholar Martha Minow on civil rights, race and gender at commencement appeared first on Washington...
With the foundational workers’ right of collective bargaining in decline, how long before working hours and conditions and fair wages evaporate as well?
Ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity have been committed in West Darfur, against ethnic Massalit and non-Arab communities, according to Human Rights Watch.
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has identified demolitions of
There was no break-in at the office of the head of the Electoral Directorate of the Ministry of the Interior but possibly only a loud door push by an employee who wanted to print documents. The employee in question had, in fact, reported to his superiors from the beginning that he had “breached” the door, […]
May 18 (UPI) — The State Department is warning Americans traveling abroad of “the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests.” The worldwide alert issued Friday warns of the potential for violence against LGBTQ+ people. “Due to the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations, or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests, the […] The post State Department issues worldwide travel alert first appeared on Gephardt Daily.
Today is the 76th anniversary of the Nakba, i.e. the Destruction of Palestine in 1948. This year the anniversary coincides with the eight-month war in the Gaza Strip. In a military campaign that began in late 1947, culminated in the 1948 war, approximately 13,000 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces, 530 Palestinian villages were destroyed, […]
A report released Friday found that Israeli forces may have violated international humanitarian law, though it did not formally find that they had done so.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has created a body on human rights coordination to enhance mechanisms for the promotion and protection of human rights, a move viewed by advocates as a "desperate attempt to window-dress" the situation in the country.