Human Rights
Obama Administration Seeks to Advance Women’s Role in Securing Global PeaceDecember 22, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler President Obama this week released a groundbreaking new plan and issued an executive order to increase U.S. support for strengthening the participation of women around the world in ending conflict and securing peace. Senate Hearing on Women and the Arab Spring Movement Highlights Need for U.S. to Ratify Women’s Rights TreatyNovember 3, 2011 - Posted by The Leadership Conference A Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee hearing this week on the role of women in the Arab Spring movement drew attention to the need for the United States to join with 187 other countries that have committed to advance and protect the rights of women by ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW). House Committee Votes to Limit U.S. Leadership Role on Human Rights at U.N.October 14, 2011 - Posted by Sakira Cook In a straight party-line vote of 23-15, Republican members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs this week passed H.R. 2829, the U.N. Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act of 2011. Among other things, the legislation seeks to withhold funding for several important U.N. programs and activities and restrict U.S. participation in the Human Rights Council. On the Tenth Anniversary of September 11September 9, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler The tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is a moment to honor and remember the nearly 3,000 victims who were killed on that day and to reaffirm a commitment to basic civil and human rights that stands against hatred and intolerance. In this spirit, The Leadership Conference Education Fund has partnered with USA Network in a public service campaign around the premiere of The Space Between, airing on Sunday, September 11 at 9 p.m Eastern/8 p.m. Central. More Than 70 Organizations Sign Shared Statement of Principles on Tenth Anniversary of 9/11 AttacksAugust 31, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler On the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania, representatives from more than 70 national civil rights, human rights, civil liberties, Muslim, Jewish, and South Asian groups have signed a shared statement of principles that they say must guide responses to such horrendous and terrifying acts. Civil and Human Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Block Alabama Anti-Immigration LawJuly 8, 2011 - Posted by Ron Bigler A recently enacted anti-immigration law in Alabama is unconstitutional and opens the door to racial profiling, according to a lawsuit filed this week by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a coalition of civil and human rights groups. State Department to Host Web “Conversation” on U.S. Efforts to Combat Human TraffickingFebruary 10, 2011 - Posted by Avril Lighty On Tuesday, February 8, 2011, Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and Luis CdeBaca, ambassador-at-large to monitor and combat trafficking in persons, will hold a conversation on U.S. efforts to monitor and combat modern slavery, which will be streamed live on DipNote, the Department of State's official blog, at 3:30 p.m. ET. Wade Henderson Participates in Conversation on Modern Day SlaveryFebruary 10, 2011 - Posted by The Leadership Conference Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, spoke Tuesday at the State Department with Luis CdeBaca, ambassador-at-large to monitor and combat trafficking in persons, on ways of combating human trafficking and modern day slavery. The discussion was part of an ongoing video program by the Bureau of Public Affairs entitled "Conversations with America,” which aims to provide insight into how the leaders of national nongovernmental organizations engage with senior State Department officials around foreign policy and global issues.
Obama Nominates Two to the U.S. Commission on Civil RightsJanuary 31, 2011 - Posted by Tyler Lewis President Obama recently nominated Roberta Achtenberg and Marty Castro to serve on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent advisory commission charged with investigating and reporting on all levels of government to ensure all citizens' civil rights were protected. New Reports Expose Violations of Workers’ Human RightsJanuary 20, 2011 - Posted by Avril Lighty Two recent reports – "A Strange Case" by Human Rights Watch and "Voices for Change" by TransAfrica Forum – examine violations of workers’ basic civil and human rights at several global branches of Sodexo, a France-based food distribution company. |
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