Press Releases
about Human Rights
Nov 06, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Strongly Condemns Anti-Palestinian Immigration Bill
Group calls on lawmakers to reject harmful policy, support Temporary Protected Status for Palestinians as violence continues in Gaza
Issue Areas:
Immigrants' Rights
Human Rights
Nov 03, 2023
United Nations Human Rights Body Calls Out U.S. Failure to Comply with Civil and Political Rights Treaty
GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Committee issued a scathing report today castigating the United States’ record on a wide range of issues, including Indigenous rights, ...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Oct 26, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ of Texas Responds to Advancement of Anti-Immigrant Border Bills
AUSTIN, Texas — During a special legislative session, the Texas House early Thursday morning passed three anti-immigrant bills that will impact U.S. citizens and migrants. The vo...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Immigrants' Rights
Oct 18, 2023
United Nations Human Rights Body Holds United States Accountable For Violations of Civil and Political Rights Treaty
GENEVA — For the first time in nine years, the United Nations Human Rights Committee this week reviewed U.S. compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rig...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Oct 04, 2023
³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Responds to United Nations Reports on Policing and Racial Justice
GENEVA — Two United Nations reports detailing the ways in which systemic racism infects every facet of our criminal legal system in the United States will be presented before the...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Criminal Law Reform
May 08, 2023
United Nations Experts Urge Officials to Confront Institutional Racism After First U.S. Fact-Finding Visit Since Murder of George Floyd
NEW YORK — At the end of a 12-day-long fact-finding visit to the United States, two United Nations experts on racial justice concluded that authorities must adopt a human right...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
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News & CommentaryFeb 2025
Human Rights
The Targeted Chaos Of Trump’s Attacks Against International Human Rights Law And Justice. Explore News & Commentary.The Targeted Chaos of Trump’s Attacks Against International Human Rights Law and Justice
Donald Trump has positioned his administration to launch one of the most abusive and aggressive assaults on human rights in U.S. presidential history. -
PodcastDec 2024
Human Rights
Women's Rights
Aclu Kids On How They’d Change The World With W. Kamau Bell. Explore Podcast.³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ Kids on How They’d Change The World with W. Kamau Bell
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News & CommentaryDec 2024
Human Rights
Failed War On Drugs Policies Won't Stop The Overdose Crisis, But Harm Reduction Can Save Lives. Explore News & Commentary.Failed War on Drugs Policies Won't Stop the Overdose Crisis, But Harm Reduction Can Save Lives
Research shows extensive benefits from syringe exchange and other harm reduction programs. But misguided efforts to ban common sense care continue. -
News & CommentaryDec 2024
Human Rights
Racial Justice
Why The Fight For Racial Justice Is A Human Rights Issue. Explore News & Commentary.Why the Fight for Racial Justice is a Human Rights Issue
On International Human Rights Day, the ³Ô¹ÏÖ±²¥ is advocating for a long-sought after reparatory justice to end the continued abuses against Black and brown communities.