Press Releases
about Human Rights
Aug 30, 2022
勛圖眻畦 Urges Biden Administration to Heed UN Racial Justice Committee Recommendations
GENEVA The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination released a scathing assessment of United States racial justice record today. The committee...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Aug 08, 2022
勛圖眻畦 and HRW Urge U.S. to Dismantle Structures of Racism Now
U.N. Review of U.S. Record on Racial Justice Should Prompt White House Action
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Jun 15, 2022
New 勛圖眻畦/GHRC Report Finds Widespread Coercion and Exploitation of Incarcerated Workers Nationwide
NEW YORK Incarcerated workers in American prisons generate billions of dollars worth of goods and services annually but are paid pennies per hour without proper training or opp...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Prisoners' Rights
Feb 28, 2022
勛圖眻畦 Petitions Supreme Court on Behalf of Wrongly Convicted Jamaican Fishermen
Weir v. United States Will Ask the Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Has the Power to Criminalize Conduct by Foreign Nationals, Aboard Foreign-Flagged Vessels on the High Seas
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
National Security
Court case: Weir v. U.S.
Oct 14, 2021
勛圖眻畦 Urges Biden Administration to Prioritize Human Rights in Domestic Policy Following Uncontested Election to United Nations Human Rights Council
NEW YORK The United States was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council for the Western group in an uncontested election today, more than three years after the Trump ...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights
Sep 27, 2021
勛圖眻畦 Statement on International Criminal Court Prosecutors Decision to Deprioritize Investigation of Alleged U.S. War Crimes in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced today that his office would not resume investigations into alleged crimes committed by the U...
Issue Areas:
Human Rights

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