http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner en-us Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:06:48 -0700 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:24:27 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d25-Merry-Christmas-and-Happy-Holidays?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner Merry Christmas to you all, for those who don’t celebrate I wish you a wonderful holiday season as we embark upon this new year of renewed hope. As many of us sit here on this Christmas day  hoping the gifts we got are what all of ... Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:24:27 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d25-Merry-Christmas-and-Happy-Holidays?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d11-International-Human-Rights-Day?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner "All human beings, whatever their cultural or historical background, suffer when they are intimidated, imprisoned or tortured . . . We must, therefore, insist on a global consensus, not only on the need to respect human rights worldwide, but als... Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:50:13 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d11-International-Human-Rights-Day?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d9-The-First-Anniversary-of-the-Proclamation-of-DC-as-a-Human-Rights-City?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner You are invited to join the American Friends Service Committee’s D.C. Peace and Economic Justice Program In celebrating The First Anniversary of the Proclamation of D.C. as a Human Rights City! Please join us at this important fundraise... Events Human RIghts Children's Rights Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:56:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d9-The-First-Anniversary-of-the-Proclamation-of-DC-as-a-Human-Rights-City?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Senate-Hearing-on-US-Implementation-of-Human-Rights-Treaties-December-16th?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner The following  hearing is open to the public and a large attendence is hoped for, as the Committee was initially eliminated at the beginning of the 111th Congress.  Thanks to Senators Durbin and Joe, with the backing of large public suppor... Events Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:46:51 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d9-Senate-Hearing-on-US-Implementation-of-Human-Rights-Treaties-December-16th?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d1-World-AIDS-Day?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner In 1988, the UN General Assembly expressed deep concern at the pandemic proportions of the AIDS virus, and noting that the World Health Organization (WHO) had declared 1 December, World AIDS Day, the General Assembly thus drafted resolution 43/15. Ac... Events Human RIghts Children's Rights orphans Health HIV/AIDS Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:26:01 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d1-World-AIDS-Day?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d26-Make-your-Black-Friday-Child-Labor-and-Slavery-Free?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner The following article was origionally published by the author on the Foreign Policy Association's Children's Blog, click here:You’ve filled your plates and stuffed you faces with the barrage of Turkey Day delights and now belly full your mind b... Fair Trade Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:53:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d26-Make-your-Black-Friday-Child-Labor-and-Slavery-Free?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d26-Make-your-Black-Friday-Child-Labor-and-Slavery-Free?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner The following article was origionally published by the author on the Foreign Policy Association's Children's Blog, click here:You’ve filled your plates and stuffed you faces with the barrage of Turkey Day delights and now belly full your mind b... Fair Trade Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:53:03 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d26-Make-your-Black-Friday-Child-Labor-and-Slavery-Free?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Facing-the-realities-of-human-trafficking-in-our-own-back-yard?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner I recently published a story on the Foreign Policy Association Blog Network, Trafficking? Not in my town…Yes, in every town, which featured the story of 5 year-old, Shaniya Davis, from Fayetteville, North Carolina.  Shaniya was reportedly... Human RIghts Sexual Assault Rape Human Trafficking Modern Slavery Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:22:30 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d24-Facing-the-realities-of-human-trafficking-in-our-own-back-yard?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d12-inVISIBLE-Shining-a-light-on-DCs-homeless-youth?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner "inVISIBLE: Shining a light on DC's homeless youth" Join FAIR Fund and the DC Alliance of Youth Advocates Cosponsored by Councilmember Tommy Wells and Councilmember Michael A. Brown Over two million youth (between the ages of 12 and 24... Events Human RIghts Human Trafficking Children's Rights Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:37:39 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d12-inVISIBLE-Shining-a-light-on-DCs-homeless-youth?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Creating-change-this-holiday-season?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner As the holiday season is now quickly desending upon us it is that time of year to think about giving and how we can make a difference to those in need.  Gandhi said that, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” Thus t... Events Human RIghts Children's Rights Women's Rights Fair Trade Holiday Giving Poverty Sustanible Giving Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:46:58 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m11d10-Creating-change-this-holiday-season?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d28-We-can-do-better-for-our-children?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner The United States has done it has topped the list, were number one…but this is one list and ranking we don’t want to go dancing in the streets about.  Shockingly to many the US is the cheerless leader of deaths related to child abus... Events Human RIghts Children's Rights Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:14:26 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d28-We-can-do-better-for-our-children?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d26-IMAGES-OF-TRAGEDY-AND-HOPE?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner NBC News Anchor ANN CURRY'S Photography Exhibit,  EXPOSING DARFUR and Actor and RI Board Member MATT DILLON'S Short Documentary, SOUTH SUDAN: AN ENDURING STRUGGLE When: Thursday, October 29, 2006:00 pm - 8:30 pm Where:The National ... Events Human RIghts War refugees Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:05:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d26-IMAGES-OF-TRAGEDY-AND-HOPE?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Join-the-fight-and-rally-against-child-abuse?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention. - Ke... Sexual Assault Abuse Children's Rights Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:44:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Join-the-fight-and-rally-against-child-abuse?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Join-the-fight-and-rally-against-child-abuse?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner I believe the best service to the child is the service closest to the child, and children who are victims of neglect, abuse, or abandonment must not also be victims of bureaucracy. They deserve our devoted attention, not our divided attention. - Ke... Sexual Assault Abuse Children's Rights Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:44:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d20-Join-the-fight-and-rally-against-child-abuse?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d17-5th-Annual-Unity-Walk-this-Sunday?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner Please join us for the 5th Annual Unity Walk! Reminiscent of Gandhi’s Walks, thousands gather along Washington, DC’s Embassy Row to walk in “unity”, building bridges of respect as a model for the world to emulate. Walkers vis... Events Human RIghts Sat, 17 Oct 2009 00:18:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d17-5th-Annual-Unity-Walk-this-Sunday?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Community?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner What: BBQ to benefit survivors of human trafficking Entertainment:1:00 - 3:00 Musical Stylings of David Thong and Easton Taylor3:00 - 4:00 Performances from Master Builder Ministries (formerly Youth for Christ), including Break Dancing and Singing... Events Human RIghts Sexual Assault Human Trafficking Modern Slavery Children's Rights Women's Rights Fair Trade Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:01:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d16-Community?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Progression-of-the-International-Violence-Against-Women-Act?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner To follow-up to the post, Help pass the International Violence Against Women Act, I wanted to update you to let you know that on Friday September 25, Amnesty International USA delivered a petition, which contained more than 30,000 signatures, to the ... Human RIghts Women's Rights Wed, 07 Oct 2009 22:41:38 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d8-Progression-of-the-International-Violence-Against-Women-Act?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Seeing-an-end-to-child-labor?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner The topic of child labor is sadly one of those that is always at the top of my list. However we have had some significant strides recently, especially regarding the release of the Department of Labor's (DOL) list of goods produced by forced labor ... Human RIghts Human Trafficking Modern Slavery Children's Rights Tue, 06 Oct 2009 22:10:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m10d7-Seeing-an-end-to-child-labor?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Help-pass-the-International-Violence-Against-Women-Act?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner In 2007 the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) was introduced to Congress by, then Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) and Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA) International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA). The plan... Events Human RIghts Sexual Assault Human Trafficking War gender-based violence Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:46:57 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d30-Help-pass-the-International-Violence-Against-Women-Act?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d30-DCs-Walk-Against-Child-Trafficking-a-Huge-Success?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner This past weekend communities across the country literally took to the streets to combat child trafficking, including right here in our Nation's Capital.  The DC Stop Child Trafficking Now Walk was a record breaker, as conserned citizens came ou... Human Trafficking Modern Slavery Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:58:43 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-7661-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner~y2009m9d30-DCs-Walk-Against-Child-Trafficking-a-Huge-Success?cid=exrss-DC-Human-Rights-Examiner