Human Rights

A World Made New: Human Rights After the Holocaust

admin — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 22:52:06 -0500

Albie Sachs, Freedom Fighter

eva — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:11:58 -0500

Antisemitism: The Power of Myth - Confronting Antisemitism

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:48:17 -0600

What responsibilities does a society have to protect everyone in the community or nation? To what extent is a crime against one group in a community a crime against the community as a whole? In the foreword to a report on antisemitism in Europe published by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Executive Director Michael Posner reflected on those questions: A year ago the United Nations convened the third World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Related Intolerance in Durban, South Africa.

China presses Sudan over Darfur peacekeepers

cathy — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 09:19:28 -0500

(The Boston Globe, February 24, 2008) For years, antigenocide activists have asked China to play a more vocal role in bringing peace to the Darfur region of Sudan. Now, China appears to be responding to this pressure.

Confronting September 11: A Vision of the World

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:17:17 -0600

In the aftermath of the September 11th atrocities many scholars have commented that states and nations have become less important. What do we need to live in a world where, as political scientist Benjamin Barber notes, "it could hardly escape even casual observers that global warming recognizes no sovereign territory, that AIDS carries no passport, that technology renders national borders meaningless, that the internet defies regulation, that oil and cocaine addiction circle the planet like twin plagues.

Confronting September 11: In the Name of Religion

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 10:00:27 -0600

The Taliban, a name that translates into English as religious students, gained control of almost all of Afghanistan in 1996. As the Taliban consolidated their power they forged their militant brand of Islam into national law.

Confronting September 11: Introduction from Marc Gopin

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:27:59 -0600

One of the cornerstones of civil society is the capacity to live with more than one identity. People speak to us so much when we are young about finding our identity, or the search for our identity.

Confronting September 11: Multiple Identities

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:53:11 -0600

Economist and humanitarian, Amartya Sen writes about his multiple identities. He believes "the main hope of harmony lies not in any imagined uniformity, but in the plurality of our identities.

Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians

rachel — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:26:15 -0500

Crimes Against Humanity and Civilization: The Genocide of the Armenians combines the latest scholarship on the Armenian Genocide with an interdisciplinary approach to history, enabling students and teachers to make the essential connections between history and their own lives.

Darfur Now Film Review

jenniferg — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:07:16 -0500

Boston Globe, December 7, 2007) The film, Darfur Now, chronicles six people and the actions they have taken to stop the genocide in Darfur. The film also has ideas about how to get involved in the movement to end the genocide in Darfur.