Tags Share In East Africa, like in other regions, the crackdown on dissent, detention of journalists and human rights defenders, violent dispersal of protests, media censorship and other repressive acts inhibit the rights to freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. However, a crucial forum is available for individuals to hold their governments accountable and…
Tags Share Surprisingly, it was a box of letters he inherited from his Hungarian grandfather that inspired Claudio Saunt to write about Native American dispossession. Saunt, who won the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Book Award for Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory, said reading the letters, which…
Tags Share The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) is an independent institution of the African Union mandated to promote, protect, and respect human and peoples’ rights on the continent. As part of its protection mandate, the Commission considers communications alleging human rights abuses against State Parties to the African Charter on…
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Tags Share Saru Jayraman has been at the forefront of advocating for tipped workers to be paid what they’re worth instead of subsisting on the meager wages provided by the $2.13 subminimum wage to tipped workers under federal law. Even when you add tips on top, it’s not anywhere near what a worker needs to…
It need not have taken a global pandemic to prompt restaurants to start paying their workers more. Still, without a federal minimum wage, many are leaving the industry altogether.
Amanda Gorman joins the 2021 Ripple of Hope Award line-up as our newest laureate.
The initiative moves beyond slogans and compliance-first approaches to cultivate a workplace culture that protects, honors, and values all employees.
The Federal Court in Argentina should exercise its authority under universal jurisdiction to ensure justice for the grave crimes committed against the Rohingya.
La Corte Federal de Argentina debe ejercer su autoridad bajo la jurisdicción universal para garantizar justicia por los Rohingyas.
Dominicans of Haitian descent continue to be denied their right to nationality.
The UN has declared the arrest and detention of our client, journalist Mohamed Abdiwahab Nuur, in Somalia is in violation of international law.
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