Their enactment in separate treaties reflected a Cold War split among states, with the United States being one of only a handful of countries that still has not ratified the ICESCR. The first type, civil rights, comprises the right to justice and equality before the law and freedom of person...
Catholic Irish immigrated to the United States in large numbers. A strong movement against Irish immigrants emerged. Irish immigrants were stigmatized and labeled as being lazy, inferior, violent and dangerous. A large number of ear...
The foundation of natural rights in America goes back to the times of John Locke in the 1600s. John Locke was an English philosopher who believed that all humans had absolute natural rights by just being alive. Locke’s beliefs also meant that in being born people shouldn’t be subjected ...
AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland This book is dedicated to the global sex workers' rights movement which has and continues to demonstrate incredible resilience in their tireless advocacy for sex workers' human rights, dignity, well-being, and safety...
It demonstrates the effects of the four modalities in Lessig’s theory—i.e. the law, the social norms (culture), the architecture (technology), and the market—on the behavior of EHRDs, and ultimately on democracies while emphasizing the power of law as one of these modalities and being ...
There have been many phases of the struggle of being transgendered in America over the years. The current phase we must be in now is equal rights. There are many variations of discrimination against the transgendered community. In our society we simply do not like what we do not understand....
I have had the chance to comment on several excellent papers as they are being written and had some wonderful opportunities to work with skilled and knowledgeable activists in human rights, the women’s movement, HIV and sexual and reproductive health. I have also had some great opportunities ...
Every person is entitled to certain fundamental rights, simply by the fact of being human. These are called “human rights,” rather than a privilege, which can be taken away at someone’s whim. Every person is entitled to certain rights, simply by the fact that they are a human being....
the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s broke the pattern of public facilities’ being segregated by“race”in theSouthand achieved the most important breakthrough in equal-rights legislation forAfrican Americanssince theReconstructionperiod (1865–77). Although the passage in 1964 and 1965...
the civil rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s broke the pattern of public facilities’ being segregated by“race”in theSouthand achieved the most important breakthrough in equal-rights legislation forAfrican Americanssince theReconstructionperiod (1865–77). Although the passage in 1964 and 1965...