In 1995, the international community gathered in Beijing to sign a landmark agreement – the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. This pivotal document became a global framework for advancing gender equality... Read more »
Lenore Anderson’s book, In Their Names: The Untold Story of Victims’ Rights, Mass Incarceration, and the Future of Public Safety, was borne out of the need for victim-centered stories. As such, Lenore... Read more »
San Francisco, CA On August 15, 2024, the Supreme Court of California in Stone v. Alameda Health Systems held that: California meal and rest break laws do not apply to public agencies unless... Read more »
Human Rights and the Environment: An Interdisciplinary Conference Photo Credits: “Cameron Highlands 2” by Myloismylife – Loke Seng Hon, own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons Sponsored by the... Read more »
According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 440,000 refugees have entered Europe by sea this year. Nearly 3,000 of those have died or gone missing while trying... Read more »
Case Name:
Patrick Russell et al v. County of Orange et al
Case Number:
8:2017cv00125
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On August 18, 2016, Sally Quinn, Deputy Attorney General of the Department of Justice (DOJ), announced that the Department would end its use of private prisons. This is an important development, but... Read more »
Main content Hundreds of lawyers and community members joined Minnesota federal judges in a recent courthouse event fostering awareness of disability rights. The March event called, “The Unfinished Journey: Civil Rights for... Read more »
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday that Russia’s occupation and border enforcement of two regions in Georgia systematically violated Georgians’ human rights. The ECHR found that Russia violated multiple... Read more »
Today, the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision holding that Switzerland violated the human rights of its citizens by failing to adequately protect them from climate change. Specifically, the Court... Read more »