The Rights of Others examines the boundaries of political community by focusing on political membership - the principles and practices for incorporating aliens and strangers, immigrants and newcomers, ...

The principal international human rights documents clearly protect the human rights of prisoners. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention Against ...

States Parties shall guarantee to persons with disabilities political rights and the opportunity to enjoy them on an equal basis with others, and shall undertake: a) To ensure that persons with ...

Dr. Allison was a Durham native who dedicated the "majority of her life in the fight for social justice for her people." ...

Furthermore, article 8 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states "… except on such ground and in accordance with such procedures as are established by law…" Article 4 ...

Lavonia Allison, a civil rights activist and local political force, has died at 94. Allison died Tuesday “peacefully, surrounded by love,” her son announced around midnight. “Dr. Allison was an ...

Dec 10 (Reuters) - At least 229 people detained in Nicaragua for political reasons have suffered ... over the past seven years, a human rights NGO said on Tuesday. The Nicaragua Never Again ...

It is thus crucial to study how human rights work (and sometimes fail to work despite apparent agreement), who brings claims and how they are met. Kate Nash's The Political Sociology of Human Rights ...

She discussed the status of reform efforts to combat corruption within Kenya, the current political climate and rising human rights abuses, and offered perspectives on the U.S. approach towards Kenya ...