Council membership is a responsibility, one that exposes members to increased accountability before their peers.

Woeser, a Tibetan poet and blogger described the nightmare that jolted her awake shortly before a reporter arrived for an interview.

In Afghanistan, 300 brave women marched to demand a measure of equal rights, defying a furious mob of about 1,000 people

The recent shooting of two prominent Kenyan human-rights campaigners in broad daylight in Nairobi, the country’s capital, has darkened the national mood.

Hillary Clinton s position on China does not match the current thinking about human rights.

U.S. policy toward Myanmar should involve sanctions targeting individuals close to the regime, and a clampdown on arms imports.

If the Chinese government is sincere about achieving a “harmonious society” then it needs to take a zero-tolerance approach to employment discrimination against migrants.

The only practical way to approach the problem of migrant minors is through a system of EU institutions and a program of repatriation.

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe’s misdeeds have taken and destroyed lives, and they should be judged in some venue.

Why post-apartheid South Africa, once a shining beacon of human rights, is cosying up to nasty regimes around the world.

The United States gambled the liberty of North Korea’s people for its own security – and it has won neither.

The ordinary Afghan people don’t trust their own government. But there’s still hope for a change. A key role will be played by the new American president-elected: Barack Obama

We can use that desire also to shame and coax better behavior out of China’s leaders.

Fast über Nacht entstanden Megastädte wie Shenzen oder Dubai und wurden zu ausgedehnten Bereichen urbaner Versuchsreihen. In der New York Times vom 7. Juni 2008 berichtet Nicolai Ouroussoff: .
Die HRW (Human Wrights Watch) weist darauf hin, dass Arbeiter, meist aus Asien, in den arabischen “Gastgeberländern” oft wie Sklaven gehalten werden. Dringend notwendige Reformen wurden, z.B. [...]