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This month marks the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The blueprint for modern international law was adopted on December 10, 1948, by world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly. The declaration contains 30 articles that have laid the groundwork for the binding international human-rights treaties. The anniversary is, of course, a cause for celebration. The...
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In 1948, with the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, world leaders launched the human rights project rooted in the inherent dignity of every person. The Declaration ushered in an unprecedented approach to human rights as belonging to ‘all members of the human family’—a timeless, and yet groundbreaking, understanding of the universality of human rights. In commemoration of the...
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The plight of Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi underscores the need for the EU to beef up its policy tools on protecting religious freedom, writes Adina Portaru in an opinion piece for EURACTIV. The plight of Pakistani Christian Asia Bibi underscores the need for the EU to beef up its policy tools on protecting religious freedom, writes Adina Portaru in an opinion piece for EURACTIV. Asia...
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"Liberal groups want tech companies to regulate internet speech, and Google might be willing to do it," writes Bonnie Pritchett for WORLD Magazine in a recent article about a leaked internal document called "The Good Censor." She interviewed Paul Coleman, Executive Director of ADF International, who is a free speech expert: “As with other attempts to regulate speech, the Good...
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Al analizar diversas iniciativas para promover y legalizar el aborto en América Latina, queda claro que existe una agenda específica para alcanzar esta meta. Su fin es instaurar el “derecho al aborto”, concepto totalmente inexistente en el derecho internacional. Por el contrario, los tratados internacionales protegen el derecho a la vida y los países firmantes de esos tratados no...
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Wouldn’t the world be more peaceful if just writing and affirming a great statement like, ‘All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights’ were enough to make it so? Events around the world testify to the fact that a great declaration of freedom is not, in itself, a dependable assurance of civil liberties. In 1945, delegates from...
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This September, I am sending my son from the Arizona desert to the rolling green hills and snowcapped mountains of the Pacific Northwest in Langley, British Columbia, to attend Trinity Western University. It’s the same university that was just informed by the Supreme Court of Canada that the government may deny a license to its law school graduates because the school holds...
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In Germany, kids have to go to school whether their parents want them there or not. Police in southern Germany have filed 21 cases of truancy after spot checks at the Allgäu and Nuremberg airports on May 17 and 18. Officers caught families attempting to fly prior to the three-day Pentecost weekend without approval for their children to skip school....
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In spite of a rich tradition and legal framework supportive of freedom of conscience and the right to practice, profess, and promote the religion of one’s choice, religious minorities in India find themselves frequent victims of religiously motivated violence. Every year there is an increase in incidents where Christians were targeted for their faith. The cases included physical assaults, threats,...
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