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Why Are Chilean Civilians Protesting?

November 6, 2019 By Aahil Rajpari

Chile is a Spanish-speaking country located to the west of Argentina in South America. Its ribbon-like shape allows it to be a part of many different climates, from the Atacama Desert to the North to the snowy Alpine climate to the South. According to the BBC Country Profile, Chile’s population amounts to about 17.9 million […]

Filed Under: Activism, By Geography, Economic Rights, government, Human Rights Issues, Latin America, South America Tagged With: Chile, democracy, economic rights, human rights, protest, social change, South America

The Nutrition and Health Crisis in Venezuela

November 4, 2019 By Carmen Ross

The current president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, was elected in 2013 by a very small margin. During his first term, the Venezuelan economy took a turn for the worst. He was reelected for a second term in 2018, but his opponents feel that the election wasn’t valid because many of the other candidates were made […]

Filed Under: Human Rights Issues, Latin America, Public health Tagged With: health disparities, healthcare, human rights, Venezuela

Disability Rights: A Personal Perspective

February 1, 2019 By Marlee Townsend

* This is a repost from summer 2017 “The purpose of the present Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.” When I was hired by the UAB Institute for Human Rights, […]

Filed Under: Activism, Civil and Political Rights, Disability Rights, Human Rights Issues, Latin America, North America Tagged With: CoSP, CRPD, Down's Syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos, reproductive rights

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: The U.S. Refugee Crisis

November 28, 2018 By Shane Burns

On Monday, November 12, the Institute for Human Rights co-sponsored an event with local education, faith-based, and law organizations at Birmingham-Southern College (BSC), titled Addressing the Global Refugee Crisis – Part 2: Focus on the United States. The panel discussion, moderated by Anne Ledvina ( Associate Director at BSC – Ellie and Herb Sklenar Center […]

Filed Under: Activism, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, IHR Events, Latin America, Minority Rights, North America, Refugees, War/Peace Tagged With: asylum, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, immigration, Mexico, migrants, migration, undocumented immigrants

America’s Youngest Prisoners: Inhumanity of Family Detention

June 18, 2018 By Marlee Townsend

**As the US government flip-flops on its “zero-tolerance” Biblical mandated immigration policy that isn’t a policy but enforcement of the law, this repost, from this February, describes some of state-sanctioned child abuse and human rights violations experienced those seeking safety in “the land of the free and home of the brave.” You can read more […]

Filed Under: australia, Children's Rights, Civil and Political Rights, government, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, Latin America, North America Tagged With: asylum, baby jails, convention on the rights of the child, detention, migration, unlawful detainment

Child marriage and the human rights of girls

May 14, 2018 By Ajanet Rountree

Delaware, on May 9, 2018, became the first US state to prohibit child marriage, removing loopholes and exceptions that currently exists in marriage laws in every other state. This historic legislation–the first of its kind in the US–champions and protects the rights of children, especially girls. **This blog is a repost from 2016.   Imagine […]

Filed Under: Children's Rights, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, International, Latin America, Women's Rights Tagged With: child marriage, featured, girls, Guatemala, human rights, SDGs, UNICEF

The Right to Menstrual Hygiene

October 25, 2017 By Lindsey Reid

It probably goes without saying that periods are difficult to manage. They are painful, expensive, and often quite problematic for people who experience them.  We use resources such as pads, tampons, pain relievers, and bathrooms in an effort to manage menstruation. According to the WHO-UNICEF Joint Monitoring System, menstrual hygiene management (MHM) is when people with periods are able to use sanitary materials to absorb menstrual blood, change and dispose of these materials in privacy as […]

Filed Under: Africa, Asia, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, Latin America, North America, Public health, Women's Rights Tagged With: education, gender equality, girls, human rights, mental health, physical health, Women

Mexico’s Interrogation Secrets Revealed

October 11, 2016 By Liz Reid

Cruel and unusual punishment is a human rights issue we don’t hear enough about. It is illegal according to our US Constitution and the Eighth Amendment and a grave human rights violation according to international treaties and documents. For example, Article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights reads “No one shall be subjected to torture or […]

Filed Under: Civil and Political Rights, Human Rights Issues, Human Rights of Special Groups, Latin America, Minority Rights, Women's Rights Tagged With: human rights, inhuman, Mexico, torture, Women

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