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Jun 17, 2021

Lives First, Profits Later: How to Close the Global Vaccine Gap

A Covid-19 vaccinator administers the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine to a woman at a vaccination centre in London
Lives First, Profits Later: How to Close the Global Vaccine Gap

Jun 8, 2021

Lives First, Profits Later: How To Close the Global Vaccine Gap

Lives First, Profits Later: How To Close the Global Vaccine Gap

May 10, 2021

International Accountability is Critical to Dismantling Systemic Racism and Police Brutality Domestically

United Nations Building in Geneva Switzerland
International Accountability is Critical to Dismantling Systemic Racism and Police Brutality Domestically

Mar 19, 2021

Is There a New Era for Human Rights on the Horizon?

National flags at the entrance of the UN office in Geneva, Switzerland.
Is There a New Era for Human Rights on the Horizon?

Mar 13, 2021

Unless Biden Acts, Trump’s Assault on Human Rights will Continue

International Criminal Court in Den-Hagg, Netherlands.
Unless Biden Acts, Trump’s Assault on Human Rights will Continue

Aug 25, 2020

Hundreds of Thousands of People in Limbo as They Wait for Justice

Supporters of temporary protected status immigrants hold signs and cheer at a rally in support of a program that lets immigrants live and work legally in the United States.
Hundreds of Thousands of People in Limbo as They Wait for Justice

Aug 4, 2020

In Pompeo’s New Hierarchy of Rights, Religion and Property, Not Humans, Are at the Top

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
In Pompeo’s New Hierarchy of Rights, Religion and Property, Not Humans, Are at the Top

Jan 28, 2020

Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a “Total Disaster”

A line of Guatemalans arriving outside of the Guatemala City airport after having been deported from the US back to Guatemala.
Asylum-Seekers Are Being Abandoned in Guatemala in a New Policy Officials Call a “Total Disaster”

Jul 12, 2019

Pompeo’s New 'Human Rights' Commission is Up To No Good

Mike Pompeo
Pompeo’s New 'Human Rights' Commission is Up To No Good

Sep 24, 2018

Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies

President Trump making a speech at the United Nations
Five Ways the Trump Administration Has Attacked the U.N. and International Human Rights Bodies