Demjanjuk Found Guilty of Nazi War Crimes
Even with the passage of time, the idea that “foot soldiers” responsible for the Holocaust — even in a small way — must pay their accounts remains alive.
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U.S. Government Begins Human Rights Website
The United States is putting its take on human rights, say, in Ivory Coast or on internet freedom, onto a new State Department human rights website, although it’s leaving criticism of itself offline.
American Home-Schoolers Take on Geneva
Home-schoolers have it in for the U.N. Convention for the Rights of the Child, which only the United States and Somalia have not ratified.
Sometimes a Cross Is Not a Cross
Crucifixes in Italian classrooms, like a cross in the Mojave Desert, attract legal trouble.
Wonking Class Hero in Action
U.N. special rapporteur Philip Alston, Miller-McCune's most recent Wonking Class Hero, takes on the arms-length warfare of drones.
The U.N.’s Death Squad Watchdog
With few resources but the force of his title — U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions — Philip Alston holds governments accountable for the politically motivated killings they commit, or ignore.
Respect Human Rights, Reduce Terrorism
New research suggests that to be effective, counterterrorism efforts should support human rights, rather than violate them.
Science, Human Rights and the Military
The military commonly enlists science in its efforts. But when science is humanity, the relationship gets a little stickier.
Are Economic Rights Fundamental Human Rights?
In extolling human rights, the U.S. has traditionally pursued the ones that don't cost any money with greater vigor, even as its rhetoric suggests something different.
Group Thinkers Miss an Original on Truth Commission
It’s always interesting to watch Beltway insiderism at work, so you might want to take a look at…