PAKISTAN is on shaky ground regarding human freedoms. In a recent review, the UN Human Rights Committee — which carries out periodic assessments of other countries’ rights record too — has ...
When most folks think of ideas of freedom and democracy, people imagine the origins are in ancient Athens. And ancient Athens did, indeed, give us something like democracy…except if you were a woman, ...
The Human Rights Act has curtailed the traditional powers and freedoms held by the British government, a review has found. Eminent lawyers have compiled a dossier of 25 cases where the Human ...
The International Rescue Committee first bestowed its Freedom Award for extraordinary contributions to the cause of refugees and human freedom to Willy Brandt. The year was 1957. The list of those who ...