UN Committee on Human Rights discusses the right to life
Sonia Corrêa The UN Committee on Human Rights is developing a new General Comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Why Amnesty International Must Hold Firm in Its Support for Sex Worker
by Sebastian Kohn July 28th, 2015, published originally at Open Society. Amnesty International seems poised to support the decriminalization of sex work—a move that would improve
Hollywood v. Amnesty International: The big battle over sex work
Exclusive: Hollywood stars have taken offence at Amnesty’s latest proposal to decriminalise sex work, but the human rights organisation tells Radhika Sanghani there’s been a
Critically examining the US Supreme Court decision on same –sex marriage
Of course I cried. I cried because these nine antiquarian arbiters in funeral garb – five of them anyway, each looking about as forward-thinking and progressive as a constipated grandparent – informed me at last that I am part of this Great Community they help to govern.
International Campaign for Women’s Right to Safe Abortion’s report on the Human Rights Comittee discussion on “The Right to Life”
Human Rights Committee Open Hearing on Article 6 – The Right to Life to develop a General Comment Geneva, 14 July 2015 HERE ARE SOME OF THE
Unpacking Malawi Special Law Commission final review’ findings and recommendations on abortion law
Originally posted on Maravipost in 2015. Available at: http://www.maravipost.com/national/malawi-news/law-and-order/9316-unpacking-malawi-special-law-commission-final-review%E2%80%99-findings-and-recommendations-on-abortion-law.html The current position of the law is that abortion is illegal in Malawi except where it
Colonizing African Values: How the U.S. Christian Right is Transforming Sexual Politics in Africa
Uganda’s infamous 2009 Anti-Homosexuality Bill, which would institute the death penalty for a new and surreal category of offenses dubbed “aggravated homosexuality,” captured international headlines
Mauro Cabral’s speech at Bob Hepple Equality Award
Retrieved from www.transactivists.org in 2015. London, July 16th 2015 Dear friends, I am very honored to receive this award, which I accept understanding it as
UN Human Rights Council adopts text on the protection of the family
In early July, UN Human Rights Council adopted the resolution concerning the protection of the family, whose text points that the family is the natural and
What the ‘Abortion Drone’ Will (And Won’t) Mean for Reproductive Rights
The Poland “abortion drone” is causing a splash in the media and excited buzz in the reproductive rights community, but it has also become a source of misinformation and anxiety.