Article 8 of the UDHR underlines the sweeping customary requirement that everyone has the right to an effective remedy at law for acts violating the "…fundamental rights granted him by the law ...

Explore the pivotal role of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in shaping the Civil Rights Movement and the passage of landmark ...

The principal international human rights documents clearly protect the human rights of prisoners. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention Against ...

Henry L. Marsh III — a graduate of Maggie L. Walker High, Virginia Union University and Howard University Law School — left a ...

Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), ratified by Libya in 1976 The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), ratified by Libya in 1976 The Convention on the Elimination of ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War ... of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict. A key issue was states' rights. The Southern states wanted ...

E. Lavonia Allison, a civil rights activist and local political force, has died at 94. Allison died Tuesday “peacefully, surrounded by love,” her son announced around midnight. “Dr. Allison ...

But many leaders, including King’s own family, see the juxtaposition as a poignant contrast and a chance to refocus the work of advancing civil rights in a new political era. “I’m glad it occurred on ...

"What we very much hope that in India, as in any country that is having elections, that everyone's rights are protected, including political and civil rights, and everyone is able to vote in an ...

The legendary attorney, who represented Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., will have his portrait hang permanently at the ...

But many leaders, including King’s own family, see the juxtaposition as a poignant contrast and a chance to refocus the work of advancing civil rights in a new political era. “I’m glad it ...

The Durham Committee on the Affairs of Black People will honor the civil rights activist at its annual meeting on Sunday.