Human Rights
Child marriage is a problem in the United States too
The minimum age of marriage, according to US law, is 18. There is a legal gray zone, however- every state allows marriages of children below 18 with parental or judicial consent.There is no legislation to raise the marriageable age bar or to ban child marriages in 38 states of the US.
Tuesday 6 June 2017Is Daesh really in Afghanistan?
Source: TRT World Author: Ali M Latifi As the militant group steps up its attacks in the country, Afghans still see Daesh as a mysterious foreign entity whose makeup and intentions remain unclear to both officials […]
Tuesday 6 June 2017Violence Against Women: Why We Keep Getting it Wrong
Source : Human Wrongs Watch By Robert J. Burrowes* March 2015 — With the passing of another International Women’s Day, during which much attention around the world has again been focused on tackling violence against […]
Tuesday 6 June 201750th Anniversary of Israel’s Military Occupation of Palestine
Position of Human Rights Organizations on the 50th Anniversary of Israel’s Military Occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip On the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and […]
Tuesday 6 June 2017Education Cannot Wait Fund for education in emergencies
Source: UN WHS: New fund launched at UN humanitarian summit to address education in crisis zones 23 May 2016 – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today announced the launch of a new fund […]
Saturday 3 June 2017INTERVIEW: ‘Act now,’ or by 2030, millions could be graduating from schools without even basic education, warns UN envoy
20 April 2017 – The ground-breaking, United Nations-backed International Finance Facility for Education is vital to ensure that half of the world’s children don’t miss out on the basic schooling needed to meet the 2030 […]
Saturday 3 June 2017Statement of ICC Prosecutor to the UNSC on the Situation in Libya
Source: International Criminal Court New York/8 May 2017 Mr President, Your Excellencies: 1. I welcome this opportunity to engage with the Council on the occasion of my Office’s thirteenth report on the situation in Libya pursuant […]
Friday 2 June 2017Missing: Political Creativity – Vox populi, vox dei
Source: TRANSCEND Media Service (TMS)/Solutions Oriented Peace Journalism By: Johan Galtung A key slogan during the student revolt in Paris May 1968, soon 50 years ago, was Imagination au pouvoir! Bring imagination to power! We […]
Thursday 1 June 2017A Look at Deadly Afghan Insurgent Attacks in Recent Years
Afghan insurgents have stepped up their attacks since the drawdown of NATO troops from Afghanistan in 2014, devastating the capital of Kabul with increasingly deadly and brutal assaults and leaving Afghans feeling embattled and exhausted following 16 years of war.
Thursday 1 June 2017Armanshahr HR & Civil Society NEWSLETTER, no. 203 (Year VIII), 30 MAY 2017
Read New issue of Armanshahr HR & Civil Society bilingual weekly NEWSLETTER, no. 203 (Year VIII), 30 MAY 2017
Tuesday 30 May 2017
