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From the Field
Entrevista con Yesica Sanchez Maya, Directora Adjunta del Consorcio-Oaxaca
February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Yésica Sánchez Maya es la Directora Adjunta del Consorcio-Oaxaca, una organización enfocada en los derechos de la mujer en Oaxaca, México. El 28 de octubre del 2011, ella formó parte de una delegación de…
Interview with Yésica Sanchez, Deputy Director of Consorcío-Oaxaca
February 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Yésica Sánchez Maya is the Deputy Director of the Consorcio-Oaxaca, a women’s rights organization in Oaxaca, Mexico. On October 28, 2011, she was part of a delegation of the Mesoamerican Initiative for Human…
Interview with Annette Martínez
August 23, 2011 By 1 Comment
HRB talks with Center for Justice and International Law attorney Annette Martínez about The Case of Wayne Smith, Hugo Armendariz et al., v. United States, which was recently heard by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
Comment on “The La Oroya Case: the Relationship Between Environmental Degradation and Human Rights Violations”
February 14, 2011 By 1 Comment
The La Oroya Case: the Relationship Between Environmental Degradation and Human Rights Violations, by Professor Paula Spieler, published in Volume 18 Issue 1 of the Human Rights Brief, raises one of the most important challenges…
In Their Own Words: Burmese Law Students Respond to Reports of Economic Change
May 17, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The Burma Lawyers’ Council (BLC) is an independent organization of Burmese lawyers on the Thai-Burma border that fights oppression and human rights abuses in Burma (Myanmar) and advocates for the restoration of the rule of law. The BLC…
Economic Advice Unlikely to Create Real Improvements for Burma’s Poor
December 4, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Joseph Stiglitz, advisor to President Obama and a professor at Columbia University, is scheduled to speak to representatives of the Burmese military regime, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), about poverty alleviation strategies during a visit…
ASEAN Snubs Civil Society Groups, Dashes Hopes for Effective Human Rights Mechanism
October 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
All eyes were on Cha-Am, Thailand on October 23, 2009, when Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders met to inaugurate the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR). The Commission is fraught with serious problems such as…
