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Khashoggi Killing Adds New Dimension to Yemen War — and New Opportunity for United States

Post author By Charlotte Gorman
Post date December 10, 2018
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People survey rubble following airstrikes in Sana'a, Yemen. (Credit Voice of America)

Seventy years ago today, the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human rights that enshrined the idea that every person has fundamental rights regardless of who they are or where they live. Yet since 2016, a civil war in Yemen has escalated into the largest manmade humanitarian crisis in modern memory. The world should […]

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The U.N. Human Rights Council: Politicized or Political?

Post author By Amy Knop-Narbutis
Post date November 10, 2010
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We are approaching the 5-year anniversary of the creation of the Human Rights Council, a new human rights body within the U.N. intended to correct the shortcomings of its predecessor, the Commission on Human Rights. This week, an open-ended working group will hold its first session in Geneva to review the work of the Human […]

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