The US Human Rights Network has created official listserves for ICCPR (International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights), ICERD (International Convention on the Elimin

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We are delighted to announce the appointment of Ejim Dike as the new Executive Director for the US Human Rights Network. Ejim will officially start in April and is excited to work with the Network membership, staff, and Board to continue to build the human rights movement in this country.

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. It poses a serious threat to the human rights of people around the globe. Due to the persistence of inequality in the world, climate change disproportionately impacts people of color, poor people, women and children. In the United States this problem manifests as environmental racism, violations of Indigenous sacred sites and the continued destruction of Indigenous culture and way of life, and habitat and species loss.

COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER

TO ADDRESS U.S. TOXICS POLICIES

& U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS OBLIGATIONS

November 6 – 8, 2011

The 2012 Elections:  Human Rights Here, Human Rights Now! 

Martina Correia, 1967-2011, !Presente!