The International
Human Rights Movement
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (pdf)
Core Documents
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (pdf)
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (pdf)
Convention on the Rights of the Child (pdf)
Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (pdf)
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (pdf)
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (pdf)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (pdf)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (pdf)
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (pdf)
The global human rights movement challenges the systems, structures, and institutions that create, defend, and extend oppression and repression in a society.
Core Elements
Civil Liberties Hall of Fame
Stop Spying - US
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Why a Human Rights Framework
for the
United States?
Building Human Rights is a compelling master frame
for movements supporting
social, economic, cultural, civil, and political rights
Democracy thrives where human rights are defended
and justice is honored as a collective goal of society
Any definition of "Human Rights" must be grounded in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which recognizes the inherent dignity of all members of the human family. Human Rights are those rights that are universal and inalienable; and which provide the foundations for freedom, justice, and peace in the world.
Human rights include specific social, economic, cultural, civil, and political rights for people of all ages; races; ethnicities; religious, spiritual, or ethical beliefs; gender; sexual orientation; or ability. A progressive human rights perspective sees liberty, freedom, laws, and rights as an essential framework, but envisions justice as the goal.
From the U.S. Human Rights Network:
"Underlying all human rights work in the United States is a commitment to challenge the belief that the United States is inherently superior to other countries of the world, and that neither the US government nor the US rights movements have anything to gain from the domestic application of human rights. Network members believe that the US government should no longer be allowed to shield itself from accountability to human rights norms and that the US civil, women's, worker, immigrant, LGBTQ, prisoner and other rights movements that stand to benefit, perhaps now more than ever, from an end to US impunity in this regard."
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Featured Organization
Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy at Northeastern School of Law
The Program on Human Rights and the Global Economy (PHRGE) is at the center of the School of Law’s human rights efforts and works closely with scholars, institutions and advocates nationally and internationally to address issues of human rights and economic development. Reflecting our faculty’s interests, PHRGE is particularly engaged with the international movement to promote economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights.
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View an interview with Civil Rights Movement veteran:
Dr. Vincent G. Harding
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Resources
Key Organizations
Funding Human Rights
Essays of Interest
“Wrong About the Right”
by Jean Hardisty & Deepak Bhargava:
"Push Back Against Organized Wealth"
by Chip Berlet
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Democracy is not a specific set of institutions but a process that requires dissent.
Democracy is a process that assumes the majority of people, over time,
given enough accurate information, and the ability to participate in a free and open public debate,
reach constructive decisions that benefit the whole of society, and
preserve liberty, protect our freedoms, extend equality, and defend democracy.
Without dissent there is no progress in a society
Dissent is Essential!
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