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  • United Nations Security Council diplomats vote on a resolution during a meeting on Libya at UN headquarters in New York on February 26, 2011.

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    UN: Security Council Refers Libya to ICC

    The United Nations Security Council’s unanimous resolution referring Libya to the International Criminal Court (ICC) sends a strong signal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his commanders, as well as other governments in the region, that the international community will not tolerate the vicious repression of peaceful protesters.

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  • US: Ban All Antipersonnel Landmines
    Feb 28, 2011

    The ongoing review of United States landmine policy should result in a decision to ban all types of antipersonnel landmines. March 1, 2011, will mark 12 years since the international treaty banning antipersonnel mines became binding international law.

  • US: Honor Public Workers’ Bargaining Rights
    Feb 25, 2011

    Proposals in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, and other states to strip public workers of collective bargaining rights violate international labor rights standards.

  • US: Reform Unfair Immigration Detainee Transfer Policy
    Feb 25, 2011

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement should release its updated detainee transfer policy, which has been in the drafting stage for one year, for public comment. The current transfer policy and procedures contravene basic notions of fair treatment embedded in US constitutional law and in international human rights law binding on the United States, and therefore should be replaced.

  • US: Congress Should Repeal Defense of Marriage Act
    Feb 24, 2011

    President Barack Obama's decision to contest the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is an important and welcome step on the path to repealing this discriminatory law.

  • US: Lack of Paid Leave Harms Workers, Children
    Feb 23, 2011

    Millions of US workers – including parents of infants – are harmed by weak or nonexistent laws on paid leave, breastfeeding accommodation, and discrimination against workers with family responsibilities. Workers face grave health, financial, and career repercussions as a result. US employers miss productivity gains and turnover savings that these cost-effective policies generate in other countries.

  • Guantanamo’s Simulacrum of Justice
    Feb 21, 2011

    Behind the plea bargain of Noor Uthman Muhammed lies a coercive military tribunal system that is inherently unsafe.

  • Why Canada Should Reject Bill S-10
    Feb 16, 2011

    Canada has been a regional leader in drug policy, but Bill S-10 would waste billions of dollars on ineffective approaches that only appear to be tough on crime.

  • US: Protect Detainees in Immigration Facilities from Rape
    Feb 15, 2011

    President Barack Obama should direct the federal government to apply Prison Rape Elimination Act standards to detainees in US immigration facilities. The proposed standards for detecting, preventing, reducing, and punishing sexual abuse of people in government custody would exclude detainees in US immigration facilities even though the law calls for establishing standards for all federal, state, and local confinement facilities.

  • US: Immigration Facilities Should Apply Prison Rape Elimination Act Protections
    Feb 15, 2011

    A letter from Human Rights Watch and 10 other organizations urges US President Barack Obama to direct the federal government to apply Prison Rape Elimination Act standards to detainees in US immigration facilities.

  • US: Public Officials Should Reject Discrimination
    Feb 14, 2011

    Many Muslims and undocumented immigrants in the United States face hostility, fear, and resentment. Whether expressed elegantly or with vitriol, in plain words or in code, there are daily expressions of intolerance and prejudice that condemn these and other minority groups, and seek to define “American” in narrow terms that belie the nation’s multicultural history.

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