United Nations: Advance Report on Human Rights in Palestinian Territories (Israel Continues to Deny Direct Access to the Special Rapporteur)

Seventy-second session                     Item XX of the provisional agenda* Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of special rapporteurs and representatives Situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967** Note by the Secretary-General The Secretary-General has the honour to transmit to the General Assembly the report of the Special …

How Chris Christie Can Win — State Rights, Electoral Reform, Fantasy Cabinet, & More

DISCLOSURE: My focus is on restoring integrity to the electoral and governance process, not on a particular candidate. I have offered these ideas to other candidates including Donald Trump and Jon Huntsman and will observe that Bernie Sanders in particular refuses to contemplate the reality that 60% of our voters are disenfranchised. If we are …

Yoda: Indigenous Rights Victories in 2015

Bats last, nature does. Fifteen Indigenous Rights Victories In 2015 Good news. Sometimes, it comes in the form of a cancelled hydro dam that spares 20,000 people from the burden of displacement. Other times, it takes the shape of a simple court admission that Indigenous Peoples do actually make the best conservationists.