Why Red Hand Day Must Help Drive Better Understanding and Protection of Child Soldiers
It's not just a problem in conflict zones, but among extremist groups and drug-running gangs. Keep Reading
ICE, FBI Recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) is a federal crime, and any involvement in committing this crime is a serious human rights violation, which may result in imprisonment and potential removal from the United States. Keep Reading
PERSPECTIVE: The Impact of Congress’ ‘Caesar Bill’ Against the Assad Regime
The proposed bill and the sanctions should signal a positive shift across the international community’s efforts to rally public condemnation in lending credibility to victims' claims in the face of the Assad regime’s atrocities. Keep Reading
ICE Honors Human Rights Day
Since 2003, ICE has arrested more than 450 individuals for human rights-related violations of the law under various criminal and immigration statutes. Keep Reading
ICE Removes Former Civil Patrol Leader Accused of Human Rights Abuses in Guatemala
Samayoa Cabrera, a former civil patrol leader, has been charged in Guatemala for his alleged role in more than 150 human rights abuses, including torture, rape and extrajudicial killing, in El Quichè. Keep Reading
CBP Issues Detention Orders Against Companies Suspected of Using Forced Labor
Under U.S. law, it is illegal to import goods into the U.S that are made wholly or in part by forced labor, which includes convict labor, indentured labor. Keep Reading
Georgetown Law Appoints Human Rights and National Security Experts
Human rights advocate and former Human Rights First CEO Elisa Massimino is joining Georgetown Law as the 2019-2020 Robert F. Drinan, S.J., Chair in Human Rights while Navy Judge Advocate Capt. Todd Huntley joins the Law Center as the National Security Law Program Director and Lecturer in Law. Keep Reading
How a Housepainter and an Army Widow Led the Secret Fight to Save LGBT People from ISIS
The first time Majid and Ahlam saved a gay person’s life, they didn't even know what LGBT stood for. Word had reached them that three men were being held. Keep Reading
U.S. Hostage Held by Iran Passes 1,000-Day Mark in Captivity
"Sitting in the middle level of a three-tiered bunk bed in a small room, he cannot even straighten his back," reports wife of Princeton doctoral student Xiyue Wang. Keep Reading
‘An Act of State Terrorism’: U.S. Hostages Suffer in Iran as Families Cry for Help
The Islamic Republic has directly been inflicting its own brand of terror through its ongoing, brutal practice of hostage-taking. Keep Reading