A short history of child labor laws in the United States.

Twenty years ago the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child, but the United States has yet to ratify the treaty.

Human rights group accuses Israel of war crimes for use of U.S.-supplied weapon.

Twenty-nine countries in the world have a health care system that serves everyone living there. The United States is not one of those countries.

The origins of International Women’s Day, March 8.

Moazzam Begg’s and Maher Arar’s lives were turned upside down when the U.S. military falsely accused them of having ties to terrorists and imprisoned them. Begg has written a book about his detention at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay Prison and Arar was given and international human rights award.

On October 17 President Bush signed a new law called the Military Commissions Act. The law allows the government to put people who are not U.S. citizens in prison without a court hearing. The new law also expands the president’s powers and allows him to determine what is considered torture.

Read about International Human Rights Day and what you can do, on your own or with a school group, to defend human rights.

These important terms in understanding international human rights law are explained…

Learn about this U.S. military prison where people from other countries are held without a court hearing, and about the human rights situation inside the prison.