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IJRC Newsletter: Regional & Global Developments, New Resources & Events

February 4, 2016 IJRC human rights defenders, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, international criminal law, international human rights, regional human rights protection, Universal system

Read on for the latest human rights developments, and an overview of IJRC’s recent activities. Click here to open the newsletter in PDF.

Happy Human Rights Day!

December 10, 2015 IJRC human rights defenders, IJRC Updates, international human rights, Universal system

All of us at the International Justice Resource Center wish our readers, clients, partners, and supporters a very happy Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day commemorates and celebrates the values enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the world’s first universal human rights instrument. In 1950, the United Nations established Human Rights Day to increase awareness and appreciation of these

IJRC Newsletter: August 2015

August 28, 2015 IJRC African System, European System, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, Inter-American System, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, Universal Periodic Review, Universal system

March 2015 Newsletter: New Team Members, Human Rights News

March 16, 2015 IJRC economic, social & cultural rights, human rights defenders, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, international criminal law, international human rights, international humanitarian law, regional human rights protection, security & rule of law, Universal system, women's rights

Happy Human Rights Day 2014!

December 10, 2014 IJRC IJRC Updates, international human rights, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights

Today, the international community is celebrating Human Rights Day, commemorating the 66th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. The UDHR enumerates fundamental rights and freedoms that are considered to be the foundation of international human rights law, and has since inspired the creation of over 60 human rights instruments that protect human

On Giving Tuesday, Help Make Human Rights Real!

December 2, 2014 IJRC IJRC Updates, international human rights

Today is Giving Tuesday, a day dedicated to remembering the causes and communities that matter to us in the midst of the holiday shopping season. This year, we hope you will give in support of human rights, for all, everywhere. Today, the International Justice Resource Center is launching our new campaign, Making Human Rights Real, in preparation for a year of significantly increased

November 2014 Newsletter: New Online Resources, Human Rights News & Staff Opening

November 14, 2014 IJRC Employment & Scholarship Opportunities, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, international criminal law, LGBTI rights, regional human rights protection, Universal system, women's rights

International Law Professionals’ Happy Hour: November 5th in San Francisco

October 29, 2014 IJRC IJRC Updates

The International Justice Resource Center, the Public International Law Committee of the International Law Section of The State Bar of California, and the New Professionals Interest Group of the American Society of International Law (ASIL), are pleased to invite you to join us at a networking opportunity for current practitioners in international law and students and new professionals interested in entering this exciting

September 2014 Newsletter: New IJRC Guides and Resources, and Our New Location

September 3, 2014 IJRC children, civil society, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, education, enforced disappearance, IJRC Newsletter, IJRC Updates, International Criminal Court, international criminal law, international human rights, LGBTI rights, persons with disabilities, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, security & rule of law, thought, expression & association, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

Women’s Human Rights Training: Videos and Summary Report Now Available

August 25, 2014 IJRC Commission on the Status of Women, crime & impunity, discrimination, due process & judicial protection, economic, social & cultural rights, family, IJRC Updates, Inter-American System, international human rights, LGBTI rights, regional human rights protection, reproductive and sexual rights, UN Human Rights Council, UN Special Procedures, UN treaty bodies, women's rights

In follow-up to the International Justice Resource Center’s most recent training, Protecting Women’s Rights: International Law & Advocacy, we are pleased to announce that the video recordings and summary report are now available online. The conference, held at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco on June 19, 2014, featured some of the most distinguished human rights and women’s rights