California State Senator Steven Bradford, right, and Assemblymember Reggie Jones-Sawyer, left, at a reparations meeting in San Diego on Jan. 28, 2023. Photo by Ariana Drehsler for CalMatters California lawmakers voted to…
BY WENDY FRY Source: https://calmatters.org/newsletter/inequality-insights-california-reparations/ Good morning, Inequality Insights readers. I’m CalMatters reporter Wendy Fry. California lawmakers voted to offer an official apology for the state’s role in supporting slavery and moved several reparations…
Four years after George Floyd’s murder, two Washington Post reporters reflect on the retrenchment of the racial-justice movement sparked by his death. In their book, “His Name Is George Floyd,”…
Source: https://zoryaninstitute.org Zoryan Board Member William Schabas explains on IDEAS, CBC RADIO The Zoryan Institute is pleased to share that Dr. William Schabas recently made a guest appearance on an hour-long episode…
We held our first side-event of the newly established Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR) at the The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) bringing together UN Special…
A one-day validation workshop on the findings of the comprehensive research on hate speech in The Gambia, conducted by NHRC with the support of UNESCO, is currently in progress at…
Long Prison Sentences for Reporting on Pollution and Criticizing the Government (San Francisco) – States and United Nations officials meeting in Geneva at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights…
A comprehensive cessation of hostilities is necessary for the country to reap the benefits of effective transitional justice. Last month, Ethiopia’s Ministry of Justice announced the completion of the roadmap for implementing…
A recent discovery in DNA editing technology has the potential to revolutionize genome editing beyond what is currently possible with CRISPR-based techniques. Known as the "bridge editing" system, this new…
Intersections Building Blocks of a Global Strategy Against Organized Crime Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime Organized crime has become a threat to international peace and security. It harms so many…