Margaret Spillane : Theater
In the end, Harold Pinter devoted himself to defining "the real truth of our lives and our societies." Now that he's gone, his twenty-nine plays will continue that rude, honorable and turbulent work.
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Which idea of human rights will prevail: Western notions of freedom from fear or poorer nations' insistence on freedom from want?
Michael Ratner & Jules Lobel : Guantanamo Bay
Shutting down Guantánamo is long overdue. We shouldn't recreate it by another name.
CBS : Geneva Convention
President-elect Obama speaks with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft about the need to restore America's moral standing in the world.
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Quiet relief, an undercurrent of caution and hope for a new approach to human rights, the environment and the problems of the poor.
Malalai Joya : Afghanistan
Seven years after the US invasion, Afghanistan is still chained to the fundamentalist warlords and the Taliban. Women and children suffer the most.
Dave Zirin : Sports
If China's leaders believe they've released enough steam for a smooth Olympics, they could be in for a surprise.
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Despite the Bush Administration's scramble to scuttle her nomination because she is--gasp!--a feminist, a South African judge is named high commissioner for human rights.
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Torture
Some Democrats are pushing to let bygones be bygones and concentrate instead on solving problems of the future. Here's why we can't let the Bush Administration off the hook.
Barbara Crossette : United Nations
Pressured by the Bush Administration, the United Nations issues a ringing declaration and solicits pledges that decry rape as a weapon of war. How about actually doing something?
Slavenka Drakulic : United Nations
The UN resolution designating rape as a weapon of war is historic, but provides no legal remedy for wartime victims of sexual violence.
Scott Greathead & Michael Posner : El Salvador
The brother of one of four US churchwomen murdered in El Salvador used his legal skills to bring their killers to justice.
Robert Dreyfuss : Iran
The Nobel Prize-winning activist says US threats, regime-change rhetoric and efforts to promote democracy only give Iran's leaders an excuse to intensify repression.
Cora Currier : Student Movements
Tibetan-led youth groups are proving the power of grassroots organizing with their highly effective Beijing Olympics protests.
The Editors : Sports
Boycotts of the Beijing Olympics are easy. What's harder is moving China towards meaningful progress on human rights.
How can momentum be restored to the struggle for human rights? Begin by drawing the world's religions into the conversation.
Despite their political differences, Americans are strikingly united on the value of human rights, according to a new poll sponsored by The Nation.
Lawyers in Myanmar joined forces this week with Buddhist monks to demand national reconciliation and an end to human rights abuse.
The brutal murder of a bishop and its violent aftermath exemplify post-civil war Guatemala's descent into chaos
Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights doesn't officially favor the war in Iraq, so why is it helping Gen. David Petraeus devise a counter-insurgency doctrine?
Maoists say they're fighting for the invisible tribal peoples of India. Are they terrorists, or the product of a corrupt and unjust system?
Ten years of Chinese rule in Hong Kong hasn't resulted in severe human rights abuses, but full democracy has yet to emerge.
Sure, the US government values the lives of innocents killed in combat. Just how much depends on whether they died in New York, Afghanistan or Iraq.
Inventing Human Rights traces the roots of humanitarian concern back to the eighteenth century. But there's a world of difference between then and now.
The Military Comissions Act of 2006 gives the Geneva Conventions a bold, new American twist. Here's a look at the bill's final markup.
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