Human Rights

Hopefully Santa has visited your house this morning, or the spirit of Santa at least.  Santa brings with him not only toys for countless boys and girls, but joy and hope.  Santa is a symbol of the spirit of Christmas, regardless of whether or not your a Christian or just a believer of Santa or […]

The Holidays are approaching and for most of us that now has us running a muck like mad men trying to find the oh, so perfect gift for our loved ones. Sadly as we dash about the stores we are often cursing the crowds and our inability to find even one parking spot after nearly […]

The Children’s  Rights Writer/Blogger and Bridge to Freedom Foundation, which works to enhance and improve the services and opportunities available to survivors of modern slavery, Executive Director Cassandra Clifford has written her first piece for the International Relations and Security Network (ISN).  Cassandra will now be writing for ISN Insights on a monthly basis, and […]

Two new recent U.S. intelligence reports, called National Intelligence Estimates, which represent 16 U.S. intelligence agencies, highlighted many of the challenges in Afghanistan, while also showing some progress against the Taliban has been made. However the chances of successfully putting an end to the insurgency in the country have been limited by the Pakistan’s inability […]

For decades, being tough on crime has been a go-to mantra for American politicians regardless of party affiliation. Frequently that means increasing prison terms and choosing retributive justice over rehabilitation in the treatment of prisoners. Over the weekend prisoners in Georgia staged a peaceful strike in protest of these conditions. It appears that the strike […]

by Cordelia Rizzo It has become very difficult to articulate what is going on in the crime-laden cities of Mexico. President Felipe Calderon makes sure we are constantly aware of the efforts to prevail in the quintessentially unwinnable “war on drugs.” In the meantime, cities have become ghost towns, and society has gone from indignation […]

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Congress is in session and they are rushing to get through all the debates and bills before the session closes.  Washington, DC is buzzing the debate om tax cuts for the rich.  However the real debate should be on funding for millions of vulnerable children. Every year some 1.45 million children who have an intellectual […]

For most people today, December 10, 2010, will come and go just like any other day. Most will rise and the morning and go to work or school as normal. However today is not just any normal day, but international Human Rights Day. Since 1945 the United Nations founding the protection and preservation of Human […]

The issue of child slavery is nothing new; it has been making headlines for some time now. In general as a society we have become more open and aware of the issues, and if you ask someone do they know about modern slavery. However while the statistics following child slavery are shocking, not enough is […]

We live in a fast paced world that few find a way to escape from, including teens, However its not about escape, but coping, and learning to deal with the stress of everyday life.  There is no one that this is not important for than children and teens, but often they are the most overlooked. […]

On my personal blog, I posted a piece about my interactions with exploitation and violations of workers rights in Haiti. To see the full post go to: http://developmentandpolitics.blogspot.com/2010/12/some-musings-on-workers-rights-and.html Sometimes when the day, the week, the month, has been long, I take a stroll to some kind of stress release, to see friends or sneak into […]