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Is It Just a Piece of Paper that Makes Someone an American?
Jose Antonio Vargas Jose Antonio Vargas painted a stark picture of what it means to live life as an undocumented immigrant when he spoke to a packed crowd at Tuesday’s “Out of the Shadows Immigration...
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“The Advocates for Human Rights, You Have The Floor…”
The location is Geneva, Switzerland, on the floor of the United Nations Human Rights Council in the Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room at the Palais des Nations. I have pushed the large...
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Migration Not Border Security Problem; People Like Us Face Perilous Choices
Photo credit: ALJAZEERA AMERICA The capsize of a ship overloaded with migrants seeking to cross the Mediterranean has galvanized attention on what The New York Times characterizes as a surge in...
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Leading by Example? The International Impact of Marriage Equality Ruling
*This post, written by Amy Bergquist, a staff attorney with The Advocates for Human Rights, is part of American Constitution Society’s blog’s symposium on the consolidated marriage equality cases...
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“All our SPCS family r safe…”
Students at the Sankhu-Palubari Community School enjoying recess in March, 2015. (Credit: Jennifer Prestholdt) “All our SPCS family r safe …” This was the message I received from Anoop Poudel,...
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Oromo Protests One Year On: Looking Back; Looking Forward
Minnesota Oromos and allies rally at the Minnesota State Capitol on May 9, 2014 Oromos and others in the Ethiopian diaspora are on the edge of their seats. Not only are general elections in Ethiopia...
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There Are No Sanctuary Cities in the United States
I’m from Saint Paul, so I ought to know. Saint Paul was, famously, a sanctuary city. In the 1930s the city allowed organized crime to operate freely without threat of arrest so long as they promised...
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The Injustice of Silence
Ayona Riley I graduated from Marquette University in the spring of 2014. As a political science major, I did not have an exact “dream job” pinned down. The only aspect of my post-graduation plans that...
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You & I Can Give a Child a Bright Future
Thomas Dickstein with students at The Advocates’ Nepal School in 2011. A week away from the start of my final year of high school, I am ready. My pencils are sharpened, ready to attack the loose-leaf...
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“How long will they let our children either be killed by terrorists or drown...
Aylan & Galip Kurdi The photo of three-year-old Aylan Kurdi on a Turkish beach is an image we should never forget. Instead of romping on the resort beach, Aylan―in his red shirt and dark pants—lies...
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Voices from Silence: Personal Accounts of the Long-term Impact of 9/11...
Late in the afternoon of September 13, 2001, a Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights (now, The Advocates for Human Rights) staff attorney was meeting in our office with two of our pro bono clients, a...
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Acknowledging the Truth
Recently, I went to a showing of a new documentary called, “The Hunting Ground.” The purpose of the film is to raise awareness of what is described as an epidemic of sexual assault of men and women on...
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#HRC30: “Our lives are connected to one another.”
Zeod Ra’ad Al Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Statement by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein at the opening of the Human Rights Council session in Geneva, 14...
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Pledges & Punts at the UN: The U.S. Government Responds to UPR Recommendations
Today marks the formal end of the U.S. government’s second Universal Periodic Review of its human rights record at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. But on many important issues, it’s really just...
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The Death Penalty Doesn’t Stop Drug Crimes
On September 28, 2015, the UN Human Rights Council hosted a three-hour panel discussion on “The Impact of the World Drug Problem on Human Rights.” One of the panelists was Mr. Aldo Lale of the UN...
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Good Question
Will the United States step up and be a moral leader for the refugees fleeing Central America? Sonia Nazario, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and The Advocates’ 2015 Human Rights Award...
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We Cheered for the Women of Morocco
Article highlights The Advocates for Human Rights and its Moroccan partner, Mobilizing for Rights Associates, attended the review of Morocco in Geneva by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and...
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End the inhumane detention of refugee women and children
During National Week of Action, open your eyes to U.S. horrors As families across Minnesota prepare for the delights and frights of Halloween, a separate, hidden, and chilling reality exists in Texas,...
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Serious Concerns About Lack of Access to Counsel for Asylum Seekers
U.S. Senator Al Franken has called on Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson to ensure access to counsel for asylum seekers held in family detention centers. Joined by 18 Senate colleagues, Sen....
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October Raised this Teen’s Awareness of Domestic Violence
I have to admit it — until a few weeks ago, I didn’t know that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. I also...
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