Jessica Neuwirth
Jessica Neuwirth is the Rita E. Hauser Director of the Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute of Hunter College and a former director of the New York office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
Prostitution is directly linked to patriarchy and its abuse of power and male sexual demand, says a new report. To be presented to the United Nations Human Rights Council on June 21, “Prostitution and Violence Against Women and Girls” provides …
- Categories: Human Rights, Human Trafficking, OPINIONS
Five-hundred-thousand Rwandans were killed in the course of 100 days in 1994. In its “media case,” the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in 2003 held nationalist Hutu political leaders and media accountable for the false propaganda and promotion of ethnic …
A wave of relief and hope is sweeping across the United Nations, and the world, desperately awaiting the inauguration of Joe Biden and the beginning of the restoration of normalcy. Hopefully, we will quickly see the rebuilding of our country’s …
- Categories: Gender Violence, Human Rights, OPINIONS, US-UN Relations
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