Human Rights is an ideology, belief, and movement that supports the notion that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and thus have inalienable rights including the right to life and liberty, freedom of thought and expression, and equality before the law.
ARLINGTON, VA - American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) President & CEO Kevin M. Burke announced today that, due to the on-going cruel and repressive nature of the ruling regime in Burma, AAFA has called for an immediate and total ban on U.S....
London - Global index provider FTSE Group today announces a new, more stringent set of human rights criteria for the socially responsible index series FTSE4Good, as part of its ongoing strategy to raise the standards for entry into the index series. The enhanced...
WASHINGTON, DC - Adele Simmons, former President of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and before that President of Hampshire College, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), effective September 1, 2003. She...
NORTHFIELD, IL – Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE:KFT), a global leader in branded foods and beverages, announced today that Rolf Sauerbier, Director Coffee Sustainability Projects, Kraft Foods International, has been honored by the Republic of Peru for his work in improving the competitiveness of...
GENEVA - Ten years after launching a worldwide campaign against child labour, the International Labour Office (ILO) today issued a landmark global study showing that despite "significant progress" in efforts to abolish child labour, an alarming number of children are trapped in its...