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November 21, 2009

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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.


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Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project Puts Human Rights on the Line

Published: May 23, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

New Amnesty International Report Details Legal Loopholes Threatening Human Rights in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey

Religious shareholders to challenge PepsiCo to report effect of AIDS in Africa operations

Published: Apr 29, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

Coalition’s resolution asks company for report on business impact of AIDS

Socially Responsive Investors Welcome Record Vote on Shareholder Resolution

Published: Apr 25, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

42.8% of Dover Corp. Shares Vote in Favor of Proposal Encouraging Company to Adopt More Inclusive Equal Employment Opportunity Policy

AAFA Announces Support for a Total Ban on U.S. Textiles, Apparel and Footwear Imports from Burma

Published: Apr 16, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

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....

Human Rights Standards Raised for FTSE4Good Index

Published: Apr 10, 2003 – 12:00 AM EST

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...

Adele Simmons elected chair of Fair Labor Association (FLA) board

Published: Mar 31, 2003 – 11:00 PM EST

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...

Bush Administration, ACLU, Organized Labor, Media and European Entities Join Together To Protect First Amendment in Supreme Court Case Involving Nike, Inc.

Published: Mar 04, 2003 – 11:00 PM EST

New York Times, Co., CNN, and U.S. Chamber of Commerce Also Among More than 60 Parties Supporting Businesses' Right to Speak on Public Issues

SMART, Fleet Bank Reach Historic Agreement to Accommodate Sikh Religious Practices, Provide Improved Services to Sikh American Community

Published: Jan 30, 2003 – 11:00 PM EST

Sikh businessman, Fleet reach out-of-court settlement over discrimination charge

Kraft Foods’ Support of Peruvian Coffee Growers Recognized

Published: Dec 10, 2002 – 11:00 PM EST

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...

ILO Global Report on Child Labour

Published: May 06, 2002 – 12:00 AM EST

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...

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