Psychology Today

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

I believe in the cause of universal human rights. The presentation was far-ranging, moving from basic trauma theory, to a discussion of dissociation as a response to distress, moral injury (more on ...
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CSW69: Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

“We have to continue walking…We still have to cover a long distance, but we are in the right direction.” The event took place 20 March during the 69th Commission on the Status of Women, a panel of ...
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights on the Tram

In today’s edition of the Daily Brief, I’m in the underground tram station at Parvis de Saint-Gilles (Sint-Gillisvoorplein) in Brussels, Belgium. (watch video) The reason why is that today is Human ...
Human Rights Watch

The State of Human Rights

Human Rights Watch launched its World Report yesterday, an annual review of the state of human rights around the world. Now in its 35th edition, the 546-page World Report examines human rights ...
Princeton University

Aquinas Institute Lecture: Can the Universal Human Rights Project be Saved? with Prof. Mary Ann Glendon

A lecture by Prof. Mary Ann Glendon (Harvard University School of Law) with a response by Prof. Stephen Macedo (Princeton University) at 5 p.m. on April 28th, 2025, in 100 Robertson Hall. Description: ...
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Intersectional Solidarity: We Are All the United Nations

On 20 March 2025, the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) held a panel discussion entitled “Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, which focused on ...
Psychology Today

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

I recently had the opportunity to give a presentation to a group of human rights workers during a training at Human Rights Watch. As is always the case when I prepare and deliver a presentation, and ...