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The US State Department Monday released its third annual report on American efforts to support and promote human rights around the world. In Supporting Human Rights: The US Record 2004-2005 , the US said it will make respect for...

In Tuesday's international brief, a report submitted to the UN Human Rights Commission by UN Special Rapporteur Doudou Diene has called on Germany and the EU to increase efforts to ban political groups based on racist, xenophobic,...

China Thursday announced a political prisoner's release in an apparent exchange for the US dropping its pursuit of a UN censure of China's rights record. Rebiya Kadeer was released Thursday...

Here's a run-down of law-related events, expected developments and live webcasts on JURIST's docket for Wednesday, March 16.The US Senate opens its session at 9 AM ET today, when it will consider S. Con. Res. 18 [bill...

JURIST Contributing Editor Marjorie Cohn of Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego notes that with the Supreme Court's recent ruling in Roper v. Simmons, the United States has finally joined the community of nations that says the state-sanctioned...

Human Rights Record of the US in 2004, China State Council, March 3, 2005. Excerpt:In 2004 the atrocity of US troops abusing Iraqi POWs exposed the dark side of human rights performance of the United States. The scandal shocked the...

China's State Council Thursday responded to US State Department human rights reports issued Monday that had blasted China for human rights abuses by issuing a report of its own on US human rights practices highlighting abuses...

China Tuesday criticized a US State Department report on its human rights record, accusing the United States of using human rights to interfere in the country's internal affairs. A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman also alleged human rights...

County Reports on Human Rights Practices, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, February 28, 2005 [delivering sharp criticisms of rights situations in US Middle Eastern allies Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. The document also censuring China, Russia and the...

The US State Department Monday released its 2004 annual reports on human rights practices in 196 countries, delivering with sharp criticisms of rights situations in Middle Eastern allies Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt. The document also censured...