Human Rights Magazine
Replacing the Law of Force with the Force of Law
By Kofi A. Annan
You have come together in celebration: to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; to mark the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide; and to recall the 50th anniversary of the first General Assembly resolution calling on Member States to study the possibility of establishing an international criminal court.
BOOKS
Randall Kennedy, Race, Crime, and the Law (Pantheon, 1997, 390 pages, $30).
David C. Anderson, Sensible Justice: Alternatives to Prison, (The New Press, 1998, 160 pages, $23.85)
25 Years Later: The Impact of Roe
By Jenny Hontz
When the Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that a woman's right to privacy included her choice to have an abortion, few predicted the decision would be the subject of such intense debate a quarter of a century later.
The Legacy of Roe and the Work Ahead
By Estelle Rogers
On the 25th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the U.S. Supreme Court decision that first recognized a woman's constitutional right to choose abortion, we should realize that Roe isn't about politics - it is about matters much more profound.
Who Owns Your Frozen Embryo?
By Robyn Shapiro
Our enhanced ability to freeze sperm, embryos and now ova, and then to thaw them without destroying their biological potentioal, has offered a number of new reproductive options to fertile and infertile individuals. In fact, cryo-preservation (freezing) of embryos is now a standard practice at in vitro fertilization (IVF) programs because it enhances both the safety and efficiency of IVF.
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Women
By Charlotte Snow
The new welfare reform law has opened a Pandora's box of social ills, exposing the interconnections among the complex, deepseated issues of society's attitudes toward women, child care, domestic violence, child support, and poverty. While the numbers show more welfare recipients moving off the public dole, family and child advocates in the trenches say the bigger picture is being overlooked - and they're taking their concerns to legislators and the courts.
Wisconsin Study Examines Reform Impact
By Charlotte Snow
While it's too early to draw difinitive conclusions about the impact of welfare reform, Human Rights has obtained he preliminary findings of a study conducted by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on how the state's benefits recipients are faring under the new laws. As one of the first states to implement welfare reform, Wisconsin has served as a bellweather for many others.
Double Jeopardy: Domestic Violence Victims
By Robin Runge
It is often necessary for vistims of domestic violence to take time from work to address the violence in their lives, and when they do, they are frequently victimized yet again when they are fired, forced to quit their jobs, or fail to complete job training programs. While domestic violence victims sometimes are fired because of poor attendance or declining performance, in all too many cases, they are fired simply because their employer determines that it cannot have a domestic violence victim in the workplace.
Trading Profits for Change
By Jeremy Lehrer
With the spectre of egregious sweatshop conditions looming in the public eye, the apparel industry felt the heat and saw the lights. In August 1996, a coalition of advocacy, labor, industry organizations gathered in Washington, D.C., with nurturing from the White House and Department of Labor, to form the Apparel Industry Partnership. The Partnership's ultimate goal, as described in an April 1997 communique, would be to "assure Americans that the clothes and shoes they buy are made under decent and humane working conditions."
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