The Human Rights Council devoted a full-day discussion with two panels on children’s rights to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The...
This past weekend, in the first meeting of its kind to ever take place with a sitting U.S. President, President Obama met with the 10 leaders of ASEAN (Association of...
Executions - Urgent Action China has executed four Tibetans for their roles in the protests in Tibet last year, according to the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy....
The human rights group Amnesty International has issued a critical report charging that Israel prevents Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip from receiving adequate water supplies.The report,...
We're almost there. We need your help immediately to reach our final online Factory Farming Challenge goal of $240,000. Your donation right now, along with the...
UNICEF releases groundbreaking Report Card on Child Protection
- While progress is being made in reducing some violations of children’s rights, not enough is yet known about the extent of...
Hollywood actor Orlando Bloom will be working to make the world a better place for young people as he steps into his new role as Goodwill Ambassador for the United...
This morning, Michelle and I awoke to some surprising and humbling news. At 6 a.m., we received word that I'd been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009. To be...
"I am surprised and humbled," says President Obama on winning the Nobel Peace Price, further calling the honor "a call for action"
The Nobel committee said it awarded him the prize...
Leaders of Native Indian tribes from around the US and Canada will gather on the campus of Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, for an international conference September 25-27...