Learn about the exciting work of USHRN members and partners.

Learn about the exciting work of USHRN members and partners.

Call to discuss general conference information, overall goals and expectations for workshops, and questions presenters may have.

This is a selection from a training call presented by the ICCPR Taskforce. This part of the recording goes through the steps of how to write an effective shadow report. It can be applied to the shadow reporting process in general (not specific to the ICCPR). Presenters include Amy Bergquist of The Advocates for Human Rights and Jamil Dakwar, of the…

The ICCPR Taskforce wants to take the anxiety out of creating this important advocacy tool by providing a detailed walk-through of how to write a report, how to frame your issue, and where to gather supporting information. ICCPR veterans and experts will be on hand to take your questions.

The US Human Rights Network is working to promote full implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) by educating the public about the U.S. Government obligations under the treaty and by engaging community groups in the effective use of the treaty to promote human rights at home. This year, 2013, the US governme…

This is a training call held by the ICCPR Taskforce as an introduction to shadow reporting. Presenters include: Katrina Anderson, Nasrina Bargzie, Marcia Johnson-Blanco, and Standish E. Willis. The call is moderated by Yolande Tomlinson.

On May 8, we held an informational call in which the ICCPR Delegation reported back on their trip to Geneva and we discussed the next steps to take in the ICCPR review process.

The US Human Rights Network and the ICCPR Taskforce hosted a webinar on March 7th, 2013, to discuss advocacy strategy for the March Human Rights Committee session and beyond. This was an open webinar both for those going and not going to Geneva.

On January 21st, President Barack Obama was inaugurated for his second term. In this podcast we look at human rights in the United States, and what human rights defenders are calling for in President Obama’s second term. First we speak with Ejim Dike, Executive Director of the US Human Rights Network about the Network’s 2012 Human Rights Status Rep…

The US Human Rights Network and the ICCPR Task Force hosted a webinar on October 24th on how social justice groups can engage the ICCPR review process of the United States. Patrick Mutzenberg, director of the Geneva-based Centre for Civil and Political Rights, gave the main presentation.

In this month’s podcast we speak with Saladin Muhammad about the Southern Worker’s Assembly, a gathering to advance a social justice labor movement in the south. We also speak with Adrian Bernal about the recent Caravan for Peace with Justice and Dignity. The Caravan toured the U.S. to engage in dialogue about alternatives to the war on drugs.…

In this episode of our podcast we have a report on the recent hunger strike by solitary confinement inmates in Georgia. Azadeh Shashahani, the National Security and Immigrants' Rights Project Director for the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Georgia joins us to talk about their call to end 287g, the Supreme Court ruling on Arizona’s SB1…

The US Human Rights Network hosted a webinar in partnership with Prometheus Radio Project on August 21, 2012 to share information about how community groups can start their own low power FM community radio stations. Jeff Rousset of Prometheus Radio Project shared the history of Low Power FM (LPFM) radio stations, the larger media context in the U.S…

On June 28, 2012 the Supreme Court issued its decision upholding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act! This decision means that millions of people in the United States, many who were previously denied healthcare, will have an opportunity to access health insurance. The Supreme Court decision is a victory for the millions who will now ga…

In our June podcast we discuss Rio +20, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development. Monique Harden, Co-executive Director of the Advocates for Environmental Human Rights and Andrea Carmen, Executive Director of the International Indian Treaty Council share their goals for Rio+20, their concerns around the proposal for a green economy,…

In this month's podcast, we speak to Andrea Carmen of the International Indian Treaty Council and Tupac Enrique Acosta of TONATIERRA about Indigenous Rights, the Doctrine of Discovery, The UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, James Anaya, official visit to the Unites States, and the 11th session of the Permanent Forum on Indig…

In this month’s podcast, The US Human Rights Network’s Sacajawea Hall speaks with Andrea Carmen of the International Indian Treaty Council about the upcoming visit of the UN expert on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. We also speak with Gerald Lenoir, Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration about their mission and the upcoming…

Malcolm Suber, with United New Orleans Front, speaks on the recent murders of Black youth in New Orleans, Louisiana in February and March of 2012 and what the United New Orleans Front is doing and demanding to secure justice and restitution for the families and community.

Connecting the Dots: the Occupy Movement and the Struggle for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights The Occupy Movement, which burst on the scene in September 2011, and quickly spread throughout the United States and the world, is an expression of the growing outrage that working people of all races and nationalities have against their growing immis…

For this month’s podcast we celebrate International women’s day by highlighting the work of two organizations, The Center for Women’s Global Leadership and SPARK, Reproductive Justice Now! The Network’s membership coordinator, Sacajawea Hall, speaks with the two women about current human rights issues facing women in the US and the work women are d…

This podcast highlights the work of two organizations as we speak with Tupac Enrique Acosta about TONATIERRA in Phoenix, Arizona and Chris Crass about the Catalyst Project in San Francisco, California. TONATIERRA is continuing the fight against racial profiling and the denial of the right to education for Chicano/Mexicano and Indigenous peoples in …

Frontlines of Struggle is a podcast of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) that highlights the activities and initiatives of member organizations engaged in campaigns to realize the full implementation of human rights in the United States. This interview highlights the work of the Million Worker March Movement and Occupy Oakland and features Claren…

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Report Back on the First National Dialogue with the Black Left Unity Network (BLUN) and USHRN November 3, 2011 The need for a national call was rooted in the following assumption: With the emergence of the Occupy Wall Street movement with developing organizational expressions in various cities across the country, members of BLUN have taken the posi…

This podcast examines the 10th Commemoration of the World Conference Against Racism held in Durban, South Africa and the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action. It features two members of the Durban + 10 Coalition convened by the US Human Rights Network and the World Against Racism Network. These members are Efia Nwangaza with the Malcolm X Gra…

A Call for a National Dialogue on Black Left Participation in the OWS Movement By The Black Left Unity Network and USHRN Labor Working Group Over the last two years, the Black left unity network (BLUN) has engaged in a process that focused on reaching out to Black worker activists in the labor movement, and other core social movements that organize…

Frontlines of Struggle is a podcast of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) that highlights the activities and initiatives of member organizations engaged in campaigns to realize the full implementation of human rights in the United States. This interview highlights the work of Community United for Change and features Malcolm Suber. Malcolm Suber is…

Frontlines of Struggle is a podcast of the US Human Rights Network (USHRN) that highlights the activities and initiatives of member organizations engaged in campaigns to realize the full implementation of human rights in the United States. This interview highlights the work of the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign and features JR Flemming and Toussain…

This podcast examines the human rights implications of the recent federal debates about U.S. government debt and the debt ceiling. James Heintz Associate Director and Associate Research Professor at the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and Radhika Balakrishnan, Executive Director of the Center for Wome…

We continue an examination of the US so-called war on terrorism by looking at the case of Ehsanul Sadequee, an American born Muslim charged with conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism. In the first half of the podcast, Sharmin and Sonali Sadequee report on the status of their brother Shifa’s solitary confinement in federal prison and …

The United Nation’s Durban Review Conference took place last week from April 20th to the 24th in Geneva, Switzerland. It was a follow up to the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban South Africa. The goal of the conference was to evaluate the progress countries have made in implementing the 2001 Durban Declaration and Program of Action whi…

As we transition from March to April, this episode focuses on two topics related to internationally observed days in March; International Women’s Day and The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Women’s Rights often rely on a conventional definition of gender. As women’s herstory months draws to an end this week, Pauline …

This episode is dedicated to all the past, present, and future women warriors. In the United States, March is Women’s Herstory month. March 8, International Women’s Day, is a global day of recognition and celebration. Hundreds of events occur on March 8 and throughout March to mark the economic, political and social achievements of women. In this e…

December 18th Marks International Migrants Day. The United States has yet to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and their Families. In this podcast you will hear from Sonji Hart from the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana from footage from the USHRN's first bi-annual human rights conference…

Bernadine Dohrn talks about the United State's role as a pervader of violence aroudn the world in this audio clip from the USHRN's first bi-annual conference in 2005 at the inception of the war in Iraq. Four years later, thousands more dead, her message still rings true and relevant. Dohrn examines five new frameworks with which to utilize the huma…

Human Rights scholar Catherine Powell talks about the importance of the new administration to make a commitment to addressing human rights abuses at home. The document "Human Rights at Home: A Domestic Policy Blueprint for the New Administration," a document to be submitted to the administration, is the result of a collaboration of many activists a…

The United States is one of five countries responsible for 90% of death sentences in the entire world. As the rest of the world has abolished or is abolishing the death penalty, the US still has a long way to go. In this episode Rick Halprin, anti-death penalty activist and scholar talks about why the death penalty is not only a criminal justice is…

Featuring Martina Carrera, National Steering Committee Chair for Amnesty International's Death Penalty Program; she is also Anti-death penalty coordinator for the state of Georgia and sister of Troy Davis. Troy Anthony Davis is currently on death row in the state of Georgia. His story has garnered international support in acquittal and the call for…

Intersectional framework and its relationship to human rights, Priscilla Huang from the Asian Pacific American Women's Forum on human rights and intersectionality, Thandabantu Iverson professor at Indiana University and Radhika Balakrishna Professor of Economics and International Studies at Marymount Manhattan College the human rights implications …

Today on the anniversary of the infamous attack on the twin towers in New York city, we are going to take this occasion to look at some if the human rights issues that have emerged in the US and with US policies in aftermath of that attack. We are going to talk with Vince Warren the director of the Center for Constitutional Rights, an organization …

This is a recording of a membership conference call that took place October 18, 2007. Hosted by the US Human Rights Network Coordinating Center, if you would like more information please visit our website www.ushrnetwork.org Facilitators: Facilitated by: Tina Minkowitz co-chair of the World Networks of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP) & Da…