Human Rights Archives - Page 36 of 38

Launch of the Intergovernmental Declaration on Children, Youth, and Climate Action

Today at COP25, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the Environment, alongside UNICEF and several young climate activists, launched the Intergovernmental Declaration on Children, Youth, and...

Oppose Taxpayer Funded Discrimination by Religious Providers

The Trump Administration is removing nondiscrimination provisions that would allow religious providers to discriminate against LGBT persons, Muslims, Jews, or even Catholics in the provision of taxpayer funded public services. American religious liberty protects the...

Beyond Labels, Beyond Borders: Advancing Rights-Based Protection of Climate-Induced Migrants

The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, ActionAid International, Coastal Association for Social Transformation Trust (COAST Trust), and the Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas (FAWCO) hosted a side event to discuss the current realities of climate migration and how we...

Affirming Traditional American Religious Liberty: Texas Impact Joins Amicus in Landmark Case Espinoza v. Montana

Texas Impact and the Texas Interfaith Center for Public Policy have joined with other religious organizations to file an amicus brief in Espinoza v. Montana urging the U.S Supreme Court to reaffirm traditional American religious liberty. For many religious traditions,...

“A Predictable Result”

Take Action: Tell Congress to End MPP Now Early in the morning on Thursday, October 10, migrants began blocking the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville in protest of the Administration’s “Migrant Protection Protocol” (MPP), also known as Remain in Mexico,...

These Little Lights of Ours

On August 29-30, a group of 100 Texas faith leaders traveled from all over the state to learn about current American immigration policy and meet with migrants camped in Matamoros, Mexico, awaiting the opportunity to beg for asylum in the US. The faith leaders—most of...