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...still think marriage is more than a ceremony and a document. It's definitely a commitment that two people make and I don't know if you need all those elements to make it a marriage. To me marriage is a devout commitment to make things work and figure it out and fight to stay together. I think you have to really make that commitment in your soul. Both people have...
...prevails is the language of the convention itself, according to assistant professor of government and Social Studies Jens Meierhenrich. He cited Article 8 of the convention to point out that the agreement recognized genocide but never gave a way to prevent or punish it. “As a document it has become largely insignificant,” Meierhenrich said. Executive Director of the University Committee on Human Rights Jacqueline Bhabha, also noting flaws, said that the anniversary was not one to be celebrated. “We have moved ourselves into a worse direction as far as the treatment...
...endured human-rights disasters and uncountable struggles across these same years, now include many who see clearly that freedom, equality and human rights are universal values of humankind and that democracy and constitutional government are the fundamental framework for protecting these values," states Charter 08, a 4,000-word document that was posted on a U.S.-based, Chinese-language website on Dec. 9. (See pictures of life on the fringe in China...
...anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The ‘60.30.1’ light installation by Mallozzi begins a week’s worth of events celebrating the anniversary. The piece, whose title is a reference to the 60 years since the 30 articles of the document were ratified, will be displayed by 11 projectors for the next two days on buildings at the Law School, the Kennedy School, the Science Center, and the Holyoke Center. A year’s worth of collaboration went into the University-wide commemoration that includes more than 13 events throughout...
...rules under consideration would make it easier for government prosecutors to gather evidence that could be used to build cases against the suspected terrorists. One proposal calls for getting rid of the "psychotherapist-patient privilege" for Guantánamo prisoners because, as the document explains, it "greatly restricts the government's access to mental health records." The same argument is made for the "physician-patient privilege" so that detainee medical records might be used at trial. The U.S. Supreme Court has long upheld both privileges for Americans under most circumstances...