Palestine Works: A discussion with founder Omar Shehabi
1/22/13
Omar Shehabi, founder of Palestine Works will talk about his on-the-ground experience with human rights issues in Palestine and Israel and building a new human rights organization.
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human rights
January 2013
1/7/13
Photo of the Day collection for January 2013. Penn State's University Park campus.
Penn State Law joint study finds filing deadline violates human rights
10/27/10
One in five refugees seeking protection in the United States is denied asylum because they did not apply within one year of their arrival and missed the 12-month deadline imposed by Congress, according to a study of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) asylum decisions, which Penn State Law students scrutinized as part of their work at the Center for Immigrants' Right.
'World on Trial' takes nations to court on human rights
9/24/10
The Apfelbaum Family Courtroom was crowded with cameras, equipment and people from several continents while five Penn State jurors awaited opening statements for the pilot episode of World on Trial. In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted without a single dissenting vote. It was the first time in human history that a set of individual human rights were recognized and internationally agreed upon, explained creator and host of "World on Trial" Professor Randall Robinson of Penn State Law.
Cherie Booth to put the 'World on Trial' at Penn State Law
9/13/10
The state-of-the-art courtroom at Penn State Law will transform into the set for a new television and interactive series, "World on Trial," where viewers around the world will render verdicts on provocative international human rights issues. Cherie Booth, the eminent human rights barrister and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will preside over the first trial, which will be on the French "headscarf law" and will be filmed on Sept. 20.
Extras needed for TV series filming on Sept. 20
9/9/10
Extras are needed for the pilot episode of "World on Trial," to be filmed in the Lewis Katz Building in University Park, Pa. "World on Trial" is a multimedia, educational series examining sharply contested international human rights issues in the context of courtroom trials before live multinational juries. The series is a collaboration of an Emmy-Award winning team from Penn State Public Broadcasting, Penn State Law and The School of International Affairs.
International human rights expert to be featured on WPSU
2/26/10
National best-selling author and founder of the TransAfrica Forum, Randall Robinson, will discuss his work with global human rights, advocacy for African-Americans and ideas about equality in America on the next episode of "Conversations from Penn State." The show will on WPSU-TV at 9 p.m. on March 25. The show also can be viewed at http://conversations.psu.edu/ online.
Panel explores 60 years after Universal Declaration of Human Rights
11/17/08
"Dignity and Justice for All?: 60 Years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," a panel discussion, will be presented at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1, in Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, on Penn State's University Park campus.
Palestine Works: A discussion with founder Omar Shehabi
1/22/13
Omar Shehabi, founder of Palestine Works will talk about his on-the-ground experience with human rights issues in Palestine and Israel and building a new human rights organization.
January 2013
1/7/13
Photo of the Day collection for January 2013. Penn State's University Park campus.
Penn State Law joint study finds filing deadline violates human rights
10/27/10
One in five refugees seeking protection in the United States is denied asylum because they did not apply within one year of their arrival and missed the 12-month deadline imposed by Congress, according to a study of the Board of Immigration Appeals' (BIA) asylum decisions, which Penn State Law students scrutinized as part of their work at the Center for Immigrants' Right.
'World on Trial' takes nations to court on human rights
9/24/10
The Apfelbaum Family Courtroom was crowded with cameras, equipment and people from several continents while five Penn State jurors awaited opening statements for the pilot episode of World on Trial. In 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted without a single dissenting vote. It was the first time in human history that a set of individual human rights were recognized and internationally agreed upon, explained creator and host of "World on Trial" Professor Randall Robinson of Penn State Law.
Cherie Booth to put the 'World on Trial' at Penn State Law
9/13/10
The state-of-the-art courtroom at Penn State Law will transform into the set for a new television and interactive series, "World on Trial," where viewers around the world will render verdicts on provocative international human rights issues. Cherie Booth, the eminent human rights barrister and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, will preside over the first trial, which will be on the French "headscarf law" and will be filmed on Sept. 20.
Extras needed for TV series filming on Sept. 20
9/9/10
Extras are needed for the pilot episode of "World on Trial," to be filmed in the Lewis Katz Building in University Park, Pa. "World on Trial" is a multimedia, educational series examining sharply contested international human rights issues in the context of courtroom trials before live multinational juries. The series is a collaboration of an Emmy-Award winning team from Penn State Public Broadcasting, Penn State Law and The School of International Affairs.
International human rights expert to be featured on WPSU
2/26/10
National best-selling author and founder of the TransAfrica Forum, Randall Robinson, will discuss his work with global human rights, advocacy for African-Americans and ideas about equality in America on the next episode of "Conversations from Penn State." The show will on WPSU-TV at 9 p.m. on March 25. The show also can be viewed at http://conversations.psu.edu/ online.
Panel explores 60 years after Universal Declaration of Human Rights
11/17/08
"Dignity and Justice for All?: 60 Years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," a panel discussion, will be presented at 7 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1, in Foster Auditorium, 101 Pattee Library, on Penn State's University Park campus.