Commentaries by Sophie Richardson

Hang Together: Why the EU needs to Confront China on Rights

April 28, 2014 04:30:00 pm

JURIST Guest Columnist Sophie Richardson of Human Rights Watch discusses the EU and human rights issues in China... This year will see a pair of quarter-century anniversaries of key political events in China and Europe: the remembrance in June of...

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US Supreme Court heard Bush v. Gore

On December 11, 2000, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Bush v. Gore Presidential recount case. Listen to the arguments and/or read the transcripts on Oyez.

UNICEF established

On December 11, 1946, the United Nations General Assembly established the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) to aid child victims of World War II. UNICEF became a permanent UN agency in 1953. Learn more about the mission of UNICEF and read the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.