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Supreme Court Justice decries failure of international human rights law
(November 4, 2009) - November 4, 2009 - (Edmonton) While the world has seen remarkable innovations in international law in recent decades, especially regarding trade, it has utterly failed to learn the most i
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Health is a human right
(April 3, 2008) - Conventional thinking needs to shift if the full spectrum of human rights is to be embraced, says Mary Robinson, a former United Nations high commissioner for human rights.
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Human rights lecture looks at indigenous rights in the international forum
(March 28, 2007) - Indigenous peoples' rights have taken wing in the international arena, but Wilton Littlechild almost passed up on the flight
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Indigenous Rights Pioneer Littlechild to Deliver 2007 Lectureship on Human Rights
(March 13, 2007) -
The ninth annual University of Alberta Visiting Lectureship in Human Rights will be delivered by J. Wilton Littlechild, a University of Alberta alumnus and pioneer of the
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Human rights are a concern for all people, says Amnesty leader
(October 27, 2005) - Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan challenged a near-capacity crowd to personally join the struggle for worldwide human rights
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Amnesty International leader to speak on campus
(October 24, 2005) - The first woman, the first Asian and the first Muslim to lead the world's largest human rights organization will speak at the U of A
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Nobel Laureate commends educators as “pillars of peace”
(October 22, 2004) - Dr. Shirin Ebadi, winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, spoke to a rapt audience Thursday night for this year's University of Alberta Visiting Lectureship in Human Rights
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2003 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate to speak on campus
(September 30, 2004) - Iranian lawyer and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi will deliver the University of Alberta Visiting Lectureship in Human Rights on October 21, 2004 in the Universiade Pavillion....full story
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The blessings of Tatic Samuel
(March 10, 2004) - Mayan cosmology believes history develops in a succession of cycles every 20 years. In 1974, two important events took place
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Include indigenous cultures, bishop implores
(February 27, 2004) - The western world has a debt to pay for forcing its religious beliefs and practices on indigenous Latin America, a world leader in human rights told a University of Alberta audience Thursday
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