Summary: Two immigrants deported because of criminal convictions, Wayne Smith and Hugo Armendáriz, have brought a claim against the US government before the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights. Smith and Armendáriz, both of whom have wives...
[WASHINGTON DC, 17 July 2007] - The mandatory deportation of legal immigrants convicted of a crime, even a minor one, has separated an estimated 1.6 million children and adults, including US citizens and lawful permanent residents, from their...
[27 June 2007] - Texas and California, the nation’s two most populous states, are home to 22 percent of America’s youth. Over the last decade, these two states have taken diametrically opposite approaches to locking up juveniles....
[20 June 2007] - The United States’ anti-trafficking efforts formally began with the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000. Since then, the U.S. Government has poured billions of dollars into prevention efforts...
[WASHINGTON, 13 June 2007] - The Department of State is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments' efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons. This Report is the seventh annual TIP...
[7 June 2007] - Human rights groups have asked the US to reveal the whereabouts of 39 people who have allegedly been held in secret CIA-run prisons. They say children as young as seven are among those detained. A report compiled by six human rights...
[5 April 2007] - The large majority of detainees who remain in Guantánamo are held in cruel conditions of isolation which flout international standards, according to a new report, USA: Cruel and inhuman - Conditions of isolation for detainees in...
The Youth Empowerment Alliance, Inc. a non-profit organization based in Florida (USA) is creating the GLOBAL YOUTH YEARBOOK and is looking for the best of the best youth-told stories worldwide. The GLOBAL YOUTH YEARBOOK will serve as a "...
[NEW YORK, 21 March 2007]. Middle and high school students in New York City (NYC) and Los Angeles (LA) are frequently ignored and mistreated in their classrooms, and subjected to harsh discipline policies that punish, exclude and...
Summary: This report was jointly prepared by the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children and the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS).[NEW YORK, 22 February 2007] - The Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children and...
