Human Rights and Liberties

Regulating the Social Impacts of Speculative Financial Practices

Just got this REGULATING THE SOCIAL IMPACTS OF SPECULATIVE FINANCIAL PRACTICES Meeting sponsored by the Essex Business and Human Rights Project and the Law Society of England and Wales 18 May 2011, 7-9 PM The Law Society’s Hall – 113 Chancery Lane – London The world’s attention on the link between Human Rights and Business… Read More »

Nigerian police killing at will

From the BBC: Nigerian police killing at will, says Amnesty Nigerian police are carrying out a shocking level of extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, Amnesty International says. The rights group’s three-year inquiry details cases of prisoners tortured to death and shootings at roadblocks. Amnesty says the police complain they are poorly trained and that criminals… Read More »