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Global Justice for Indigenous Languages
Symposium video now available!
Wednesday, August 8, 2018

Language is “the very essence that makes a nation of people who they are,” declared Clara Soaring Hawk, Deer Clan Chief of the Ramapough Lenape Nation, in her opening remarks of the Global Justice for Indigenous Languages Symposium. “The reason you are here is to fight to keep the languages – the Indigenous languages – alive.

The Threat of Sanctions Can Influence Turkish Policy
By David L. Phillips
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Lives in Limbo: Immigration as a Human Rights Issue
By Jalileh Garcia
Monday, July 30, 2018
Helsinki Transcript (Notional)
By David L. Phillips
Friday, July 27, 2018

Russian President Vladimir V. Putin and US President Donald J. Trump met in Helsinki on July 16, 2018. The meeting was not a dialogue. Putin spoke for an hour, not letting Trump get a word in edgeways and putting Trump on the defensive. No staff or note-takers were present. Neither Putin nor Trump want a record of Putin’s demands – and threats.

Putin: We have secrets that would discredit you and destroy your presidency.

Indigenous Inclusion Needed in Development Goals
Binalakshmi Nepram Calls for Increased Indigenous Participation in SDGs
Thursday, July 26, 2018

Human rights activist and Institute for the Study of Human Rights Visiting Scholar Binalakshmi Nepram spoke on behalf of World's Indigenous Peoples' Major Group at the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the United Nations on July 11, 2018.

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