Days after election, U.S. rights under inspection
With U.S. elections just barely decided, the U.N. Human Rights Council finished putting America's human rights record under a microscope.
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a 2006 U.N. treaty that promotes and protects the human rights of people with disabilities. The convention marked a historic paradigm shift, moving the international community from a charity-based view of disability to a rights-based view.
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'Low profile' diplomacy: North Korea's hidden avenues to the world
A summit with the U.S. could expand North Korea's little-known involvement with international organizations.