Opposition to Proposed Moldovan Law Grows
On February 17, 2011 the Moldovan government adopted proposed anti-discrimination legislation which it purported to do on the basis of harmonizing its laws with existing EU Directives and Regulations. The…
Turtle Bay
In Zimbabwe, A Step in the Right Direction
UNFPA and UNAIDS recently released a report on HIV/AIDS prevention in Zimbabwe. The report outlined the reason for Zimbabwe surprisingly successful drop in HIV prevalence, from 26% to 14% in…
Turtle Bay
EU: Study on Conflicts between new and old “Fundamental Rights”
I recommend to yor attention a recent study that was written by two legal experts of the masonic Université Libre de Bruxelles and financed by the European Commission. It deals…
Turtle Bay
How abortion focus harms maternal health: Ghana
Here is a new white paper with a case study on the adverse effects of legalized abortion on maternal health in Ghana. It is from the Minnesota Citizens for Life…
Turtle Bay
EU Advocate General’s opinion on unborn human life now available in English
See my earlier post. The English version of the Advocate General’s Conclusion is now available online.
Turtle Bay
Eliminating Racial Discrimination or Religious Distinction?
The Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) finished its 78th session last week. Among its recommendations, one in particular stands out. In the Committee’s concluding observations on the…
Turtle Bay
Skepticism on China’s one-child statement
I appreciate but cannot share the optimism in my colleague Amanda Pawloski’s recent blog regarding the revision of China’s brutal one-child policy. Chinese officials put these announcements out from time…
Turtle Bay
Feminists & Fundamentalism
The Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), an international feminist organization, hosted a panel at this month’s Commission on the Status of Women entitled “Toward a Future Without Religious…
Turtle Bay
Europe’s Religious Right on the Rise?
According to the Guardian, “Women’s rights, gay rights and healthcare are all under threat – the secular nature of the European project must be reaffirmed.” The scare-mongering story is timely…
Turtle Bay
Secularism v. Neutrality in the Italy-ECtHR Decision
As Roger Kiska noted in a previous post, the European Court of Human Rights reversed itself and found in favor of Italy keeping crucifixes in classrooms. There is much to…
Turtle Bay
Italy Prevails at European Court
The Italian government prevailed today at the European Court of Human Rights in a landmark Grand Chamber judgment holding that Italy was within its rights to have crucifixes displayed in…
Turtle Bay
UNICEF: 10 Year Olds Have A Right to Safe Abortion
UNICEF’s most recent State of the World’s Children Report, reveals that UNICEF’s take on what children need in 2011 and beyond is absurd at the least. A look at their…
Turtle Bay
UN Women’s Commission Reveals Gender Divide
From our Friday Fax this week: The annual UN women’s commission ended a week late with opposite sides forming over how to treat gender. While the theme of the meeting…
Turtle Bay
Non-binding “recommendations” on abortion do not make hard law
The abortion advocacy group, Ipas, has released a new publication cataloguing the numerous recommendations of UN experts who promote legalization of abortion and “comprehensive sexuality education” as maternal mortality reduction…
Turtle Bay
Men in Families Report
For years UN reports have tried to measure global “gender equality” by counting up how much housework men do each week. So it’s easy to dismiss a UN publication such…
Turtle Bay
Sustaining Development
Preparations for next year’s Rio Conference are underway at the United Nations, as delegations met yesterday for a panel discussion on sustainable development. With sincere condolences to the people of…
Turtle Bay
Austria: Crucifixes in public nursery school NOT unconstitutional, says Constitutional Court
The Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof, VfGH) has today dismissed a constutional complaint through which the complainant, a militant atheist, sought to obtain the cancellation of a law providing that a…
Turtle Bay
New video on dangers of medical abortions
I recommend this excellent new video interviewing medical experts on the dangers of medical abortion. Family Research Council sponsored their appearance at the recent Commission on the Status of Women…
Turtle Bay
More Christian parents jailed because of “sexual education”
German authorities have struck again, today jailing two other Christian parents who refused to have their 9-10 year old children attend an interactive “sexual education” play that the families viewed…
Turtle Bay
United States of Africa Coming Soon?
Today, the African Union issued a press release heralding the “Transformation of the AU Commission into an Authority”. So what does this mean? The quick backstory. For many years Libyan…
Turtle Bay
Rights & Risks in Mississippi
Human Rights Watch recently released a publication on HIV/AIDS in Mississippi entitled “Rights at Risk,” which focuses on the tragic HIV/AIDS prevalence and lack of access to care in the…
Turtle Bay
NEA and Isis Try Hiding the UN Sex Talk Evidence
Recently, C-FAM did a story on how the NEA encouraged the UN to teach perverse sexuality to kids, and how they think it should be mandatory for American middle and…
Turtle Bay
EU Court to Discuss Forced Sterilization and Eugenics
Later this month, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) will hold a hearing in a case of “forced sterilization”. (Case V. C. v. Slovakia – n° 18968/07). This case…
Turtle Bay
EU Advocate General: Human Embryos to be protected as from conception
The case to be decided does not concern abortion, but the patentability of embryonic stem cells. And the conclusions of the Advocate General are not more than a legal opinion,…
Turtle Bay
New UN articles on Responsibility of International Organizations
Stay tuned for more about the importance of these articles. Here is a link to Kristen Boon’s blog at Opinio Juris.
Turtle Bay