November 2011

DSC-NY and CUNY Law Students Discuss Denial of Students’ Right to an Education through Zero Tolerance Discipline
November 29, 2011
On Tuesday November 1st, the Dignity in Schools Campaign NY (DSC-NY) and CUNY School of Law hosted a panel discussion, “Suspended Opportunities: The Effect of Zero Tolerance Discipline Policies in New York City Public Schools” at the CUNY law school campus in Queens. The goals of... Keep reading »
Clearinghouse Review's Human Rights Edition Features NESRI Partners
November 10, 2011
The September-October 2011 Special Edition of Clearinghouse Review: Journal of  Poverty Law and Policy focuses on human rights as "A New (And Old) Way to Secure Justice."  In the publishers' words: "This special issue of Clearinghouse Review: Journal of  Poverty Law... Keep reading »
Occupy Wall Street From a Human Rights Lens
November 7, 2011
Occupy Wall Street has hit a chord with people, underscoring what many see as the primary problem of the U.S. economy -- the dominance of financial interests. A recent poll discovered that 43 percent of people agree with the views of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and only 27 percent disagree.... Keep reading »
Reflections with the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing
November 4, 2011
Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik Reflects on More Than a Roof’s Launch, Crackdowns on Dissent & the Struggle to Be Heard in Vermont On October 21st, 2011, NESRI attended the side event of the 66th United Nations General Assembly on the Right to Adequate Housing. The event was hosted... Keep reading »
Human Right to Health Activists and the Occupy Movement
November 3, 2011
Activists for the human right to health and for universal, publicly financed health care in the United States are becoming increasingly active in the Occupy Movement. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has formed a health care working group, Healthcare for the 99%, whose purpose is to “organize events... Keep reading »