Category Archives: Human Rights

This Week’s Timely Reminder from Pope Francis

Posted on September 25, 2015 by homelessnesslaw

This week, Pope Francis has been in Washington, D.C. – at the White House, Capitol Hill, the Basilica, and a homeless shelter. This pope, a massively popular cultural star and hero to many, has touched a nerve in his approach … Continue reading →

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The 2015 National Forum on the Human Right to Housing

Posted on September 11, 2015 by homelessnesslaw

Wednesday, June 24 and Thursday, June 25 marked the Law Center’s two-day National Forum on the Human Right to Housing, hosted by the Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center in Washington, D.C. The event gathered organizers, attorneys and legal service providers, … Continue reading →

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Police Violence Against Homeless, Poor Persons, Housing & Homelessness Addressed At Global Review of U.S. Human Rights Record

Posted on May 14, 2015 by homelessnesslaw

On Monday, May 11, the U.N. Human Rights Council reviewed the U.S. for compliance with its human rights obligations as part of the U.S.’s second Universal Periodic Review raising concerns about the criminalization of homelessness and poverty as well as … Continue reading →

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Housing & Homelessness Addressed At Global Review of U.S. Human Rights Record

Posted on May 12, 2015 by homelessnesslaw

On Monday, May 11, the U.N. Human Rights Council reviewed the U.S. for compliance with its human rights obligations as part of the U.S.’s second Universal Periodic Review. Thanks to advocacy by the Law Center and others, several countries raised … Continue reading →

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Food-Sharing Ordinance in Dallas Revised

Posted on December 18, 2014 by homelessnesslaw

On Wednesday, December 10, the Law Center formally settled our long-standing litigation with the city of Dallas, over the city’s ordinance imposing unreasonable burdens on religious and other nonprofit organizations seeking to share food with homeless persons in public spaces.  … Continue reading →

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We Still Believe in Human Rights

Posted on December 10, 2014 by homelessnesslaw

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty Written by Maria Foscarinis, Executive Director of the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty, and Laura Green Zeilinger, Executive Director of the USICH The … Continue reading →

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Real Commitment or Just a Show? An outsider perspective on the 2014 U.S. government human rights consultation sessions

Posted on July 21, 2014 by homelessnesslaw

By Reut Cohen As a Herman Schwartz Israel Human Rights Law Fellow at American University’s Washington College of Law, I have had the privilege this past year to experience American life on the inside, but as an outsider. I call … Continue reading →

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Believing the Unbelievable: Sharing a Model for Domestic Human Rights Implementation

Posted on April 11, 2014 by homelessnesslaw

Yesterday was a day I believed would come for human rights, but now that it’s happened, it’s still hard to believe. I was asked by the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division to come to a meeting they were hosting together with … Continue reading →

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Homeless Man Shot by Police; UN Remarks that Homeless Criminalization in U.S. is “Baffling”

Posted on March 28, 2014 by homelessnesslaw

A video released this past week shows Albuquerque Police Officers shooting James Boyd, a homeless man camping in the foothills of Albuquerque, New Mexico. According to BBC News, the video details police using a flash bang, a Taser, two rifles, … Continue reading →

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Tent Cities, the Law and Finding a Solution to U.S. Homelessness

Posted on March 19, 2014 by homelessnesslaw

A new report from the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty takes a look at encampments, current state and federal legislation and the possible international remedies to inadequate and unaffordable housing. by James Swift Originally published by Uncommon Journalism. Cross-posted … Continue reading →

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