News, video, and feature articles about Human Rights Defenders Policy Forums, human rights defenders, and the state of human rights in countries around the world.

 

Video and Audio

 

3 December 2008
Restoring Rights and Rules: A New Human Rights Agenda for the United States (90 minute webcast) – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Egyptian human rights defender Saad Ibrahim, Executive Director of Amnesty International USA Larry Cox, and Chairperson of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission Sima Samar discuss how the next administration can restore the reputation of the United States on human rights. >

12 November 2007
Carter Center Hosts Discussion On Middle East Peace and Private Screening of "Man From Plains">

6 September 2007
Watch video:  2007 Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum Excerpt – Palestine Discussion >

6 September 2007
Global-X Videos Feature Human Rights Defenders >

6 September 2007
Democracy Now! Interview: Egyptian Human Rights Activist Saad Eddin Ibrahim Defies Threats, Arrests to Challenge U.S.-Backed Mubarak Government (with transcript) >

6 September 2007
Democracy Now! Interview: Former President Jimmy Carter on "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," Iraq, Greeting the Shah of Iran at the White House, Selling Weapons to Indonesia During the Occupation of East Timor, and More (with transcript) >

6 September 2007
Democracy Now! Interview: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour – The U.S. War on Terror is Constantly Being Used by Other Countries as Justification for Torture and Other Violations of International Human Rights Laws (with transcript) >

6 September 2007
Democracy Now! Interview: Live from the Carter Center – A Roundtable Discussion With Zainah Anwar of Malaysia, Kaari Betty Murungi of Kenya and Louise Arbour on the Role of Human Rights Defenders Around the Globe (with transcript) >

 

 

Articles and Transcripts

24 February 2009
Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Voice Support for New Mexico Legislative Action To Outlaw Death Penalty >

20 February 2009
Carter Center Conducts Human Rights Training for Congolese Police Officers >

23 January 2009
Carter Center Welcomes the Temporary Ceasefire in Gaza, Calls for "a Credible Peace with Israel" >

8 January 2009
An Unnecessary War - Washington Post Op-Ed by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter >

31 December 2008
Carter Center Urges Immediate End to Violence in Gaza >

11 December 2008
Carter Center Calls for Release of Zimbabwe Human Rights Activists >

10 December 2008
Obama's Human Rights Opportunity >

3 December 2008
Human Rights Leaders Urge President-Elect Obama to Renew U.S. Commitments to Human Rights >

16 January 2008
Rights of Passage >

15 November 2007
Crisis in Pakistan - A Q&A With Carter Center Human Rights Director Karin Ryan >

10 November 2007
Voice from House Arrest: Asma Jahangir - Don't Let Pakistan Follow Burma >

7 November 2007
Musharraf Demolishes Democracy Under the Guise of Fighting Terrorism; United States Must Tie Aid to Restoration of Freedoms >

7 September 2007

CNN Interview with Carter Center Human Rights Defenders, Jimmy Carter (Transcript only) >

10 September 2007
Carter Center Statement on the Death of Jose Emanuel "Pepe" Mendez >

7 September 2007
2007 Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum Final Statement Issues Challenges and Recommendations for Addressing Mass Atrocities >

6 September 2007

Opening Remarks by Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to the 2007 Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum >

6 September 2007
National Religious Campaign Against Torture >

1 September 2007
Profile: Karin Ryan Director Assists Activists Fighting for Human Rights >

23 August 2007
How U.S. Aid Can Undermine Middle East Democracy Activists >

23 August 2007
Feature Article:  Colombia at the Crossroads >

13 August 2007
2007 Human Rights Defenders Policy Forum - Faith and Freedom: Protecting Human Rights as Common Cause >

14 May 2004
Jimmy Carter Washington Post Op-Ed: Seeds of a Rights Scandal in Iraq >