Universal Human Rights in Progressive Thought and Politics ReportOct 8, 2010 Universal Human Rights in Progressive Thought and Politics John Halpin, William Schulz, and Sarah Dreier explore the origins of human rights principles and how they fit into progressivism. Oct 8, 2010 John Halpin, William F. Schulz, Sarah Dreier
The Triumph of Human Rights Norms ArticleDec 10, 2009 The Triumph of Human Rights Norms On the 61st anniversary of Human Rights Day, William F. Schulz observes that the norms and values celebrated today still hold governments to account, be they democratic, like the United States, or authoritarian, like China. Dec 10, 2009 William F. Schulz
New Tools for Old Traumas ReportOct 20, 2009 New Tools for Old Traumas Report from Sarah K. Dreier and William F. Schulz on using 21st century technologies to combat human rights atrocities. Oct 20, 2009 Sarah Dreier, William F. Schulz
Ask the Expert: Bringing International Human Rights Home VideoJun 17, 2009 Ask the Expert: Bringing International Human Rights Home Bill Schulz talks about why the United States should apply international human rights standards at home and why is hasn't made an effort to before. Jun 17, 2009 William F. Schulz
The Power of Justice ReportJun 17, 2009 The Power of Justice William F. Schulz argues in a report for the application of international human rights standards in U.S. domestic practices. Jun 17, 2009 William F. Schulz
What Does a Smaller World Mean for Human Rights? ArticleJun 3, 2009 What Does a Smaller World Mean for Human Rights? Twenty years after Tiananmen Square, promoting individual freedom in China is still a challenge, write Nina Hachigian and Bill Schulz. Jun 3, 2009 Nina Hachigian, William F. Schulz
Torture or Not, It’s Illegal and Wrong ArticleMay 14, 2009 Torture or Not, It’s Illegal and Wrong Debating whether harsh interrogation tactics used by the United States were torture or not misses the point that they're still illegal, writes William F. Schulz. May 14, 2009 William F. Schulz
Why Hillary Clinton Got It Right on China ArticleFeb 25, 2009 Why Hillary Clinton Got It Right on China U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's recent comments about human rights in China have dismayed many human rights activists. Might they be overreacting? "Successive [U.S.] administrations and Chinese governments have been poised back and forth on these issues, and we have to continue to press them. But our pressing on those issues can't interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate change crisis, and the security crisis" the secretary told reporters. On what grounds could a responsible observer -- even one devoted to human rights, like myself -- disagree with those observations? Feb 25, 2009 William F. Schulz
Clinton must press China on rights ArticleFeb 19, 2009 Clinton must press China on rights When Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton touches down in Beijing this week she will face an authoritarian Chinese government wringing their hands over a remarkably brazen online petition for human rights and an end to autocratic rule that is circulating among its citizens. Feb 19, 2009 William F. Schulz, Sarah Dreier, Winny Chen
Strategic Persistence ReportJan 29, 2009 Strategic Persistence Report from William Schulz details how the United States can work to help improve human rights in China. Jan 29, 2009 William F. Schulz
Expanding the Meaning of Rights ArticleDec 23, 2008 Expanding the Meaning of Rights In pronouncing health care a right, President-elect Obama took an enormous step in the direction of re-framing one of the most contested domestic issues in a way that has profound implications for a wide variety of other issues. Dec 23, 2008 William F. Schulz
Joe Moakley’s Legacy is Global Justice ArticleDec 22, 2008 Joe Moakley’s Legacy is Global Justice The complaint filed Nov. 13 in the Spanish High Court against the former president of El Salvador and 14 former members of the Salvadoran military charging complicity in the 1989 massacre of six Jesuit priests is a reminder that good deeds by members of Congress may bear fruit even decades after those members are gone. Dec 22, 2008 William F. Schulz