human rights

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Celia is a master's candidate at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she studies business and data reporting, and an alumna of Barnard College, where she studied anthropology and human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

She is the daughter of the late president Alberto Fujimori, who had been jailed for human rights violations.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

Goldman didn’t, arguing the U.S. already had legislation to condition arms sales on respect for human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

UN Women, the UN organisation that upholds women's human rights, has called it a "global crisis", where prosecutions against the issue are rare and survivors are often re-traumatised when they do attempt to seek help.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

The reality of keeping Black men, women, and children enslaved was unjust, a violation of human rights, and contrary to “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness,” the founding ideals of the United States.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock