Does the Second Amendment present a human-rights issue?By Evan BrunoHuman and Civil Rights, December 2013There can be no doubt that the Second Amendment to the Bill of Rights is alive and well. But to what extent does the right to “keep and bear arms” constitute a “human right?”
A human rights fellowship, by students for studentsBy Stephanie Macuiba & Amy FriederichInternational and Immigration Law, June 2013The authors of this article have co-founded a fellowship at the SIU School of Law that encourages other law students to intern abroad in the field of human rights and provides the financial assistance to do so.
The constitutionality of criminalizing cyberbullyingBy Lauren RoadmanHuman and Civil Rights, January 2013The growing problems of bullying and cyberbullying are forcing the government, as well as local communities, to look at ways to help solve these problems.
The future is almost here?By Anna FridmanWomen and the Law, December 2012The future, at least in the sense of predicting your lifespan and your potential for developing certain diseases, might not be very far off according to leading researchers in the field of genetic testing. But how might this information be used? How might people’s behavior change with the knowledge of new information?
The constitutionality of criminalizing cyberbullyingBy Lauren RoadmanAlternative Dispute Resolution, November 2012The growing problems of bullying and cyberbullying are forcing the government, as well as local communities, to look at ways to help solve these problems.
A new shield against governmental interference with religious entitiesBy Fred J. NaffzigerHuman and Civil Rights, October 2012In its most important religious freedom case in the past four decades, the Supreme Court recently handed attorneys defending religious institutions from governmental interference a significant shield.
Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! Supreme Court’s new termBy Derrick Thompson, Jr.Human and Civil Rights, October 2012By all accounts, the U.S. Supreme Court's 2012 term is expected to create major headlines with several high profile cases involving human rights, civil rights and civil liberties.
Supreme Court in review: The Affordable Care Act casesBy Derrick Thompson, Jr.Human and Civil Rights, October 2012In June, 2012, the Affordable Care Act was upheld in a 5-4 decision. The following is a brief synopsis of the issues before the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court’s answers to those issues.
A new world order: Harvard Professor John Ruggie’s final guiding principles on business and human rightsBy Michael G. CongiuBusiness Advice and Financial Planning, April 2012The final U.N.'s Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights pose an enormously significant set of parameters upon corporations and signify a critical departure from the historical obligation of states to protect and promote the human rights. According to the Guiding Principles, companies now have human rights obligations that are commensurate and may even exceed the obligations of sovereign states.
Immigration detainers violate human rightsBy Kelly BrackleyHuman and Civil Rights, December 2011Why should immigrants be treated any differently from anyone else who is arrested—why are they denied due process?
It’s Game Over for proponents of videogame regulationBy Steven HelleHuman and Civil Rights, December 2011Many courts have pointed out that no one has been able to establish anything more than a correlation—and not causation—between violence in videogames and real life. A look at the recently decided case of Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Assn.
LGBT Immigrant Rights InitiativeBy Mark E. WojcikInternational and Immigration Law, September 2011The National Immigrant Justice Center announced that it has changed the name of its LGBT-focused project from the “National Asylum Partnership on Sexual Minorities” to the “LGBT Immigrant Rights Initiative.”
Analysis of order preliminarily enjoining Arizona S.B. 1070By David W. AustinHuman and Civil Rights, August 2011S.B. 1070 has already generated a number of resolutions in both the Illinois House and Senate, as well as the Chicago City Council, all calling for its repeal.
The new Arizona immigration law mirrors existing federal lawBy Peter LaSorsaHuman and Civil Rights, August 2011The federal government estimated that Arizona had one of the fastest growing illegal immigrant populations in the country, increasing from 330,000 in 2000 to 560,000 by 2008.
Some comments from ArizonaBy Kathryn E. EisenhartHuman and Civil Rights, August 2011Some thoughts about SB 1070 from author Kathryn Eisenhart.
Thoughts on Senate Bill 1070By Scott TurnerHuman and Civil Rights, August 2011According to author Scott Turner, "...if this bill is examined in a subjective way, one can see that the motivations behind Senate Bill 1070 have very little to do with race."
The Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality IndexBy Marc A. GarciaDiversity Leadership Council, June 2011Since 2002, through the Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the Human Rights Campaign has surveyed major businesses, including law firms, to benchmark important employer benefits and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) employees and their families.
The Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union ActBy Richard A. WilsonDiversity Leadership Council, June 2011When the new Act took effect on June 1, Illinois joined 11 U.S. States and the District of Columbia that now recognize legal unions between same-sex couples.
