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Humanity United and a coalition of 19 human rights organizations, known as the Prevention & Protection Working Group, marked the board’s one-year anniversary by applauding President Obama and the administration’s commitment to prevent mass atrocities.
However, we also noted several recommendations for implementation—which were highlighted in Wednesday’s article in The Hill. Find a link to the article, full text of the letter, and commentary from HU's Mary Stata after the jump.
Today, five human rights groups--including Humanity United--distributed a joint statement on the release of the State Department’s Annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2012.
Find the full text of their statement after the jump.
Humanity United's Vice President of Policy & Government Relations with Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Afirca, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations.
David testified at a committee hearing on "Tier Rankings in the Fight Against Human Trafficking" on April 18th.
Read David Abramowitz' testimony to members of Congress for a hearing on "Tier Rankings in the Fight Against Human Trafficking."
The hearing was launched to "take a hard look at respective government efforts to fight human trafficking in China, Russia, Uzbekistan, Irap, Azerbaijan, and Republic of Congo, and whether these governments should be promoted to Tier 2, or demoted to Tier 3 in the State Department's 2013 Trafficking in Person Report."
