USHRN Board of Directors Submission to The Law of the Land:
U.S. Implementation of Human Rights Treaties Hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law held December 16, 2009. Read more.

Take Back the Land Action Group! The overall objective of this campaign is to compel the United States government to recognize that housing is a fundamental human right and to meet its obligations under international law. Read more.

Katrina Campaign, this Campaign is a local, state, national and international initiative dedicated to ensuring that all levels of the US government comply with its domestic and international legal obligations and norms concerning the rights and protections accorded to persons displaced by natural disaster.

Universal Periodic Review The U.N.’s first Universal Periodic Review of the U.S., scheduled to take place December 2010, offers an important opportunity both to measure how the U.S. is meeting its human rights obligations and to continue pressuring the government to live up to those obligations. Read More

Mapping and Documentation Project The USHRN is excited to announce the launch of the Human RIghts Mapping Database, a unique interactive portal for tracking human rights trainers, events, and resources. Get Involved and submit information.

Campaign for a new Domestic Human Rights Agenda.The campaign calls for strengthened commitment to human rights at home and abroad, and seeks to build a political culture from coast to coast that supports and advocates for human rights at home and abroad. Read More

CERD Project,The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, also known as ICERD, or more commonly, CERD, is an international treaty designed to protect individuals from discrimination based on race, whether that discrimination is intentional, or is the result of seemingly neutral policies.

Call to Action: Join the Campaign to Reform Immigration for America in their Vigil for Humane Immigration Reform & Tell Congress Reform is Needed Now! Congressman Luis Gutierrez and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus introduced their immigration reform bill, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security Act and Prosperity (CIR ASAP Act), a comprehensive plan that clearly lays out many of the realistic solutions that we have been pushing for. Our work has gotten us this far and Congressman Gutierrez has kept his commitment but the fight isn't over. Now, it is time to step it up. Now is a crucial moment for our movement and we must come together to show why these reforms cannot wait! Click here to send a message to Congress to support the CIR ASAP Act!

The Convention on the Rights of the Child establishes universal standards for the human right to education, recognized by countries around the world, which reflect the principles of dignity, full development, equity and participation.  The Dignity in Schools Campaign is gathering signatures the National Resolution for Ending School Pushout.  The Resolution aims to embed these same human rights principles into our local, state and federal education laws, policies and practices in order to guarantee the human rights of all young people. Go to http://www.dignityinschools.org/national-resolution to learn more about the Campaign and take action.