Associate Coordinator for the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights

The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights is seeking a full-time Associate Coordinator to support and implement its Fair and Humane U.S. Detention Practices initiative.

JOB DESCRIPTION AND APPLICATION PROCESS INFO

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TODAY! The Midwest Coalition for Human Rights is offering six human rights fellowships for summer 2010. Fellows will work with Coalition members to address human rights issues of concern in the Midwest. Each fellow will receive a $3,500 stipend for their work.

A list of fellowship positions and requirements are listed below. Please pay particular attention to required qualifications.

Judge Calls Evidence Against Burge and Underlings "Staggering" and "Damning"

CHICAGO, May 22 – Nineteen years after he was viciously beaten by subordinates of indicted former Chicago Police Commander Jon Burge, Victor Safforld – formerly known as Cortez Brown – was awarded a new trial today when a Cook County Circuit Judge overturned his wrongful murder conviction, and calls the evidence against the cops “staggering” and “damning.”

Calls for Law Against Racial Profiling and an End to Juvenile Life Without Parole

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Representative Jan Schakowsky encourages the advancement and protection of human rights at home

CHICAGO, Apr. 14 - On Saturday April 11th, the Midwest Coalition for Human Rights, along with a number of its member organizations, participated in the 2nd Annual Chicago Conference on Human Rights. This one-day convening brought together over 100 human rights advocates, students, academia, and members of the community to discuss timely local and international human rights issues.

WASHINGTON, Mar 26 - Today, members of both the House of Representatives and the Senate reintroduced the DREAM Act (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act). This bipartisan legislation addresses the situation of the children of undocumented parents who were brought to the U.S. at an early age and have no path to legal status under existing immigration laws. The DREAM Act would provide conditional legal status and eventual citizenship to undocumented youth if they meet the following criteria:

MARCH 26 - Members of the Midwest Coalition of Human Rights have sent a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, urging her to reform existing ICE policies on immigration enforcement and to push for comprehensive immigration reform.

FEB 27 - Representative Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced legislation yesterday to adopt humane and legally enforceable standards for immigration detention facilities. The need for Congress to pass such legislation has been underscored by the increasing number of deaths in immigration detention and reports on inadequate medical care for immigrant detainees. Heartland Alliance's National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) applauded the reintroduction of the Immigration Oversight and Fairness Act, H.R. 1215, and calls on Congress and the Obama Administration to take swift action to support the legislation to help restore justice to the U.S. immigration system.

60 years ago today, the United Nations General Assembly established the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The UDHR is an unprecedented document that outlines the basic rights and protections for all persons throughout the world, regardless of race, color, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. At the document's core is the recognition that "the inherent dignity and... the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world."

Geneva, Dec 9 - The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) today announced the winners of its annual Housing Rights Awards for 2008.