USAID Democracy, human rights and governance programs Democracy, human rights and governance programs of one type or another existed throughout…
Documenting Human Rights Abuses in Argentina’s “Dirty War” Franklyn Allen Harris, known to his colleagues as “Tex,” was born in…
In 1988, a formidable coalition of Democrats and moderate Republicans passed the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (CAA) over President Reagan’s veto.…
Political and economic crises abroad have a dramatic impact not only on American personnel at our embassies, but on locally-employed…
With the end of the Cold War, the U.S. began to put greater emphasis on enforcing its policy of protecting…
During a 1986 protest in Santiago, Chile against the human rights abuses of Augusto Pinochet’s regime, teenagers setting up barricades…
Patricia “Patt” M. Derian was one of the key proponents of integrating human rights in U.S. foreign policy at a…
Whether being assigned to a new post, taking on a new position, or learning a new language, the careers of…
In June 1954 the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, concerned about the threat of communism in Guatemala, assisted in the overthrow…
In October 2000, 135 years after the Thirteenth Amendment officially abolished slavery within the United States, Congress declared that “as…