ElBaradei Joins Ad Board for Human Rights Campaign
Mohamed ElBaradei, former head of the UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency, and a former Presidential candidate in Egypt, has joined the Advisory Board for TheCommunity.com’s campaign to raise awareness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. ElBaradei, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, joins fellow Nobel laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and...
Rohingya: Myanmar’s Proving Ground
by Muhammad Yunus and José Ramos-Horta One of the fundamental challenges of a democracy is how to ensure the voice of the majority does not trample the essential rights of the minority. In the founding of the United States this was addressed by the Bill of Rights, some form of...
Ramos-Horta appointed UN envoy to Guinea-Bissau
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed former Timorese President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate José Ramos-Horta as the new United Nations envoy to Guinea-Bissau. Mr. Ramos-Horta, who is also the Chairman of the Advisory Board for TheCommunity.com, succeeds Joseph Mutaboba of Rwanda as the Secretary-General’s Special Representative and Head of the...
causes: A United Voice for Human Rights
Oh there are exciting things happening on Causes on TheCommunity.com, including a three year campaign to raise awareness on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Spearheaded by Nobel Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and President Jose Ramos-Horta, 15 human rights and peace building organizations, and more than 30 artists, athletes and...
Desmond Tutu on child marriage
Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in Washington on Wednesday to promote his latest campaign: ending child marriage in the developing world.
Desmond Tutu to the Dalai Lama: We stand with you
Stand with us in support of His Holiness the Dalai Lama by adding your name below. The letter will be released to the international media and delivered to the Chinese leadership. We the undersigned Nobel Peace Prize laureates, human rights leaders and concerned individuals wish to express our concern at...
Who signed the Desmond Tutu letter
The letter from Desmond Tutu to the Dalai Lama was originally published for signature in 2010. After we reached 10,000 signatures, the letter was closed and delivered. We re-opened the letter recently at the request of our viewers, who wanted to be able to add their names to the letter....
photos: The Dalai Lama PSA shoot
On May 18 thecommunity.com met up with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in Cedar Falls, Iowa, for a video shoot for thecommunity.com’s upcoming human rights campaign. The video will be released in late fall at the campaign’s launch.
Obama Meets with Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Nobel Peace Prize winner and Burmese pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in the Oval Office at the White House today.
Suu Kyi Gets Historic Washington Welcome
Washington rolled out a red-carpet welcome on Wednesday for Myanmar democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi, who was to hold talks with President Barack Obama and finally receive Congress’s highest honor.