KINGSTON, R.I., Oct. 22 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news release:
URI Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies Director Skip Mark and Ashlea Rundlett, director of URI's graduate program in International Relations co-authored a new book, "Science and the Study of Human Rights," along with researchers at Binghamton University in New York. (URI photos)
KINGSTON, R.I. - Oct. 22, 2026 - Basic human rights, in theory, should be guaranteed in society. On the surface, such rights are virtues that should be applied to everyone without fear of them being rolled back or revoked entirely by governments.
Yet, around the world, not everyone has access to rights as basic as free speech, freedom from slavery and torture, fair ...