Founded in January 2008 by former Salt Lake City Mayor and longtime litigator and civil rights advocate Ross C. “Rocky” Anderson, High Road for Human Rights (High Road) strives to enhance global justice by promoting the rights and dignity of people throughout the world who face the threatening prospects of climate disruption, the impacts of which are already being felt by vulnerable populations; genocide; global sex and labor slavery; state-sponsored killing by means of the death penalty; and the undermining of the rule of law that has aided in the commission of torture and other serious civil and human rights abuses. These are the major global justice issues on which High Road currently focuses. (High Road for Human Rights comprises High Road for Human Rights Education Project and High Road for Human Rights Advocacy Project, which were separately formed for purposes of compliance with US tax laws.)
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Anderson, R.C. (2011). High Road for Human Rights. In: Chatterjee, D.K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9160-5_205
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