Pressure as UN labels neglected diseases as human rights abuse – The EastAfrican
For the first time, African countries have succeeded in persuading the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution recognising … Read MoreContinue Reading
ICE arrests human rights lawyer who fled Chinese crackdown – The Guardian
Wu Shaoping fled China at the end of 2019 amid a crackdown on human rights lawyers. He travelled to the US on a tourist visa and made an asylum … Read MoreContinue Reading
Modern Slavery Act: Transparency Reporting Gets Teeth – Human Rights – Mondaq
The Immigration and Asylum Bill 2026 introduces significant changes to Modern Slavery Act reporting requirements, including mandatory content … Read MoreContinue Reading
Why the gravest human rights abuses do not show up in ESG scores – Sustainable Views
ESG ratings largely assess risks to companies, rather than the harm businesses may cause, leaving major human rights abuses inadequately captured. Read MoreContinue Reading
Former human rights lawyer, 79, sues after police ‘chop down door’ to seize her cat
Dr Katherine Theodotou – a 79-year-old former human rights lawyer of the year – says she was “pushed violently to the ground” during a raid by six … Read MoreContinue Reading
Central Asia: Political Prisoners and Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Date
Announcement Please join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a briefing on political prisoners and the current human rights situations in … Read MoreContinue Reading
LIVE: Human rights groups address Trump immigration policies during World Cup
Watch live as the Sport & Rights Alliance and Human Rights Watch hold a press conference on the Trump administration’s immigration policies during … Read MoreContinue Reading
Political Peerages July 2026 – GOV.UK
The Rt Hon Sir Sadiq Khan – Mayor of London and former Member of Parliament for Tooting. Saul Lehrfreund MBE – Human rights expert, co-founder and Co- … Read MoreContinue Reading
‘They said I had to kill him’: the Haiti gangs forcing children into a life of brutality – The Guardian
Others have been displaced or forced out of school,” says Ulrick Tintin, legal director at Défenseurs Plus, a Haitian human rights organisation. Read MoreContinue Reading
Family of 18 from Gaza win human rights to stay in UK risking ‘the floodgates to thousands’
The judgment is nevertheless likely to attract political attention because it involves the interaction between immigration policy, the Human Rights … Read MoreContinue Reading
Immersive Documentary Centers Human Rights in Climate Crisis
Academy Award-nominated actor and human rights advocate Mark Ruffalo has joined forces with Human Rights Watch to narrate the extended reality … Read MoreContinue Reading
Immersive Documentary Centers Human Rights in Climate Crisis
Click to expand Image A resident of the Ngongosila community in Malaita Province, Solomon Islands views Virtual Reality content during a demo session. © 2025 NowHere Media/Human Rights Watch (Berlin) – A new immersive documentary spotlighting the climate crisis in the Pacific nation of Solomon Islands will premiere at theContinue Reading
Council of Europe issues guidance for strengthening trafficking victims’ access to residence permits
Human Rights · Democracy · Rule of Law · European Convention on Human Rights · Jobs and Traineeships · Visit us. Follow us. Bluesky · X (Twitter) … Read MoreContinue Reading
Is it Time for a Welsh Human Rights Act? – The Constitution Society
More recently, attention has turned to whether additional international human rights treaties might be given legal effect in Wales. Although treaty- … Read MoreContinue Reading
Paris Court Enshrines Fundamental Connection between Climate Risks and Human Rights
… Vigilance Law, holding for the first time that climate risks fall within the scope of mandatory human rights due diligence under the law. Read MoreContinue Reading