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The elimination of the Business and Human Rights team strips US companies of critical guidance just as new international laws raise the stakes. Read more: State Department layoffs could hurt US companies' ability to compete globallyContinue Reading

In proposing the Species Membership Approach, Raffael Fasel argues against the misplaced fears that granting legal rights and personhood to … Read more: Granting Rights to Animals Doesn't Undermine Human Rights – Psychology TodayContinue Reading

عربي 21 August 2025 Final approval by the Israeli Government of the so-called El settlement plan in occupied East Jerusalem represents another … Read more: UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: E1 settlement plan, another …Continue Reading

An appeals board of the Ministry of Education has upheld or intensified disciplinary rulings against seven Kurdish teachers, confirming their … Read more: Kurdish teachers face dismissal, exile, suspension amid union crackdown – KHRNContinue Reading

El Salvador's actions show Human Rights law matters. Anjali Dayal is an associate professor of international politics at Fordham University's Lincoln … Read more: El Salvador's actions show Human Rights law matters – CIP – Center for International PolicyContinue Reading

We spoke to Dr Victoria Rose, a consultant plastic surgeon who has volunteered repeatedly in Gaza hospitals and spoken graphically about what … Read more: 'Definite evidence' of starvation killing children in Gaza says human rights lawyerContinue Reading

On 15 August 2025, the Initiative for Peacebuilding co-organised a joint conference with academics from Monash University, the University of New … Read more: Joint Conference on Four Years of Taliban Rule: Confronting Impunity and Systematic …Continue Reading

Rowan Smith is a senior associate solicitor in the human rights department. View profile. News Article. Field And Trees (1). Environment Planning … Read more: Legal challenge over approval of data centre – Leigh DayContinue Reading

Prison conditions in Tanzania are “dire”, according to Fulgence T Massawe, director of access to justice at the Legal and Human Rights Centre, a … Read more: Pressure grows on Tanzania to free victim of domestic violence who has been on death row …Continue Reading

The U.S. Department of State released their annual Human Rights Reports (HRRs) six months later than usual. The HRRs cover 198 countries and … Read more: The U.S. Department of State released their annual Human Rights Reports (HRRs) six … – FacebookContinue Reading

Kangji Medical, headquartered in the PRC, is a leading medical device manufacturer listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Read more: A&O Shearman advises on the financing for TPG-led take-private of Kangji MedicalContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has blocked Greece from deporting a group of people who were detained following the recent asylum … Read more: MEDITERRANEAN: Rise in crossings on two routes ― More deaths of people on the move …Continue Reading

The United States must stop ramping up sanctions against officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), UN High Commissioner for Human … Read more: UN rights chief decries 'relentless intensification' of US sanctions against International …Continue Reading

A Labour MP has become the first in his party to call for Britain to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Read more: First Labour MP calls for withdrawal from ECHR – The TelegraphContinue Reading