The bi-regional pact on care will be key at the CELAC-EU Summit. We analyze how it seeks to recognize care as a right and reduce gender … Read more: Care as a human right: a bi-regional agenda for the sustainability of life – DejusticiaContinue Reading
Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The trailblazing human rights attorney Peter Weiss died November 3 at the age of 99. Read more: Legendary Human Rights Lawyer Dies at 99 – YouTubeContinue Reading
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Darab-Khani was arrested about two weeks ago and moved to Lahijan Prison after initial … Read more: Former Kurdish political prisoner held in Lahijan in legal limbo – KHRNContinue Reading
Participants from all regions of Africa and from the diaspora gathered to assess the situation of human rights on the continent and propose mitigation … Read more: Outcomes of the NGO Forum ahead of the 85th Ordinary session of the ACHPR | ISHRContinue Reading
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk. Location. Geneva. Related. Press releases. Cameroon: Alarming deaths during post-election protests. Press releases. Read more: Sudan: Türk fears more atrocities in Darfur, warns Kordofan could be next | OHCHRContinue Reading
… human rights law in the Gaza Strip.” But as Brian Cox, a professor at Cornell Law School and frequent commentator on international law, noted, the … Read more: The Washington Post and NPR's Sick Reports on Israeli 'Human Rights Violations'Continue Reading
However, human rights activists who track capital punishment cases in the kingdom say that low-income foreigners, from countries including Egypt, … Read more: As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record HighContinue Reading
Spokespeople for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Seif Magango (via Zoom). Location. Nairobi. Related. Press briefing notes. Read more: Niger: Very worrying arrests of journalists | OHCHRContinue Reading
GENEVA — The United States on Friday snubbed a review of its human rights record by a United Nations body on orders of the Trump administration, … Read more: US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next yearContinue Reading
Mohamed Lotfy is the Executive Director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms. On Monday, November 17, an Egyptian Court is due to decide … Read more: Egypt Is Prosecuting a Mother for Reporting Her Son's Torture – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading
OHCHR at UNFCCC COP30 – Centring Human Rights in Climate Action COP30 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference being held from 10–21 … Read more: Justice and Human Rights Days at UNFCCC COP30 | OHCHRContinue Reading
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Karimi, 42, was executed at dawn on 5 November after spending more than five years in … Read more: Prisoner executed in Kermanshah for murder-related charges – KHRNContinue Reading
The repatriation comes after Indonesia's senior law and human rights minister, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, signed a deal with British foreign minister … Read more: British woman on Bali death row flies home on humanitarian grounds – The GuardianContinue Reading
Amidst growing geopolitical tensions, the Doha Political Declaration reaffirms the centrality of human rights for social development, and emphasizes … Read more: World Leaders Commit to Supporting Social Development and Rights | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
Peter Weiss, a trailblazing attorney and a tireless advocate for human rights, international law, and the abolition of nuclear weapons, … Read more: Peter Weiss, human rights advocate, dies at 99 – The Martha's Vineyard TimesContinue Reading