Geneva, Mar.23 (ANI): The United Nations Human Rights Council's adoption of a resolution on Sri Lanka demonstrates strong international support for accountability for abuses committed in Sri Lanka's armed conflict, Human Rights Watch said.Continue Reading
The UN Human Rights Council on Thursday passed a resolution ordering a first probe into how Israeli settlements may be infringing on the rights of the Palestinians.Continue Reading
The UN Human Rights Council Thursday passed a resolution urging Sri Lanka to conduct a credible investigation into alleged war crimes during its battle against Tamil Tiger separatists in 2009.Continue Reading
The U.N.'s top human rights body urged Sri Lanka on Thursday to properly investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides during the country's quarter-century conflict with the Tamil Tiger rebels.Continue Reading
The University of San Francisco (USF) is proud to host its 10th annual human rights film festival taking place March 29-March 31, 2012. The festival seeks to promote awareness and discussion of global human rights abuses and to encourage action in orde…Continue Reading
A group of NGOs today failed to submit a memorandum on human rights concerns in Malaysia to the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Continue Reading
TORONTO , March 21, 2012 /CNW/ – A report on first year activities undertaken as part of a joint Project Charter with the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) was released today by the Windsor Police …Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, March 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. (SKGF), an intellectual property law firm in Washington, DC, announced today the formal launch of its Intellectual …Continue Reading
A human rights watchdog says some anti-regime militants have tortured and even executed Assad supportersContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Emirati development companies and Western cultural institutions building branches of the Louvre and the Guggenheim in the United Arab Emirates to do more to curtail abuses of Asian migrant workers involved in the l…Continue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged Emirati development companies and Western cultural institutions building branches of the Louvre and the Guggenheim in the United Arab Emirates to do more to curtail …Continue Reading
Damascus, Mar 21 (ANI): Syria's armed opposition groups have carried out serious human rights abuses, including kidnapping, torture and execution, a rights group has claimed.Continue Reading
The battle lines in Syria tear through towns, dividing neighborhoods, splitting street from street and turning neighbor against neighbor. So it is hardly surprising that elements of the armed rebellion against Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime…Continue Reading
FREDERICTON – A former Conservative member of the New Brunswick legislature is trying to fight a cut in his pension at the province's Human Rights Commission.Continue Reading
Democratic Republic of Congo security forces killed at least 33 people among other "serious human rights violations" during November 2011 elections, a United Nations report said Tuesday.Continue Reading