TORONTO , Feb. 27, 2012 /CNW/ – Ontario Human Rights Commission Chief Commissioner Barbara Hall today launched the Living Rights Project, a web-based living library that puts real people into the human …Continue Reading
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iran has objected to the U.N. Human Rights Council holding an emergency debate on the violence and repression in its ally Syria, as requested by Arab and Western states, the Geneva forum's president said on Monday. Qatar marked t…Continue Reading
GENEVA, 24 February (IRIN) – Many of the countries that have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions will be the worst affected by global warming, a “climate injustice” that highlights the link to human rights, experts told a Human Rights…Continue Reading
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – Climate change is also a human rights issue, as indicated by the seminar organised by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week.Continue Reading
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – Climate change is also a human rights issue, as indicated by the seminar organised by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week.Continue Reading
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – Climate change is also a human rights issue, as indicated by the seminar organised by the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva last week.Continue Reading
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In a country where there still isn't a single public cinema, where detainees complain of torture and militants blow people up because of their sect, supporters of Iraq's first human rights film festival know they face a toug…Continue Reading
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – In a country where there still isn't a single public cinema, where detainees complain of torture and militants blow people up because of their sect, supporters of Iraq's first human rights film festival know they face a toug…Continue Reading
Human rights groups are urging UNESCO to abandon a prize named after Africa's longest-ruling dictator, one they say could be tainted by some of the millions he allegedly has looted from oil-rich but poverty-stricken Equatorial Guinea.Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly li…Continue Reading
JAKARTA, Feb 25 (Bernama) — The Independent Permanent Human RightsCommission (IPHRC) of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) hasexpressed deep concern over the ongoing human rights violation in certain memberstates, particularly in Syria. It …Continue Reading
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Supreme Court will weigh next week whether corporations can be sued in the United States for suspected complicity in human rights abuses abroad, in a case being closely watched by businesses concerned about long and costly li…Continue Reading
In a groundbreaking decision, a federal immigration judge has ruled that the former defense minister of El Salvador can be deported from the U.S. for his role in killings and human rights abuses during the 1980s.Continue Reading
Eight human rights organisations in Togo Friday called on the government to step down for "doctoring" a report into the torture of dozens of suspects held over a coup plot.Continue Reading
The "highest levels" of the Syrian regime are responsible for "widespread and systematic" human rights violations in Syria, a special United Nations-backed panel reported Thursday. It's the first sign that members of the Bashar …Continue Reading