Helena Kennedy, chair of the panel of legal experts on media freedom and director of the International Bar Assn.'s Human Rights Institute, will give a … Read more: CPH:DOX Summit to Consider Media Accessibility as a Human Right – VarietyContinue Reading
The legislation charged the department with compiling incidents of civil rights violations, including verbal threats, and “prepare a report each … Read more: Free speech concerns raised over MN civil rights data collection – Session DailyContinue Reading
Human Rights Council Fifty-eighth session 24 February–4 April 2025. Agenda item 2. Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human … Read more: Human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and …Continue Reading
Meeta Anand is the senior director of the census & data equity program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. … Civil and Human … Read more: Disappearing Data: Why We Must Stop Trump's Attempts to Erase Our CommunitiesContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch interviewed six witnesses to the attack, three people who assisted the injured, and several residents of Gao. Witnesses said the … Read more: Mali: Armed Islamist Attack on Convoy Kills 34 Civilians | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
On February 15, Muhsin Hendricks, an openly gay imam, Islamic scholar and LGBT rights activist was shot and killed in Gqeberha, South Africa as he … Read more: Openly Gay Imam Gunned Down in South Africa | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
Everyone deserves to live without fear of intimidation and to be protected from racism and violence. That's why a human-rights based response is … Read more: How new hate speech laws impact your rightsContinue Reading
Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human rights official … The public parading of deceased hostages' … Read more: Parading coffins of dead hostages in Gaza a violation of international law, says UN human …Continue Reading
Lifshitz, who was killed after he was taken hostage during the 7 October massacre, was an ardent campaigner for Palestinian rights. Read more: Index pays tribute to Israeli journalist and human rights activist Oded LifshitzContinue Reading
EU leaders must put their commitments to international law, human rights and the ICC above carefully choreographed diplomatic conferences with Israel, … Read more: EU/Israel: Stop supporting Israel's genocide, occupation and apartheid in Palestine and start …Continue Reading
… civil liability for companies implicated in human rights abuses. The … Human Rights Watch defends the rights of people in close to 100 … Read more: New EU Law Should Catalyze Business Efforts to Tackle Forced LaborContinue Reading
The Human Rights Law Centre has slammed the Minns Government for ramming laws through Parliament that give police sweeping new powers, … Read more: Minns Government rams through kneejerk laws that won't protect communities from acts of hateContinue Reading
“Panama and Costa Rica are now facilitating U.S.-sponsored human rights violations by detaining asylum seekers unlawfully blocked from seeking refuge … Read more: In Apparent Quid Pro Quo Deal, Panama and Costa Rica Facilitating US-Sponsored Human …Continue Reading
Syria's post-conflict recovery is at risk without its new regime re-establishing human rights and applying them. The United Nations is active in … Read more: Keeping a Watch on Human Rights in New Syria – Australian Institute of International AffairsContinue Reading
Michael O'Flaherty, the European institution's human rights chief, said the myth that far-right politicians represented the “voice of the people” has … Read more: Vance criticism of Europe 'misinformed', says human rights commissioner – The Irish TimesContinue Reading