The Universal Declaration of Human Rights came into effect 75 years ago. The Human Rights Commission is urging the government and the public to … Read more: Commission calls for protection of human rights as 75th anniversary approachesContinue Reading
The Global Rights Project (GRIP), led by researchers in URI's Center for Nonviolence and Peace Studies, utilized an extensive human rights dataset to … Read more: Global human rights report card: 60% of countries got an F – Earth.comContinue Reading
News Release December 7, 2023 The City of Toronto has named the recipients of the 2023 Access, Equity and Human Rights Awards, which recognize … Read more: City of Toronto announces 2023 Access, Equity and Human Rights Awards recipientsContinue Reading
For human rights to flourish, there is an implicit obligation on everyone and every entity to nurture the UDHR. To this end, UNDP is joining our … Read more: Statement by UNDP Administrator on Human Rights Day – 10 DecemberContinue Reading
Your donation supports the vital link between medical ethics and human rights. Supporting PHR's research and investigations helps provide … Read more: DOUBLE your Impact for Human Rights DayContinue Reading
Human Rights Commission chief executive Meg de Ronde told Morning Report the commission is a Treaty based organisation and requires partnership … Read more: Human Rights Commission new leadership role honours Te Tiriti o Waitangi – chief executive – RNZContinue Reading
On Thursday, the Uyghur Rights Advocacy Project (URAP) and Human Rights Action Group formally submitted a request to the Canadian government … Read more: Forced labor fallout: Human rights groups urge Canada to sanction seven Chinese seafood …Continue Reading
Amnesty International is launching its annual global letter-writing campaign ahead of Human Rights Day on 10 December, in a bid to transform the … Read more: Amnesty International launches annual letter-writing campaign amid clampdown on human rightsContinue Reading
… human rights. But what do human rights have to do with the environment? Shannon Odell examines our right to a healthy environment, food, health … Read more: The rights you might not realize you have – Shannon Odell – YouTubeContinue Reading
The latest is a religion born 75 years ago this week — the religion of human rights. Sadly, it is hard to escape the conclusion that the manifest … Read more: Human rights died in Gaza – UnHerdContinue Reading
This year saw a 30 percent drop from the five-year annual average in persons sanctioned for their involvement in human rights abuse or corruption; the … Read more: Use of Magnitsky Sanctions by U.S. Government Declines – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading
75 years on, the world is tested and tormented by an agonising array of conflicts in which human rights violations are not secondary outcomes, but … Read more: Still relevant: the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsContinue Reading
The director of English PEN on the erosion of civil liberties, protecting free speech and calling for a ceasefire. Read more: The Policy Ask with Daniel Gorman: “We are in a human rights emergency”Continue Reading
ANKARA. Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said that Israel's deadly strikes on journalists in Lebanon were an “apparently deliberate attack on … Read more: Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon 'apparently deliberate': Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
File photograph Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a statement condemning Sri Lanka's arrest of 9 Tamils in Batticaloa under the Prevention of … Read more: Human Rights Watch condemns arrest of Tamils under PTA during Maaveerar NaalContinue Reading