A new interdisciplinary major in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights at BU will ask students to dig deep into those cataclysmic events. Read more: BU Launches New Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights MajorContinue Reading
Colombia could use its restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela to help curb human rights violations in its neighbor, advocacy group Human … Read more: Colombia urged to push human rights in renewed relationship with Venezuela | ReutersContinue Reading
As part of its Afghanistan Programme, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) hereby calls for applications from … Read more: RWI Visiting Research Fellows in Human Rights 2023 for Afghan Researchers (Funded)Continue Reading
On September 13 of this year, the Government of Japan published the "Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains" … Read more: Publication of Japan's first human rights due diligence (HRDD) guidelines – LexologyContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch quoted the head of Turkey's migration agency, Savas Unlu, as calling the group's finding “baseless” and saying Turkey is complying … Read more: Turkey deports hundreds of Syrian refugees, Human Rights Watch saysContinue Reading
On Saturday 30 July 2022, human rights defenders Oumar Sylla and Ibrahima Diallo, members of the organizations Front National pour la Defense de … Read more: Statement – Guinea: Killing of peaceful protesters and detention of two human rights defendersContinue Reading
Police in Qatar have arbitrarily detained and abused members of the LGBTQ community ahead of the World Cup next month, Human Rights Watch said in … Read more: HRW reports LGBTQ jail beatings before Qatar World Cup – France 24Continue Reading
So says Alice Mogwe, director of the International Federation for Human Rights (known by its French acronym FIDH), which is celebrating its centenary … Read more: Despite 'backlash against human rights defenders', 'we must not lose hope' – France 24Continue Reading
Despite some apparently laudable moves, including issuing guidance for UK businesses at risk of complicity in human rights violations through … Read more: Dangerous liaisons: the United Kingdom's policing partnerships with China and Sri LankaContinue Reading
Sudan: No Immunities From Prosecution for Grave Human Rights Violations or Serious International Crimes Can Be Contemplated. 23 October 2022. Read more: No Immunities From Prosecution for Grave Human Rights Violations or Serious International …Continue Reading
Turkey has beaten and forced hundreds of recognised Syrian refugees back into Syria, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch. Read more: Turkey beating Syrian refugees back to Syria, says rights NGO – EUobserverContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch interviewed six LGBT Qataris, including four transgender women, one bisexual woman, and one gay man. Doctor Nasser Mohamed, an … Read more: Qatar: Security Forces Arrest, Abuse LGBT People – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
RIYADH: The President of the Human Rights Commission (HRC), Dr Hala bint Mazyad Al-Tuwaijri, highlighted Saudi Arabia's latest efforts and reforms … Read more: Rights commission highlights Saudi Arabia's efforts, reforms in human rights – Arab NewsContinue Reading
Human rights groups have condemned the NSW and Queensland state governments for not cooperating with the United Nations' anti-torture body, … Read more: A UN anti-torture body struggled to visit Australian prisons. Rights groups say it's 'deeply … – SBS TVContinue Reading
DOHA: Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Monday … Read more: Human rights group says Qatar has detained and mistreated LGBT people ahead of World CupContinue Reading