Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected criticism of his government's human rights record [File: Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/Reuters]. Read more: Venezuela using arbitrary detention as 'tool of repression': Amnesty | Human Rights NewsContinue Reading
This week, their efforts received an endorsement from an independent panel of experts that interprets United Nations human rights law, … Read more: Children Have a Right to Sue Nations Over Climate, U.N. Panel Says – The New York TimesContinue Reading
A prominent Pakistani human rights lawyer who criticised the powerful military has been re-arrested hours after a court granted her bail. Read more: Imaan Mazari-Hazir: Lawyer who called Pakistan army 'terrorists' re-arrested – BBC NewsContinue Reading
Most worryingly, this included suspending the Human Rights Act – for the second time – to allow for detention of children in adult watch houses … Read more: The sudden removal of children's human rights proves – yet again – why Queensland needs …Continue Reading
The Office of Equity and Human Rights will host educator Megan Red Shirt-Shaw at noon on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. Red Shirt-Shaw will discuss how … Read more: Office of Equity and Human Rights to host land acknowledgements webinar | Calendar | Iowa City, IAContinue Reading
Deadline: 10-Sep-23 Applications are now open for the Human Rights and Democratisation (HRD) Scheme to provide support for Civil Society … Read more: Human Rights and Democratisation Scheme to support CSOs (Palestine) – fundsforNGOsContinue Reading
Concerns have been raised over whistleblower laws, with a report raising doubts about the system's effectiveness. The Human Rights Law Centre … Read more: Human rights group blows whistle on protection failures | Mandurah MailContinue Reading
Analysis by the Human Rights Law Centre has found federal protections have not led to a single successful decision in favour of a whistleblower. Read more: Human rights group blows whistle on protection failures – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading
South Korea's National Human Rights Commission has recently concluded that not allowing the entry of infants and toddlers to department stores' … Read more: Korea's human rights authority says No Kids zones are discriminative – Pulse by Maeil …Continue Reading
Seventy-eighth session. Item 73 (c) of the provisional agenda. Promotion and protection of human rights: human rights situations and reports of … Read more: Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea – ReliefWebContinue Reading
On the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, Netflix released the trailer for 'Rustin,' starring Colman Domingo as the civil rights leader. Read more: Rustin Trailer: Colman Domingo Plays Civil Rights Leader Bayard Rustin – VarietyContinue Reading
Brian Nguyen, a Human Rights Center research manager and lead trainer for the Yemen delegation, offers advice as International Center for … Read more: Human Rights Center trains Yemen investigators pursuing justice for wartime atrocitiesContinue Reading
The Scottish Human Rights Commission criticised the Scottish Government's approach to enhancing the rights of disabled people. Read more: Scottish ministers not moving fast enough on disability human rights, UN committee toldContinue Reading
Human rights experts are seeking more information from the Saudi oil giant and financial institutions with which it has worked. Read more: UN Investigates Aramco Climate-Human Rights Link | Energy IntelligenceContinue Reading
An informed source who spoke to the Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) said: “The political prisoner was transferred from Rajai Shahr Prison in … Read more: Concerns rise over health of Kurdish political prisoner denied care – KHRNContinue Reading