U.N. member states are set to publicly examine its rights record in early 2024 as part of a review process at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. Read more: UN envoys tour Tibet on China-organised trip amid rights scrutiny | ReutersContinue Reading
US ambassador to the UN's Human Rights Council condemns Iranian officials in UN leadership roles on the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death. Read more: Iran Shouldn't Have Roles In UN Human Rights Ecosystem – USContinue Reading
A round-up of human rights stories from around the world. … Guatemala has arrested a former member of a United Nations-backed anti-corruption mission, … Read more: Rights watch | Scottish Legal NewsContinue Reading
The Human Rights Council should establish an independent mechanism on Sudan. To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the … Read more: Sudan: Joint Letter Calling for Independent Mechanism – ReliefWebContinue Reading
Africa: Leaders at key Climate Summit and week must place human rights at centre of ambitious, bold action. African leaders convening in Nairobi … Read more: Africa: Leaders at key Climate Summit and week must place human rights at centre of …Continue Reading
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report that five workers died after inhaling poisonous gas … Read more: Human rights body issues notice over death of MP workers while cleaning tank – India TodayContinue Reading
Warsaw, 1 September 2023 – Observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will hold a press conference on the … Read more: ODIHR observers to Poland's parliamentary elections to hold press conference on MondayContinue Reading
These changes in law undeniably violate children's rights and exacerbate the human rights emergency in Queensland's already broken youth justice … Read more: Queensland Government slammed for abusing human rights of childrenContinue Reading
Alex Ortega is looking forward to expanding on the school's impressive record of training and research, locally and globally. Read more: Health, human rights focus for new Thompson school Dean Ortega | University of Hawaiʻi …Continue Reading
In October 2022, the Human Rights Council responded by adopting a resolution creating a mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Russia, citing grave … Read more: Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper: Update on human rights in the Russian Federation and …Continue Reading
A quick background reveals that UN Human Rights Office was established to monitor and report on human rights abuses in Uganda … Read more: What next for Uganda's human rights sector? – Daily MonitorContinue Reading
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Dene lawyer Jennifer Duncan is in Geneva, Switzerland, for the United Nations' review of Canada's human rights record. Duncan's main focus is what … Read more: United Nations reviews Canada's human rights record – APTN NewsContinue Reading
By Lee Minji. SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Yonhap) — The former chief of the United Nations' landmark inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea said the … Read more: (Yonhap Interview) N. Korea's border reopening can be 'opportunity' for human rights improvementContinue Reading
Mexico City, Aug. 31 (EFE). – Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, will present his fifth government report on Sept. Read more: Mexico's security and human rights crisis continues – La Prensa Latina MediaContinue Reading