DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — A slew of extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and instances of torture by Burkina Faso's military has terrorized … Read more: Burkina Faso's military accused of killings, torture in latest Human Rights Watch reportContinue Reading
How can we improve monitoring mechanisms for human rights violations against peaceful protestors, in order to better facilitate justice and … Read more: UN HRC53: Statement on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly – GOV.UKContinue Reading
News and Press Release in English on World about Protection and Human Rights; published on 28 Jun 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Human Rights Council Hears of Urgent Need for International Solidarity in Responding to …Continue Reading
A U.N. human rights expert says that a specialized international force is needed to help fight gang violence in Haiti and that an embargo on … Read more: UN human rights official says arms embargo and deployment of special force needed for HaitiContinue Reading
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the Illegal Migration Bill, which would see the law changed so that people who come to Britain by … Read more: Watchdog 'seriously concerned' about Illegal Migration Bill's impact on human rightsContinue Reading
Izyum is in the Kharkiv oblast, where Ukraine borders Russia. Its importance as a railway hub made it a key focus for the invading army. Within days … Read more: Bombed Out and Occupied – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading
In 2011, the UN Human Rights Council adopted the UNGP, which spell out governments' obligation to protect their citizens, companies' responsibility to … Read more: Protecting human rights: clear guidance is a piece of the puzzle – Politics of Poverty – Oxfam AmericaContinue Reading
The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that the Intelligence Organisation of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the … Read more: Protest victims commemorated amid security threats in KurdistanContinue Reading
Tatyna Kotlyar, 72, is the head of the “For Human Rights” movement from Obninsk, Central Russia. On 28 June, a magistrates court in Obninsk found her … Read more: Russia: Migrants' rights defender Tatyana Kotlyar convicted solely for her human rights workContinue Reading
Given that, first, the President of the Human Rights Council has announced in his meeting with the Iranian delegation in Geneva that if the Special … Read more: Confidential Documents Expose Regime's Efforts to Derail UN Fact-finding Mission – NCRIContinue Reading
Several nations and human rights organizations have alleged that Venezuela has been the site of several serious crimes against humanity, with reports … Read more: ICC panel gives go-ahead to resume Venezuela human rights investigation – Jurist.orgContinue Reading
STU Moot Court is heading to Geneva, Switzerland, where two recent graduates will compete in the Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court … Read more: STU Moot Court Headed to the Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court CompetitionContinue Reading
The Human Rights Commission attracted an unusually large audience — including several council members and Mayor James R. Knight Jr. — for its … Read more: Human Rights Commission promotes Raychel Fort Farmer to executive directorContinue Reading
Summary. 53rd regular session of the Human Rights Council (19 June – 14 July 2023) ; Description. ITEM 3. – ID with SR on trafficking (Cont'd). – IE on … Read more: 16th Meeting – 53rd Regular Session of Human Rights Council – UN Web TVContinue Reading
Human rights campaigners have been waiting for weeks for a response from the International Criminal Court (ICC) over proceedings against … Read more: International Criminal Court green-lights investigation into human rights violations in VenezuelaContinue Reading