The Annual Reverend Wright Human Rights Award goes this year to Emanuel Scarbrough. The award will be presented at the Common Council meeting on … Read more: 2023 Reverend Wright Human Rights Award Recipient – City of MadisonContinue Reading
In a rare move to protect human rights of people subjected to hereditary bondage, Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has decided to become an … Read more: Odisha Human Rights Commission takes it upon itself to defend victims in civil courtContinue Reading
Views are being sought on plans to enshrine international human rights – including the right to health and an adequate standard of living – into … Read more: Views sought on enshrining human rights in Scots law | Scottish Legal NewsContinue Reading
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Friday for countries to clamp down on people smugglers and human traffickers after … Read more: U.N. human rights chief urges clamp-down on people smugglers after shipwreck | ReutersContinue Reading
Human rights advocates have warned that “hundreds of thousands of workers” still face abuses despite a series of labour reforms being introduced to … Read more: 'Terrible' human rights abuses 'commonplace' six months after Qatar 2022 despite Fifa promisesContinue Reading
… an 'example of good practice in human rights policymaking' by a UN report. … the work of Welsh Government in addressing LGBTQ+ human rights. Read more: UN praises Welsh Government's LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales as 'example of good …Continue Reading
UN Environment Programme expresses grave concern over the detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong in Ho Chi Minh City … Read more: Detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong – UNEPContinue Reading
The US State Department on Thursday condemned the violence and rights violations unfolding in Sudan's West Darfur region, attributing the … Read more: "Ominous Reminder Of…": US Condemns Human Rights Violations In Sudan – NDTV.comContinue Reading
UN Document in Arabic on Belarus and 5 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 18 May 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Visit to Belarus – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe …Continue Reading
The US on Thursday (Jun 15) condemned "in the strongest terms" what it called human rights violations, abuses and "horrific violence" in Sudan … Read more: US condemns human rights violations, 'horrific violence' in Sudan – CNAContinue Reading
This week, the Commonwealth Secretariat Human Rights Unit and the Whaikaha – Ministry for Disabled People (New Zealand), convened a side event on … Read more: Making work more inclusive: strengthening the employability of persons with disabilitiesContinue Reading
When you listen to those with lived experience of human rights issues in Scotland, you'll often hear the same theme: that warm words of policy … Read more: The time to introduce human rights budgeting for Scottish councils is now | Public FinanceContinue Reading
The world's oceans are, in many ways, lawless places where piracy, overfishing, toxic waste dumping and even murder are routine. Read more: Investigation reveals rampant environmental and human rights abuses at sea – PBSContinue Reading
A two-year probe by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights identified a years-long pattern of racial discrimination by MPD. Read more: Department of Justice to make announcement on Minneapolis " civil rights matter" – AxiosContinue Reading
We are proud to have the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights … From the first U.S. Global Magnitsky sanctions in 2017, civil society has … Read more: The House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International …Continue Reading