The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is there to protect and uphold the rights of all groups who face discrimination. Read more: University and College Union statement on Equality Act review and EHRC advice – UCUContinue Reading
The United States Department of State has published its annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2022, in which Ghana has been cited … Read more: Ghana cited for human rights abuses in US State Department's 2022 report – Graphic OnlineContinue Reading
Due-process considerations are important — especially in the context of criminal law — and the right to a fair trial is a key element of human-rights … Read more: Sixth Committee (Legal): 43rd & 44th Meetings (AM & PM) | UN PressContinue Reading
It was the highest number since 2015 and well above the figure of 333 in 2021, the report by Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) and Paris-based … Read more: Iran executions surge 75 percent in 2022: Human rights group | Al Arabiya EnglishContinue Reading
Media practitioners have again been tasked to take up their role as watchdog by beaming searchlights on human rights and gender-based violence … Read more: Group tasks journalists on gender inequality, human rights violation reportageContinue Reading
By profession, he is a lawyer specializing in humanitarian, human-rights and refugee law. He has a special focus on the establishment and maintenance … Read more: United Nations names independent expert on human rights for Haiti. He's a familiar faceContinue Reading
On April 12, 2023, B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner Kasari Govender released the following statement on the recent announcement that universal … Read more: Human Rights Commissioner troubled by end of mask mandates in healthcare settingsContinue Reading
Nearly half of all rights activists killed last year were from Colombia. Read more: Why is Colombia so deadly for human rights activists? – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
The Foreign Ministry affirmed that it will defend human rights … attack on the Special Rapporteur for human rights in the occupied Palestinian … Read more: Palestine condemns Israeli institutions' systematic attacks on human rights Special …Continue Reading
'As mask restrictions have been lifted, I have repeatedly expressed concerns about the human rights implications of these policy decisions' Read more: End of health-care mask mandates puts vulnerable at risk: BC human rights commissionerContinue Reading
On March 28th, BIS issued a final rule amending the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) to confirm that protecting human rights worldwide is a … Read more: BIS Amends EAR To Include Human Rights Protection As A Basis For Adding Entities To … – MondaqContinue Reading
B.C.'s human rights commissioner says the province's decision to end mask mandates in health-care settings is putting vulnerable people at a … Read more: Human rights commissioner opposes end of mask mandate in B.C. health-care settingsContinue Reading
Recipients of 2022-23 Bernstein and Robina International Human Rights Fellowships, clockwise from top left: Kyra Blas '23, Simon Engler '23, … Read more: Seven New Fellows Will Work in Human Rights – Yale Law SchoolContinue Reading
Human rights are universal and inalienable; indivisible; interdependent and interrelated. All people are entitled to human rights, and all human … Read more: ALICA WALLACE: Human rights of women hampered by misinformation from church leadersContinue Reading
… child migrants breaches international human rights obligations … core obligations under international human rights law” over its approach to … Read more: UN Special Rapporteurs say UK approach to unaccompanied child migrants breaches … – JURISTContinue Reading