Legal groups also criticise the push to override the state's Human Rights Act to create the offence. Read more: 'Recipe for disaster': Queensland bail law that overrides children's human rights won't work …Continue Reading
While speaking to regional human rights stakeholders in Nadi yesterday, Attorney-General Siromi Turaga said in the Pacific, climate change was … Read more: Climate change, a human rights issue – Fiji TimesContinue Reading
Philippine senators met this morning with a visiting delegation of European parliamentarians to discuss the human rights situation in the country. Read more: LOOK: PH senators, EU lawmakers meet to discuss human rights situation | ANC – YouTubeContinue Reading
Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is investigating more claims about disability discrimination on college campuses as well as … Read more: Civil rights complaints show pandemic's effects on colleges – Inside Higher EdContinue Reading
The UN human rights chief urged on Tuesday Israel's far-right ruling coalition to halt a contentious plan to overhaul the country's judiciary, … Read more: UN human rights chief urges Israel to halt contentious judiciary's overhaul – CGTNContinue Reading
A Dutch public interest group has filed a lawsuit claiming AbbVie breached a duty to human rights by using unfair and excessive pricing to bolster … Read more: AbbVie sued by Dutch group over Humira pricing, human rights – STAT NewsContinue Reading
Second, the increased numbers of human rights violations and abuses over the last year remain deeply concerning. FACA and Wagner, through their joint … Read more: Amidst ongoing human rights violations, the UK urges parties across Central Africa to work …Continue Reading
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk Said the Judicial Overhaul That Is Currently Being Carried Out by the Netanyahu Government Would … Read more: UN Human Rights Chief Calls on Israeli Gov't to Halt Judicial Overhaul – Israel NewsContinue Reading
… Victoria Prentis stressed the UK, like other nations, would be able to deal with migration issues 'within' the Europan Convention on Human Rights. Read more: PM's top legal adviser says Britain CAN tackle small boats crisis within European human rights lawContinue Reading
Tech companies were urged by Human Rights Watch (HRW) to do more to safeguard LGBTQ communities against "digital targeting" by government … Read more: Meta, Grindr 'not doing enough' to safeguard LGBTQ people: Human Rights Watch – WIONContinue Reading
Police minister Mark Ryan says the government accepts that its new laws 'are incompatible with human rights' Read more: Queensland to override state's Human Rights Act in bid to make breach of bail an offence for childrenContinue Reading
The Queensland government will take the unprecedented step of overriding human rights laws to rush through harsher youth justice measures it … Read more: Qld to bypass human rights laws in youth crime crackdown – Brisbane TimesContinue Reading
The Australian Human Rights Commission says an extraordinary decision to terminate a tour of Australian places of detention by United Nations … Read more: Urgent action needed following termination of UN inspectionContinue Reading
In a statement, Volker Turk said the changes could hamper the judiciary's ability to defend the rule of law and pose risks to human rights and … Read more: UN human rights chief urges Israel to pause contentious legislative changesContinue Reading
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk holds a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela January 28, 2023. Read more: UN human rights chief calls on Israel to temporarily halt judicial reform – The Jerusalem PostContinue Reading