Graeme Reid, LGBT Rights Program Director at Human Rights Watch, discusses his views on the prospects for legalisation of same-sex marriage as … Read more: Human Rights Watch's Reid on India Marriage Equality – Bloomberg.comContinue Reading
The Diyarbakır branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) will apply to the public prosecutor to start a criminal investigation against the … Read more: Human Rights Association to file criminal complaint for Turkey's negligence after quakesContinue Reading
The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has determined that a complaint against the City of Surrey and Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association can … Read more: Tribunal won't drop City of Surrey from rodeo human rights complaint, but narrows scopeContinue Reading
Scrutiny of the government's plans to impose minimum service levels on public services during strike action. The Joint Committee on Human Rights … Read more: Committee report finds UK Strikes Bill fails to meet human rights obligationsContinue Reading
Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a France-based independent, non-profit and non-partisan organisation promoting human rights and documentation … Read more: Kurdish environmental activist arrested in Iran's SanandajContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch Thursday released a report arguing that Lebanese authorities have “failed to uphold the right to electricity by mismanaging the … Read more: Human Rights Watch condemns Lebanon for failure to defend 'right to electricity' – Jurist.orgContinue Reading
A proposal for a Human Rights Act for Australia has been created, and is being endorsed by key legal bodies. On 7 March, the Australian Human … Read more: 'Australia needs a Human Rights Act' say key legal bodies – Lawyers WeeklyContinue Reading
Mar 09, Colombo: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka said it has decided to conduct an investigation into the actions of the police and … Read more: Public Security Minister summoned to the Human Rights Commission over university student protestsContinue Reading
A controversial anti-strikes bill discriminates against nursing staff and could breach their human rights, MPs and peers have warned. Read more: Anti-strikes law could breach nurses' human rights – RCNiContinue Reading
Minister for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevlid Hurtić, met in New York with the United Nations Special Adviser on the … Read more: BiH Minister for Human Rights met with the UN Special Adviser in New YorkContinue Reading
The protest was organised by Action Committee for Christian Rights, Overseas Pakistan Christian Alliance and Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD), the … Read more: Overseas Pakistani Christians protest against human rights violations suffered by women, girlsContinue Reading
The Australian Human Rights Commission has developed this fact sheet about the International Day for the Elimination … Menu Chevron Right Icon. Read more: Fact Sheet – International Day for the Elimination of Racial DiscriminationContinue Reading
Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory action, … quits the European convention on human rights (EHCR) over the issue of … Read more: Brexit trade treaty 'could be terminated' if UK quits ECHR over small boat crossingsContinue Reading
(Washington, D.C., March 8, 2023) The UN Human Rights Council should investigate newly revealed allegations of serious abuses in the notorious … Read more: Egypt: UN Human Rights Council Should Investigate Abuses inside Badr Prison – DAWNContinue Reading
For most human rights defenders, storing information and communicating digitally is a necessity to carry out the fight for democracy. Read more: How to strengthen your digital safety in 3 steps – Civil Rights DefendersContinue Reading