[1/2] Yasonna Laoly, Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights, receives the new criminal code report from Bambang Wuryanto, … Read more: Indonesia's new laws a threat to privacy, press and human rights, says UN | ReutersContinue Reading
The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia and China for what it describes as human rights abuses by both countries, according to an … Read more: US Readies Sanctions Against Russia, China Over Human Rights – Bloomberg.comContinue Reading
We have always been clear that social security is an investment in people and that social security is itself a basic human right – these are two … Read more: Scotland's approach to social security is one based on basic human rights, dignity and respectContinue Reading
The official position of the UK Government is that it wants to stay in the ECHR but to replace the Human Rights Act (HRA) with a British Bill of … Read more: Joanna Cherry: UK wants to limit human rights as Scotland looks to expand them – The NationalContinue Reading
The U.S., by using those powers to sanction high-profile government, military and business officials accused of human-rights abuses and corruption, … Read more: U.S. to Levy Human–Rights Sanctions on Russia, China – WSJContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch – which along with other rights groups were sanctioned by Beijing last July – will join Arizona State University (ASU)'s journalism … Read more: JUST IN: NGO Human Rights Watch to co-host Hong Kong's Human Rights Press AwardsContinue Reading
The UK government has “an increasingly antagonistic attitude” towards human rights that is weakening instead of strengthening protections for the … Read more: Watchdog criticises UK ministers' 'antagonism' towards human rights – The GuardianContinue Reading
Despite being accused of human rights abuses, the Rapid Action Battalion was hosted in Poland and the Netherlands. Read more: Bangladesh's RAB received foreign intelligence training in the EU – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
The AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition has announced the 2022-23 SciTech and Human Rights FutureGen Scholars, an initiative that supports … Read more: 2022-23 SciTech and Human Rights FutureGen Scholars to Pursue Projects on DEI …Continue Reading
Despite the doom-and-gloom headlines, local civil society around the world is making real progress on human rights. Outgoing head of the Fund for … Read more: Don't Give Up on Funding Human Rights | Inside PhilanthropyContinue Reading
Later that day, Congress swore in Vice President Dina Boluarte as President of the nation. As international human rights organizations, CEJIL, DPLF, … Read more: Human Rights Organizations Call for Strengthening Democracy in Peru – WOLAContinue Reading
The invited speakers include Willie J. Carrillo, Joannie Suina Romero, Joshua Lanakila Mangauil and Roman C. Rain Tree. Info: The Human Rights … Read more: Tribal leaders speak on human rights and indigenous people – Fresno State NewsContinue Reading
7 by Human Rights Watch and the Salvadoran human rights group Cristosal. "In many cases, detentions appear to be based on the appearance and social … Read more: El Salvador crackdown on gangs causes human rights abuses, report says – Detroit CatholicContinue Reading
The lack of Global Magnitsky sanctions to address human trafficking is both a … denial of the right to life, liberty, or the security of person. Read more: Human rights groups urge the U.S. government to sanction for human trafficking abusesContinue Reading
The new CIRIGHTS dataset expands on a previous dataset known as the Cingranelli-Richards (CIRI) Human Rights Data Project (named for its founders, … Read more: URI research team launches world's largest global human rights datasetContinue Reading