Security forces in Qatar arbitrarily arrested and abused LGBT Qataris as recently as last month, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has claimed. Read more: LGBT Qataris arrested and abused just weeks before start of World Cup, rights group claimsContinue Reading
Problematizing Law, Rights, and Childhood in Israel/Palestine book … Dr Viterbo argues that the human rights community is complicit in this … Read more: Award wins for Queen Mary human rights law expertContinue Reading
Victoria Police's elite CIRT tactical unit has been running high-risk operations that have resulted in serious injuries and alleged human rights … Read more: Victoria's elite police unit 'acted inconsistently with human rights charter': IBAC – The AgeContinue Reading
The court also ordered the government to assist the National Commission of Human Rights (NCHR) in the formation of a complaint cell in the jail to … Read more: IG prisons faces court's wrath over human rights abuses in Adiala jail – Pakistan – DawnContinue Reading
Australia has breached its obligations under a key United Nations instrument for preventing torture and inhuman treatment or punishment, … Read more: Australia 'in breach' of human rights as UN blocked from probing prisonsContinue Reading
… scrap EU-era legislation protecting workers' rights and the environment. … the Trades Union Congress, the RSPB, the Civil Society Alliance, … Read more: Rishi Sunak urged to scrap 'undemocratic' proposals to axe 2400 laws – The GuardianContinue Reading
A new interdisciplinary major in Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights at BU will ask students to dig deep into those cataclysmic events. Read more: BU Launches New Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights MajorContinue Reading
Colombia could use its restored diplomatic relations with Venezuela to help curb human rights violations in its neighbor, advocacy group Human … Read more: Colombia urged to push human rights in renewed relationship with Venezuela | ReutersContinue Reading
As part of its Afghanistan Programme, the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (RWI) hereby calls for applications from … Read more: RWI Visiting Research Fellows in Human Rights 2023 for Afghan Researchers (Funded)Continue Reading
On September 13 of this year, the Government of Japan published the "Guidelines on Respecting Human Rights in Responsible Supply Chains" … Read more: Publication of Japan's first human rights due diligence (HRDD) guidelines – LexologyContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch quoted the head of Turkey's migration agency, Savas Unlu, as calling the group's finding “baseless” and saying Turkey is complying … Read more: Turkey deports hundreds of Syrian refugees, Human Rights Watch saysContinue Reading
On Saturday 30 July 2022, human rights defenders Oumar Sylla and Ibrahima Diallo, members of the organizations Front National pour la Defense de … Read more: Statement – Guinea: Killing of peaceful protesters and detention of two human rights defendersContinue Reading
Police in Qatar have arbitrarily detained and abused members of the LGBTQ community ahead of the World Cup next month, Human Rights Watch said in … Read more: HRW reports LGBTQ jail beatings before Qatar World Cup – France 24Continue Reading
So says Alice Mogwe, director of the International Federation for Human Rights (known by its French acronym FIDH), which is celebrating its centenary … Read more: Despite 'backlash against human rights defenders', 'we must not lose hope' – France 24Continue Reading
Despite some apparently laudable moves, including issuing guidance for UK businesses at risk of complicity in human rights violations through … Read more: Dangerous liaisons: the United Kingdom's policing partnerships with China and Sri LankaContinue Reading