The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sharply condemned the intention of Russia to try the defenders of Mariupol in … Read more: Trial of Mariupol defenders will amount to war crime – UN Human Rights Office – UkrinformContinue Reading
When I embarked on my career more than three decades ago, human rights were seen to matter. I first went to Central America in 1987 to document … Read more: Human Rights in the Crosshairs – Just SecurityContinue Reading
Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah met yesterday with Deputy Director of the US Office … Read more: Chairperson of National Human Rights Committee meets US State Department officialContinue Reading
ILO delegates have voted in favour of a resolution to make the principle of a safe and healthy work environment a human right. Read more: A safe and healthy working environment is now a human right – Workplace InsightContinue Reading
The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed the announcement from the Prime Minister of Singapore, that the city State would move to repeal a law … Read more: Singapore: UN rights chief welcomes repeal of colonial-era law banning sex between menContinue Reading
Palestine (MNN) — On Friday, Israeli troops raided the offices of several Palestinian human rights and aid organizations. Last year, the Israeli … Read more: Israeli troops raid human rights offices – Mission Network NewsContinue Reading
ISRAEL: INCLO Members Stand in Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Declared Terrorist Groups by Israeli Government and Raided, Call … Read more: ISRAEL: INCLO Members Stand in Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights Organizations …Continue Reading
Ahead of her appeal on August 25, PEN America calls on Vietnamese authorities to immediately set aside journalist and human rights defender Pham … Read more: PEN America Calls for the Immediate Release of Vietnamese Human Rights Defender …Continue Reading
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Tajikistan acceded to in 1999, provides that everyone charged with a criminal … Read more: Tajikistan: Autonomous Region Protesters Denied Fair Trials | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
The program, backed by the U.N.'s human rights and development arms, will strengthen disciplinary procedures, train cops through mandatory courses in … Read more: U.S., U.N. back new human rights training for Colombia police | ReutersContinue Reading
… 'breaches their human rights' because only a third follow the religion … The headteacher said: 'I think it's a breach of children's rights. Read more: Headteacher says forcing primary school children to have Christian assemblies breaches …Continue Reading
Several NGOs and associations of Algerian expatriates have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to raise the issue of deteriorating human … Read more: Algerian expatriates urge Macron to raise issue of human rights during visit to AlgiersContinue Reading
“The position toward the Palestinian human rights organizations highlights a much larger failing in US government policy on the Israeli-Palestinian … Read more: CIA unable to corroborate Israel's 'terror' label for Palestinian rights groups – The GuardianContinue Reading
Eleanor Roosevelt and others read from the articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Today's Triple Planetary Crisis. The world has … Read more: We Now Have a Universal Right to a Healthy and Sustainable Environment – YES! MagazineContinue Reading
Anti-racist and human rights activists view Israel as the absolutely worst country in the world — as a “Nazi, colonialist, occupying” power, which … Read more: 'Jewish Lives Matter': Human Rights and Antisemitism – The AlgemeinerContinue Reading