It highlights the systemic barriers to youth's human rights, particularly education, employment and social security, health, and participation, … Read more: A/HRC/51/19: Human rights implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on young peopleContinue Reading
The United States Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into the practices of state police in Louisiana, after several recent … Read more: Biden administration opens civil rights probe of Louisiana police – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
The war in Ukraine has also been a frontal assault on health and human rights. Amid the invasion by Russian President Vladimir Putin's military, … Read more: Opinion: WHA's Russia vote is a call to side with health, human rights | DevexContinue Reading
Failure to do so, 13 human rights organizations wrote in a joint letter to the U.S. president, could "embolden the crown prince to commit further … Read more: Biden Urged to Secure Public Guarantees on Human Rights Before Meeting Saudi PrinceContinue Reading
Jennifer Robinson welcomed a statement by the European Court of Human Rights which she said meant the UK Government has 'accepted her rights were … Read more: Julian Assange's lawyer has reached settlement with government 'over breach of her human rights'Continue Reading
Picture the Dream,” on display at the New-York Historical Society, shows that children, far from being mere witnesses to the civil rights movement … Read more: Viewing the Civil Rights Movement Through Children's Books – The New York TimesContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch said in a statement Thursday that “a grave human rights crisis has been unfolding” in Afghanistan since the Taliban took over the … Read more: Watchdog Demands UN Reinstate Travel Ban on Afghan Taliban for Rights ViolationsContinue Reading
Presented annually, these awards honor individuals and community organizations who have made significant contributions to human and civil rights in … Read more: Human Rights Commission Seeks Nominations for 2022 Human Rights AwardsContinue Reading
… which recognises that the Chinese government's systemic human rights violations against the Uyghur people in East Turkistan "amount to crimes … Read more: Uyghur group hails recognition of China's human rights violations by European ParliamentContinue Reading
Two Cameroonian human rights defenders, Maximilienne C. Ngo Mbe and Felix Agbor Nkongho (Balla), were honored today, June 9, with the 2022 Robert … Read more: Cameroonian activists win 2022 RFK Human Rights Awards – Global VoicesContinue Reading
The Governing Council of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has condemned the spate of killings and total disregard for the sanctity of … Read more: Human Rights Commission condemns killings by criminal elements – Tribune OnlineContinue Reading
The Alberta Human Rights Commission has rejected an Edmonton man's assertion that he was discriminated against. Read more: Human rights appeal rejected after man tossed from Apple store over mask refusalContinue Reading
We urge your administration to secure genuine progress on human rights before acting in a manner that would bolster the status of the crown prince and … Read more: Rights Groups to Biden: Prioritize Human Rights to Repair U.S.-Saudi Relations – DAWNContinue Reading
Zaandam, the Netherlands, June 9, 2022 – Ahold Delhaize published its second Human Rights Report today, an important milestone for the company. Read more: Ahold Delhaize publishes its second Human Rights Report – GlobeNewswireContinue Reading
Open letter signed by academics in wake of Michelle Bachelet's China visit demands release of UN report on human rights abuses. Read more: Fury at UN human rights chief over 'whitewash' of Uyghur repression – The GuardianContinue Reading