For the first time in its history, the United Nations General Assembly held a high-level meeting addressing the human rights situation in North … Read more: UN General Assembly holds first-ever high-level meeting on North Korean human rights as …Continue Reading
The Honduran Congress is about to pass a law that would ease the granting of environmental licenses with no consideration to human rights in the … Read more: Honduras: Environmental bill threatens human rights – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading
Human rights groups have previously said the UK should not finalise a free trade agreement without legal commitments on human rights improvements, … Read more: UK-Gulf trade deal worth £1.6bn lacks human rights provisions, groups warn – The GuardianContinue Reading
What's unfolding in the Palestinian village of Ras al-Ayn is more than a land dispute – according to human rights groups, it is the systematic … Read more: 'Daylight robbery of land – sanctioned by Israeli authorities': Inside 'terrorised' West Bank villageContinue Reading
The Trump administration's abrupt suspension of U.S. foreign aid is placing millions of lives and human rights at risk across the globe. Read more: Amnesty International warns of devastating consequences as abrupt U.S. Foreign Aid cuts …Continue Reading
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement with BayCare Health System ( … Read more: HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles HIPAA Security Rule Investigation with a Florida Health …Continue Reading
Student activism is the lifeblood of human rights struggles, and universities should champion it, not crush it. Universities exist to foster critical … Read more: Right to freedom of expression must not be stifled by contentious definition of antisemitism …Continue Reading
The signatories say: "This is not only about our common humanity and all human rights; this is about our moral fitness as the writers of our time, … Read more: Ian McEwan and Zadie Smith among hundreds of cultural figures denouncing Gaza 'genocide'Continue Reading
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today published a new guide that outlines best practices for engaging with the United States government on … Read more: RFK Human Rights publishes resource guide for victims of arbitrary detentionContinue Reading
Justice Action Center and Human Rights First filed Svitlana Doe v. Noem on behalf of humanitarian parole beneficiaries and their U.S. sponsors from … Read more: Judge Orders Trump Administration to Restore Processing of Immigration Benefit …Continue Reading
Meetings were also held with representatives of the Federal Institute for Human Rights (FIRM/ IFDH), the Central Supervisory Council for the … Read more: Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) carries out a periodic visit to BelgiumContinue Reading
Main page of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI). Latest news, links to documents and videos of meetings. Read more: Next meeting | Highlights | Home | DROI | Committees – European ParliamentContinue Reading
Human rights group are expecting a pared-down version of a major State Department human rights report. Read more: Trump's human rights litmus test – POLITICOContinue Reading
It also includes the right to equal pay for equal work; the right to the enjoyment of just and favorable conditions of work, like fair wages and a … Read more: Labor rights are human rights – News – Inquirer.netContinue Reading
Human rights lawyer Marina Wheeler wants to go even further than Sir Keir Starmer's 'reset' with the bloc. Read more: Boris Johnson's ex-wife urges Britain to 'put right what went wrong' with BrexitContinue Reading