The grim findings confirm deep concerns about abuse and torture at the facilities, according to the UN human rights chief Volker Türk. Read more: 'Our worst held fears are being confirmed': Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass gravesContinue Reading
Commission will look into ways to counter lawyers using human rights legislation to 'subvert' government. Read more: Kemi Badenoch launches review into leaving ECHR – The TelegraphContinue Reading
Labour is set to bring in new laws curtailing use of the European human rights convention by foreign criminals. Advertisement. Home Secretary … Read more: Battle lines drawn over immigration: Keir plans legal crackdown on migrants exploiting 'right …Continue Reading
This is, she says, because “embedding the human right to housing in a country's constitution makes its centrality clear and provides legal grounding … Read more: Making the case for housing as a human right | GBH – WGBHContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch has called on Turkish authorities to immediately release Turkmen activist Umidajan Bekchanova, who is currently detained in … Read more: Human Rights Watch urges Turkey to halt deportation of Turkmen activistContinue Reading
Reframe housing decisions and improve accountability — requiring government to consider housing as a human right within legislation, policy … Read more: Right to adequate housing in the Human Rights Act 2004 (ACT) – Advocacy for InclusionContinue Reading
Though decades have passed, the ideals the students fought for — human rights, liberty, and democratic reform — remain alive. The Chinese Communist … Read more: Remembering the Tiananmen Square massacre – Human Rights FoundationContinue Reading
US airstrikes on the Ras Isa oil port in Yemen last April killed 84 people and wounded more than 150 others. Read more: Human Rights Watch Calls for War Crime Investigation Into Deadly US Bombing | TruthoutContinue Reading
According to Ukrinform, this is stated in a statement by the Council for Human Rights, Gender Equality, and Diversity at the Ministry of Foreign … Read more: Human Rights Council urges global pressure on Russia to return Ukrainian childrenContinue Reading
We spoke with UN Deputy High Commissioner Nada Al-Nashif at the UN Pavilion at the 2025 Expo Osaka Kansai on global human rights issues, the role … Read more: UN Human Rights Leader Nada Al-Nashif on the Need for an Active Japan | Nippon.comContinue Reading
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First condemns the Trump administration's extensive travel ban Proclamation that will fully restrict and limit … Read more: President Trump's New Travel Ban Doubles Down on Xenophobic PolicyContinue Reading
In returning Labor to power, Australians look to the Albanese government to lead their 2nd term with courage and a commitment to human rights. Read more: Labor is in: Here's what that means for human rights in Australia – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading
Among the agreements being looked into is the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Badenoch is expected to appoint Tory peer and former … Read more: Badenoch launches review into possible ECHR exit – BBC NewsContinue Reading
… Human Rights, whose tight constraints, they claim, prevent them from expelling foreign nationals with criminal records. Contesting international … Read more: Why Denmark's left (not the far right) got tough on immigration – BBC NewsContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch Daily Brief · Common-Sense Thinking on Medical Care · Quick Takes: Sudan; US/Yemen; Australia · Readers' Recommendations · Support Our … Read more: We Trust Doctors Over Politicians | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading