… human rights. The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment has been recognized by the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights … Read more: The judiciary for climate justice and environmental rule of law – UNEPContinue Reading
In Geneva, diplomats are scrambling to respond. The Human Rights Council will address the escalating crisis at an emergency meeting on Friday, and … Read more: 'These atrocities were preventable': UN-backed investigator on Sudan's El FasherContinue Reading
Exposing children to e-cigarettes compromises their human rights. These products should be regulated in a way that puts children's best interests … Read more: Rising youth e-cigarette use threatens children's health and human rightsContinue Reading
12 Such action is not only crucial from a public health perspective but is required by international human rights law. Appropriate regulation … Read more: How e-cigarettes compromise children's human rights | The BMJContinue Reading
Building on the newly adopted ASEAN commitments, there is now a real opportunity for the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to … Read more: Can AICHR Turn ASEAN's Environmental Rights Promise into Reality?Continue Reading
… human rights violations' around the world. Published On 12 Nov 202512 Nov 2025. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators march across Brooklyn Bridge rallying to … Read more: Will South Africa's Biko inquest finally yield justice for struggle icon? – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
BURLINGTON, VT— Today, leading human rights organizations, from both the United States and El Salvador, released a new report on the shocking … Read more: Welch Statement Following Shocking Human Rights Report on El Salvador's Infamous …Continue Reading
Identify successful practices for sharing territories and resolving land disputes;; Understand the human rights impacts of current land governance and … Read more: Call for input: Interlinkages between land rights and the right to food – ohchrContinue Reading
On November 24, 2025, six people, including human rights defenders Mustapha Djemali and Abderrazek Krimi, will stand trial before the Tunis Court … Read more: Tunisia: Human Rights Defenders must be freed – Amnesty International CanadaContinue Reading
Detention of Dong on espionage charges has been criticised by human rights and press freedom organisations. Read more: Beijing court to rule in appeal of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu | China – The GuardianContinue Reading
The Advisory Committee acts as a think-tank for the UN Human Rights Council and is composed of 18 independent experts from different professional … Read more: Professor Veronika Fikfak elected to serve as an expert on UN HRC Advisory CommitteeContinue Reading
Do human rights treaty obligations continue to apply in time of armed conflict? To what extent do human rights treaties apply extraterritorially? If … Read more: EJIL AnalysisContinue Reading
According to a new joint report by Human Rights Watch and Cristosal, the “Trump administration is complicit” in torture of Venezuelans sent to … Read more: 'You have arrived in hell': Human rights organizations document abuses in El Salvador prison | CNNContinue Reading
Under international human rights law, the abuses constituted cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment and in many cases, torture. Prison guards and riot … Read more: US/El Salvador: Torture of Venezuelan Deportees – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity Cecilia M. Bailliet urged acting in solidarity, rebuilding networks of … Read more: 'Solidarity is a life jacket' – UN Human Rights Expert | United Nations in IndiaContinue Reading