The seven human rights defenders were peacefully protesting against the intended financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) by … Read more: Seven Environmental activists brutally arrested, charged and released on police bail for …Continue Reading
16th Nelson Mandela World Human Rights Moot Court Competition Preliminary Rounds (In-person) 15 July – 19 July 2024 … Read more: Top 24 Qualifying Teams – Centre for Human Rights – University of PretoriaContinue Reading
The House voted to sanction the ICC after the court said it plans to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders. It continues a long history of the … Read more: US Officials Are Fighting Against International Human Rights Law—Again – Mother JonesContinue Reading
Marching for Chester's Human Rights and Clean Air. What happens when the largest trash incinerator in the United States threatens the lives of a … Read more: Marching for Chester's Human Rights and Clean Air | Global Sisters ReportContinue Reading
Over the past five years the Australian Human Rights Commission, through its Free and Equal Project, has undertaken crucial and inspiring work to push … Read more: High Commissioner shows support for Human Rights Act in Australia | OHCHRContinue Reading
But with such diversity comes racial prejudice, which fuels another hate crime every three hours on average. Human rights advocate Nicole Crellin … Read more: Voices for Humanity Unites Canada's Diverse Cultures Through Human Rights Education …Continue Reading
News and Press Release in English on Afghanistan about Gender and Protection and Human Rights; published on 5 Jun 2024 by OHCHR. Read more: Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on mass flogging in … – ReliefWebContinue Reading
Human Rights Watch on Thursday slammed Italy's deal to send asylum seekers to Albania, terming the pact as a “model of mismanagement” and a … Read more: Human Rights Watch criticizes Italy asylum seeker deal with Albania – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading
Responding to a damming report by the Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), which warned that Sri Lanka's failures to tackle … Read more: Sri Lanka's envoy lashes out at UN Human Rights High Commissioner's reportContinue Reading
… Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. On 30 December 2023, after 14 months of detention, Branch Three of the Islamic Revolutionary Court of … Read more: Iran’s Supreme Court upholds death sentence for Kurdish Sunni cleric – KHRNContinue Reading
Stephen Kwikiriza is an environmental activist and a human rights defender who works with the non-governmental organization EGI. He is from the … Read more: Uganda human rights defender detained by military forces for opposing a crude oil pipeline projectContinue Reading
Five Yale Law students and recent graduates will receive fellowships in human rights law for the upcoming academic year. Read more: Schell Center Announces 2024-25 Postgraduate Fellows in Human RightsContinue Reading
A parliamentary inquiry has recommended that Australia should enact its first federal Human Rights Act. However, concerns have been raised about … Read more: Would a Human Rights Act give too much power to the courts? – Lawyers WeeklyContinue Reading
Human rights activist Lita Boitano has died at 92. She was currently president of the Relatives of People Disappeared and Detained for Political … Read more: Human rights activist Lita Boitano dies at 92 – Buenos Aires HeraldContinue Reading
Though the 2023 EU Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World reflected some achievements and progress Vietnam has made in … Read more: EU's comments on Vietnam's human rights situation lack objectivity: spokeswomanContinue Reading