The work we do specifically against discrimination which includes improving B.C.'s Human Rights Code and advocating for disaggregated data collection. Read more: Key issues | BC's Office of the Human Rights CommissionerContinue Reading
… worker exploitation in Aotearoa following the release of the Human Rights Commission review of the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) scheme. Read more: Human rights review confirms widespread migrant worker exploitation – – NZCTUContinue Reading
Our country is duty-bound to intervene, according to the principles on which SADC was founded. Human rights abuses are continuing right across South … Read more: Zimbabwe human rights — SA's silence is deafening and hurts the entire regionContinue Reading
… human rights and civil society organizations in the country. In response, Ana Piquer, Americas Director at Amnesty International, said: “The 'anti … Read more: Venezuela passes “anti-NGO law” that punishes efforts to assist victims and defend human rightsContinue Reading
Yemen's Houthis have returned the United Nations Human Rights Office in Sanaa, which they had seized earlier this month, a UN spokesman said … Read more: Yemen's Houthis return seized UN Human Rights Office in Sanaa – Al ArabiyaContinue Reading
International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) joins 12 other human rights organisations in an open letter calling on United Nations (UN) member … Read more: Joint Letter: Requesting urgent action towards UN human rights monitoring and …Continue Reading
The Yukon Human Rights Commission has been encouraging accused parties to settle their cases, and this is unfair, according to the province's … Read more: Yukon Human Rights Commission treating complainants unfairly: ombudsmanContinue Reading
… Human Rights also urged an end to rights abuses in Nicaragua. The group said that the repression of rights “characterised by religious persecution … Read more: Nicaragua bans 1500 NGOs in latest crackdown against civil society – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
Arlington County Board members appear ready to embark on a major restructuring of the county government's Human Rights Commission. Read more: Arlington County Board to 'restructure' human–rights panel? – Gazette LeaderContinue Reading
… human rights. As Malaysia pushes for greater economic growth, this report raises urgent questions about whether businesses are doing enough to … Read more: Consider This: Business & Human Rights — Profit With Principles | Astro AwaniContinue Reading
On Thursday, 15 August 2024, the Supreme Court of Appeal handed down judgment in an appeal brought by the South African Human Rights Commission. Read more: Supreme Court finds Human Rights Commission directives are not binding – Wits UniversityContinue Reading
… Human Rights' Premises. The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General … Read more: Deeply Concerned about UN Personnel Detained in Yemen by Houthis, Secretary-General …Continue Reading
The Human Rights Commission and the IHC have both been granted leave to make submissions to the Supreme Court as interveners to discuss the wider … Read more: Mother of intellectually disabled, autistic man detained for 18 years to argue breach of … – RNZContinue Reading
Chevron and Israel: Profits Above Human Rights … Over the next decades, Chevron is expected to remain the top extractor of Israel's offshore gas.3 … Read more: Chevron and Israel: Profits Above Human Rights – Oil Change InternationalContinue Reading
Political prisoners are being brutally repressed in the women's ward of Iran's Evin Prison. As human rights activists, we stand in solidarity with the … Read more: Joint Letter: 40+ Iran Rights Groups Call for Independent Investigation into Violence Against …Continue Reading