In a TEDx talk years ago, Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari made the startling claim that human rights do not exist. Human rights are just like … Read more: Are Human Rights a Fantasy? – BreakPoint.orgContinue Reading
Last week, Sierra Leone's parliament enacted landmark legislation to ban child marriage. The Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill 2024, … Read more: Sierra Leone Acts to Ban Child Marriage | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
As PRIDE celebrations take place across the globe, the UN Human Rights Podcast series “Humanity Unites” takes a closer look at the people who … Read more: Podcast: Speaking out on equality for all – ohchrContinue Reading
Being stateless in Syria, human rights defender Bassam Alahmad now calls for justice for all. Read more: I Know What It Means to Be Stateless, So I Work Towards Peace for All in Syria – Global CitizenContinue Reading
As Human Rights Watch documented in a recent global report, transnational repression – when governments reach across their borders to stifle dissent – … Read more: Concerns Over 'Transnational Repression' Raised at UN Rights BodyContinue Reading
Sir Keir Starmer's planned VAT raid on private schools is likely to breach human rights law, The Telegraph can reveal. The Labour leader risks … Read more: Labour's private school tax raid 'likely illegal' – The TelegraphContinue Reading
“The ruling manifestly flies in the face of Malawi's constitution, the African Charter and international human rights law, which all clearly prohibit … Read more: Malawi: Decision to uphold ban on consensual same-sex conduct is a bitter setback for human rightsContinue Reading
Melrose maintains high ethical standards and takes a zero-tolerance approach to any form of modern slavery, adverse human rights impacts or human … Read more: Melrose Industries PLC – Modern Slavery StatementContinue Reading
Afghan women have been at the forefront of the fight for human rights, facing severe restrictions impacting every aspect of their lives under … Read more: U.S.: Help Center Human Rights, including Women's Rights, in Discussions and Decisions …Continue Reading
Nancy Mace, R-S.C., called out a civil rights activist during a hearing for defining a woman merely as any person who chooses to identify as one. Read more: Rep. Nancy Mace rips civil rights activist for defining 'woman' as 'a person who says she is'Continue Reading
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) discussed serious human rights abuses carried out in North Korea on June 12, with South Korea's … Read more: South Korea Heads UN Security Council Discussion on North Korea Human RightsContinue Reading
A call that has come from Afghan women human rights defenders inside and outside the county', said ISHR's Tess McEvoy. Critically, the statement … Read more: As Expert presents report on Gender Apartheid to the UN, civil society calls for accountabilityContinue Reading
The Human Rights Law Centre has welcomed the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor's recommendations to better balance secrecy and … Read more: Secrecy reform needed to protect whistleblowers, journalists following independent reviewContinue Reading
Amnesty International has responded to the fatal shooting of Malay Muslim human rights defender Roning Dolah in Thailand. Read more: Thailand: Killing of Malay Muslim human rights defender must be investigatedContinue Reading
Amnesty International Malaysia strongly condemns the arrest of Borneo Komrad founder and human rights defender, Mukmin Nantang. Read more: Arrest of Bajau Laut Human Rights Defender under the Sedition Act is a Shameful Attempt at …Continue Reading