Renowned human rights and justice advocate Dr Simon Adams has been appointed as a Professor of Human Rights in the School of Humanities, … Read more: New Human Rights major to be developed by leading global justice advocateContinue Reading
Geurts, in his concluding remarks, expressed the Netherlands' commitment to the international human rights system and the Covenant. The State party … Read more: Experts of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Commend the … – ohchrContinue Reading
'Football is important, but so are human rights' … Several UN Security Council members have cited the UN Human Rights Council's findings in condemning … Read more: Updates: Israel making Gaza City into 'lifeless wasteland'; attacks Lebanon – Al JazeeraContinue Reading
The decree also outlaws the teaching of 18 subjects, including human rights and sexual harassment. Read more: Taliban ban books written by women from Afghan universities – BBC NewsContinue Reading
MADRID, September 18, 2025 (WAFA) – The Spanish Public Prosecutor's Office announced on Thursday that Madrid will investigate human rights … Read more: Spain's Prosecutor's Office says human rights violations in Gaza will be investigated – WAFAContinue Reading
Black Feminist Fund co-founder Hakima Abass discusses how philanthropic groups can fight global attack on human rights. Read more: How to stop anti-rights actors? Fund Black feminists – openDemocracyContinue Reading
Alex Neve is an international human rights lawyer and professor. He will deliver the 2025 CBC Massey Lectures and is the author of Universal: Renewing … Read more: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights should not be written off as a failureContinue Reading
Argentina has renounced its candidacy for UN Human Rights Council, continuing its retreat on human and democratic rights under President Javier … Read more: Argentina renounces candidacy for UN Human Rights Council, continues backslide on …Continue Reading
Gender, Equity and Human Rights. ger_WEB_PIC. Situation Updates: The status of Afghan women remains one of the lowest in the world: … Read more: Gender, Equity and Human Rights – WHO EMROContinue Reading
During the 60th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, Guatemalan youth activist Nelly Monzón shared how young people are … Read more: “Young people are no longer silenced voices” | OHCHRContinue Reading
In April 2025, Charlotte Tobierre, whose father, Thomas, is a Windrush generation member, shared with Human Rights Watch a copy of a decision by the … Read more: UK: Ombudsman Finds Flaws in Windrush Compensation Scheme | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading
The recently released U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports showed reduced coverage of key issues and indications of bias in reporting on. Read more: The recently released U.S. Department of State Human Rights Reports showed … – FacebookContinue Reading
WOLA's 2025 Human Rights Awards Month. Democracy is under serious threat across the Americas. From systematic repression in El Salvador to … Read more: WOLA's 2025 Human Rights Awards Month – Washington Office on Latin America | WOLAContinue Reading
The United States has refused to participate in the UN's human rights review process, undermining global accountability and evading international … Read more: Unprecedented: Trump has pulled the US out of its UN human rights review – The HillContinue Reading
… rights online, Human Rights Watch said today. The law, called the ECA Digital after its Portuguese initials, is intended to update the country's … Read more: Brazil Passes Landmark Law to Protect Children Online – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading