When the human rights declaration was adopted in late 1948, only 14 countries had abolished capital punishment. Today, more than two-thirds of the … Read more: Imposing the Death Penalty on Children Runs the Risk of Killing an Innocent – PassBlueContinue Reading
Russia, expelled from the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2022, seeks to rejoin the Geneva-based body, defying Western nations' efforts to … Read more: Russia pursues UN Human Rights Panel seat after ejection over Ukraine war – The Kyiv IndependentContinue Reading
In the bustling heart of Amman, where history whispers through ancient streets, the fusion of art and human rights found a vivid expression. Read more: Art, Freedom, and Transformation: Stories of Umama and Sondos – UNESCOContinue Reading
While Russia has a reasonable chance of getting voted back onto the U.N. Human Rights Council, it simultaneously offers Western-allied members to keep … Read more: Rising Skepticism Over Moscow's Candidacy For United Nations Human Rights Council – OpEdContinue Reading
October 7, 2023 “The International Coalition for Human Rights in the Philippines (ICHRP) expresses its anger and condemnation at the Philippine … Read more: International Human Rights Group Condemns Philippine Police Execution Of Trade Union … – ScoopContinue Reading
World Mental Health Day is a chance to question the systems that undermine human happiness and creativity. Read more: Mental health is a human right: we're talking about a revolution – ArtsHubContinue Reading
… human rights lawyer and the founder of human rights group Manushya Foundation. "If you see your country becoming a colony of China, you see a … Read more: 'I feel hopeless': Living in a country on the brink – BBC NewsContinue Reading
Watch President of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre given human rights award by Saint Thomas University Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca. Read more: President of Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Centre given human rights award by Saint …Continue Reading
Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 (ANI): Expressing 'deep concerns' over Hamas attacks on Israel, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk … Read more: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for "immediate stop" to violence in IsraelContinue Reading
… human rights Navi Pillay, and three Nobel laureates Shirin Ebadi … humanity, let alone on protection against crimes against humanity. The authors … Read more: Nobel peace prize winner joins calls for UN to criminalise gender apartheid – The GuardianContinue Reading
Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi has been awarded the 2023 Nobel Peace Price for "for her fight against the oppression of women in … Read more: Narges Mohammadi awarded 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for her human rights activism in IranContinue Reading
Overwhelmed with emotion after hearing that his wife, Iranian human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, had won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, … Read more: Nobel Peace Prize winner's husband speaks of her dedication to human rights | NewsContinue Reading
Narges Mohammadi's husband hopes prize will draw attention to the broader cause of human rights in Iran. (Image credit: Thomas Samson/AFP via … Read more: Nobel Peace Prize winner's husband speaks of her dedication to human rights – WUFTContinue Reading
Narges Mohammadi's husband hopes prize will draw attention to the broader cause of human rights in Iran. Read more: Nobel Peace Prize winner's husband speaks of her dedication to human rights – NPRContinue Reading
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with human rights lawyer Zaha Hassan on the Hamas attacks in Israel and Israeli air strikes. [Copyright 2023 NPR]. Story … Read more: A human rights lawyer on Israel and Gaza violence – KUOWContinue Reading