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… human rights standards are being respected. Semenya has waged a … However, in July the European Court of Human Rights found her right to … Read more: Gene tests: World Athletics new rule for women's events begins – BBC SportContinue Reading

The United Kingdom government should publicly pledge to incorporate strong human rights conditions before a Free Trade Agreement between the UK … Read more: UK: Rights Protections Needed in Gulf Trade Pact – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

An agreement without explicit rights protections heightens the risks that UK businesses would become complicit in grave human rights abuses. For … Read more: Joint Statement: Human Rights Concerns Regarding the UK's Free Trade Agreement with …Continue Reading

Analysis in English on Syrian Arab Republic about Protection and Human Rights; published on 1 Sep 2025 by SNHR. Read more: SNHR's 14th Annual Report on Enforced Disappearance in Syria on the International Day of …Continue Reading

Event Details. Examining the unprecedented events that unfolded in 2020, the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University … Read more: The State of Human Rights: 2020 Reflections and Lessons Learned – FXB CenterContinue Reading

Conscious spending, both by individuals and governments, can significantly impact global human rights and conflicts, according to an editorial … Read more: FreeMuslim: Conscious Spending Seen as Key Tool for Human Rights Protection – Shia WavesContinue Reading

Relatives and friends of many of the missing were joined by human rights activists on marches through Mexico City, Guadalajara, Cordoba and many … Read more: Thousands demonstrate across Mexico for 130000 missing – Morning StarContinue Reading

… human rights laws. As part of her reforms to employment rights, the party's deputy leader is scrapping a Tory-era requirement for union members to … Read more: Angela Rayner is warned her plan to hand trade unions more power 'violates human rights'Continue Reading

This opinion piece by Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay appeared in The Canberra Times on 1 September 2025. Australia has every right … Read more: Fairness isn't something that can be selectively applied. Australia is better than thisContinue Reading

The Victorian Greens' Bill to make housing a human right will be debated in Parliament today, putting Labor to the test after its MPs have 16 … Read more: GREENS TO PUT LABOR TO THE TEST ON HOUSING AS A HUMAN RIGHTContinue Reading

… human rights. These failures, coupled with the unjustifiable removal of safeguards against harmful speech, means X has now become a breeding … Read more: Poland: Twitter/X facilitated spread of anti-LGBTI hatred and harassment – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

The Times leads with a report that says the UK withdrawing from the European Convention on Human Rights will not jeopardise peace in Northern Ireland. Read more: Newspaper headlines: 'Camilla saw off attacker with shoe' and 'Farage scare tactics' – BBCContinue Reading

Human rights are standards that governments around the world have agreed to meet so that everyone can live a safe, free and dignified life. Read more: Corporate Plan 2025-26 | Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch on Friday called on Kenyan authorities to end the apparent harassment of Otsieno Namwaya, the organization's Associate Africa … Read more: Kenya police accused of harassing senior HRW staff member – JURIST Legal NewsContinue Reading