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The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Human Rights Office launched new guidance on Monday to improve laws addressing human rights violations … Read more: UN and WHO launch new guidance to address human rights in mental health care – JURISTContinue Reading

… human-rights-council Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/euronews?sub_confirmation=1 Watch our LIVE here: https://www.youtube.com … Read more: Russia fails in its bid to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council – YouTubeContinue Reading

… human rights and humanitarian law. Israel has an inherent right to self-defence from these unlawful attacks. However, in doing so, it, too, must … Read more: IBA condemns Hamas attacks on Israel which represent a clear violation of human rights …Continue Reading

'Small mistakes can be costly, especially in human rights scenarios': lawyer. Read more: Workplace human rights – how HR can avoid common mistakes | Canadian HR ReporterContinue Reading

The director of Liberty Akiko Hart has argued that Labour needs to resist Conservative attempts at weaponising human rights by portraying them as … Read more: Labour urged to prevent human rights being painted as a "left-wing issue" – LabourListContinue Reading

LONDON: The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected Kuwait as one of 15 new members of the Human Rights Council. The council, the membership of … Read more: Kuwait elected as new member of UN Human Rights Council – Arab NewsContinue Reading

Statement for Interactive Dialogue with the High Commissioner on the interim report on Haiti. Delivered by the UK at the 54th Human Rights Council … Read more: UN Human Rights Council 54: UK Statement on Haiti – GOV.UKContinue Reading

Russia's attempt to regain its seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council has failed in the UN General Assembly, which handed the two seats … Read more: UN General Assembly Rejects Russia's Bid To Regain Seat On Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

This World Mental Health Day, a British human rights lawyer is launching an ambitious campaign to reshape attitudes, policies, and access to … Read more: Trainee Human Rights Lawyer from Watford Launches Global Mental Health CampaignContinue Reading

Bulgaria and Albania win backing in General Assembly vote for two Eastern European seats available on UN body. The results of the Human Rights Council … Read more: Russia fails in bid to return to UN's Human Rights Council – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Russia failed its bid to return to the United Nations' top human rights body, with rivals Bulgaria and Albania winning considerably more votes at … Read more: Russia fails UN human rights bid – YouTubeContinue Reading

Today, Human Rights Watch published a milestone report on Rwanda. It is important to me, personally, and in my capacity at Africa.com, … Read more: Exposing Human Rights Abuses in Rwanda – Africa.comContinue Reading

The United Nations General Assembly elected China to the Human Rights Council in an uncontested vote on Tuesday and denied Russia a seat in the wake … Read more: China elected to UN Human Rights Council as Russia's bid is rejectedContinue Reading

Human rights are one of the major innovations of the 20th century. Their emergence after World War II and global uptake promised a new world of… Read more: We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age | WZBContinue Reading