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Matter of human rights … USE of white phosphorus munitions is illegal under international law for it violently burns flesh. Israel has been using … Read more: Matter of human rights – Newspaper – DAWN.COMContinue Reading

Special rapporteurs and independent experts addressing human rights situations in the Russian Federation, Ukraine, Belarus, Ethiopia, Burundi, … Read more: Spotlighting Human Rights Violations in Six Countries, Including Ethiopia, Ukraine … – UN PressContinue Reading

The China Foundation for Human Rights Development will more actively engage in human rights advocacy, promoting China's human rights development … Read more: Human rights foundation elects new chairman – Chinadaily.com.cnContinue Reading

"We are outraged by these flagrant violations of human rights and of Luxembourg's international and European commitments," the association laments. Read more: Luxembourg non-profit urges action as asylum seekers left homeless – RTL TodayContinue Reading

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with NYU law student Ryna Workman who was denied a job after writing that "Israel bears full responsibility for this … Read more: NYU law student: 'I will continue to speak up for Palestinian human rights' – YouTubeContinue Reading

The proposed new human rights laws will be introduced in the ACT Legislative Assembly today. Read more: Canberra set to become the first place in Australia to legislate the right to a healthy environmentContinue Reading

It identifies the rights one would expect to find in a democratic society which complies with international human rights norms and standards; … Read more: Protecting Human Rights in Constitutions | United Nations Development ProgrammeContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre applauds the ACT Government for introducing legislation to enshrine the 'right to a clean, healthy and sustainable … Read more: ACT Government moves to recognise the right to a healthy environment in Human Rights ActContinue Reading

… Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (ECHR). The treaty complements Protocol No. 6 to the ECHR (abolition of the death penalty in all cases … Read more: Israel-Palestine Conflict, Surveillance of Teachers, and Pollution in Italy: the Weekly Round-UpContinue Reading

Fuel poverty and a lack of affordable homes pose threats to the human rights of people living in the Highlands, islands and Argyll and Bute, a … Read more: Fuel and housing issues 'risk human rights' in rural areas – BBC NewsContinue Reading

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International … Read more: Vietnam: Land rights defender Trinh Ba Phuong continues to be tortured in prison – FIDHContinue Reading

… human rights”, as defined by their official arbiter, Strasbourg's independent European Court of Human Rights. Respecting the ECHR, we're told, is … Read more: Europe's secret: human rights drive it mad too – The TimesContinue Reading

Being Palestinian American informs a lot of my perspective, and is part of why I root my policy, and decades of work, in human rights, as an academic … Read more: Opinion: Human rights for Palestinians should not be controversial – The Denver PostContinue Reading

BEIJING, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) — The China Foundation for Human Rights Development on Wednesday convened. Read more: China Foundation for Human Rights Development convenes council meetingContinue Reading