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He is also a member of the Advisory Boards of the Oxford Journal of Human Rights Practice, and the Land Rights Now campaign. Vincent holds an Msc in … Read more: Treaty Bodies: Protection from undue State influence and strengthening measures proposed …Continue Reading

… the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Hong Kong, the United Nations Human Rights Committee urged Hong Kong to repeal the … Read more: Hong Kong: Annual EU report illustrates further decline of fundamental freedomsContinue Reading

The Ministry of Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) published on the public procurement portal a tender for the procurement … Read more: BiH Minister for Human Rights is purchasing a Limousine for 94.000 BAM without VATContinue Reading

New York—On Wednesday, August 23, at 1:30 pm Eastern Time (10:30 am Pacific Time) experts from Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Human Rights … Read more: Media Briefing: As UN Cybercrime Treaty Negotiations Enter Final Phase, Time is Running …Continue Reading

A Human Rights Revolution. The revolution that started as an angry reaction to the murder of Mahsa Amini over forced hijab and in protest against … Read more: How the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement Has Changed Documenting Human Rights ViolationsContinue Reading

Non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch relied on InSight Crime's coverage this week, citing six articles and one of our criminal … Read more: Human Rights Watch draws on InSight Crime's Haiti coverageContinue Reading

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met on Thursday to discuss human rights abuses in North Korea (DPRK). Hearing horror stories from a … Read more: North Korean defector speaks at UNSC meeting: "Our people have no human rights"Continue Reading

Center for Human Rights and Sociologist-Economic Justice, has urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to probe the former … Read more: Abuse of office: Probe Sylva now, Human rights group urges EFCC – Vanguard NewsContinue Reading

… he says is a lengthy ordeal to have his story heard. Faiza Amin reports on the challenges he's facing at the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario. Read more: Delays and setbacks at human rights tribunal – YouTubeContinue Reading

But one North Korean defector described how the lack of human rights in the country is fueling North Korea's illicit weapons program. Ilhyeok Kim says … Read more: U.S. highlighted North Korea's human rights violations in Security Council meeting – KNKXContinue Reading

UN human rights chief Volker Turk told the United Nations Security Council at a special meeting on human rights in North Korea that the country's … Read more: UN says N Korea expanding military programmes while people suffer – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

The council's mandate is “maintenance of international peace and security, not human rights,” China added. For years, North Korea has repeatedly … Read more: Watch: UN officials discuss North Korea human rights abuses for first time since 2017Continue Reading

KARACHI: Pakistan on Thursday urged India to bring an end to the illegal detention of Kashmiri human rights defenders Khurrum Pervaiz and Irfan … Read more: India asked to free Kashmiri human rights defenders – Pakistan – DAWN.COMContinue Reading

… Malik's wife, Mishaal Malik, has been inducted in new caretaker setup of Pakistan government as a minister of human rights, Reuters reported. Read more: Yasin Malik's Wife Mishaal Inducted In New Pak Govt; Gets Human Rights Portfolio | ReportContinue Reading