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As part of Human Rights Month, PanSALB is promoting the visibility of SASL, fostering social cohesion, and ensuring equal access to quality … Read more: Human Rights Month | PanSALB is promoting the visibility of SASL: Lance SchultzContinue Reading

Human rights. Back to Our services. Human rights. Human rights overview · Abuse and exploitation claims · Children and vulnerable adults · Actions … Read more: Liverpool fans' claims against UEFA can continue in England – Leigh DayContinue Reading

The undersigned human rights organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against (…) Read more: Bahrain: Detained human rights defender Ali AlHajee must be released immediately – FIDHContinue Reading

The British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 52 people belonging to the Alawite minority were executed in the coastal province of … Read more: Syrian security forces accused of executing dozens of Alawites – BBCContinue Reading

Seven months after the constitutional human rights watchdog submitted a draft bill of its new Act, the commission, together with the Prime Minister's … Read more: Discussion over bill exposes discord within National Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

This International Women's Day, the Commissioners at the Australian Human Rights Commission stand together to call for urgent action to ensure … Read more: Australian women are diverse, so the approach to women's safety should be as wellContinue Reading

Australia implemented Magnitsky-style laws in 2021 but critics say little has been done to sanction human rights abusers from the Asia-Pacific. Read more: Australia's Magnitsky-style sanctions go unused in Asia-Pacific, critics say – ABC NewsContinue Reading

Join Human Rights First, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, and the Southern Poverty Law Center for this urgent briefing on how gender- … Read more: Countering Attacks on Education & Equal Rights – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

Geneva (Switzerland), March 6, 2025 (SPS) – A conference was organized today, Thursday, under the auspices of the South African Embassy in Geneva … Read more: Annual report on human rights violations in Western Sahara 2024 presented at UN Human …Continue Reading

… human rights without discrimination or fear of reprisal.” Agnès Callamard is available for interviews on women's rights and gender justice around … Read more: International Women's Day: The world must resist mounting attacks on gender justiceContinue Reading

Silenced by Surveillance The Impacts of Digital Transnational Repression on Journalists, Human Rights Defenders, and Dissidents in Exile. March 6 … Read more: The Impacts of Digital Transnational Repression on Journalists, Human Rights … – The Citizen LabContinue Reading

Nate Lankford will speak at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law seminar "Business and Human Rights Regulatory Landscape: … Read more: Business and Human Rights Regulatory Landscape: The Growing Divide Between Europe …Continue Reading

At a time of rising authoritarianism, ever-increasing inequality and the rollback of basic human rights the world over, this moment presents a (…) Read more: On the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, whither gender equality?Continue Reading

Russia's human rights commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova has claimed that Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna had no procedural status in Russia … Read more: Russia's human rights commissioner claims Ukrainian journalist Roshchyna killed in …Continue Reading