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More than 400 organizations have responded to the baseline survey aimed at identifying the top three human rights issues in B.C.. Read more: B.C.'s human rights commissioner seeks more responses to survey | Canada.ComContinue Reading

International human rights groups reported Russian forces' use of internationally-banned cluster munitions in residential areas, and Ukrainian … Read more: How the Ukrainian village of Tsyrkuny Survived Russian Occupation – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

he Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has requested a king's counsel (KC) to conduct an impartial investigation into the numerous … Read more: What is the Equality and Human Rights Commission? | Evening StandardContinue Reading

Right to food, health, education, access to clean and safe water, decent environment, privacy and family affected. Read more: How climate change threatens human rights in various sectors of Tanzania: ReportContinue Reading

The South African Human Rights Commission has said it is monitoring the situation. The cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Gauteng, constitutes … Read more: 'Lives are at stake': Hammanskraal's water is a human rights violation, lobby groups sayContinue Reading

Political interference in appointments. Involvement of police officers in investigations of human rights violations. Lack of cooperation with civil … Read more: India's National Human Rights Commission At Risk Of Losing Top-Level Ranking For …Continue Reading

… professor of political science at Binghamton University, describes one way to hold countries accountable for their human rights records. Read more: Creating national human rights report cards: Academic Minute – Inside Higher EdContinue Reading

The NHRC chief said each national commission has been working tirelessly in its respective jurisdiction to promote and protect human rights. All that … Read more: India has 'unparalleled institutional mechanism' to address issues of human rights violations: NHRCContinue Reading

The Human Rights Campaign is the latest rights group to issue travel advisories on the basis of Florida's restrictive laws. Read more: Human Rights Campaign joins groups warning against travel to Florida – KTVHContinue Reading

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — In the wake of Florida's most anti-LGBTQ legislative session in history, Equality Florida and the Human Rights Campaign have … Read more: Nation's Largest LGBTQ Advocacy Group Joins Equality Florida In Issuing Updated Florida …Continue Reading

A king's counsel (KC) has been called in by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) to carry out an independent investigation into dozens … Read more: Chair of UK's equality watchdog being investigated after staff complaints – The GuardianContinue Reading

Human rights will be taking on a "more robust" position in the next version of the industry group's Preferred Fiber and Materials Matrix. Read more: Why Textile Exchange is Taking Another Crack at Human Rights Criteria – Sourcing JournalContinue Reading

It is tasked with protecting all our human rights.(Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) But the chair of the Equality and Human Rights … Read more: Revealed: Claims of toxic culture at Equality and Human Rights Commission – YouTubeContinue Reading

Civil rights leaders are blasting a group of representatives at the New Hampshire State House for delaying a bill that would enable the first … Read more: Exec. dir. of Human Rights Commission slams delay of Rogers Johnson portrait – WMURContinue Reading