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This opinion piece by Human Rights Commissioner Lorraine Finlay provides clarification about the Commission's recent submission to an Australian … Read more: Tackling misinformation must not silence debate – Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

… human rights. We publish fact-based research and independent analysis … Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat (the "Secretariat") Read more: UK Coordination and NGO Funding Continued Despite Hamas Terror DesignationContinue Reading

… human rights,” said Maya Wang, associate Asia director at Human Rights Watch. “Tibetans, Uyghurs, and others who speak out for minority … Read more: China: Draft 'Ethnic Unity' Law Tightens Ideological Control – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

… human rights violations," said Human Rights Watch in a statement this week. "Participating comedians, to avoid contributing to laundering the … Read more: Marc Maron, Human Rights Watch and others slam Saudi comedy festivalContinue Reading

Isabelle Rome, the UN Human Rights Ambassador and former French Minister for Gender Equality and Peace, said in her remarks on the sidelines of … Read more: French Human Rights Envoy: Taliban Prioritize Excluding Women from Society – 8am.mediaContinue Reading

Interdisciplinary Rights Conversation 2: Being Human with Natasha Saunders (Chair), Camilo Ardila, Anindya Raychaudhuri and Tony Crook – CCRHR event. Read more: Interdisciplinary Rights Conversation 2: Being Human – University of St Andrews eventsContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the UN Security Council on Friday to authorize an international mission to address the escalating violence in … Read more: Human Rights Watch urges UN to authorize a mission to address violence in Haiti – JURISTContinue Reading

'This is not leadership,' says critic after Cambridge councillors rejected an opportunity to gather facts and explore responses to homelessness in … Read more: LETTER: Council decides against human rights for unhoused people – CambridgeToday.caContinue Reading

How to balance a concern for human rights with concern for those depend on jobs in overseas factories? Read more: I'm Concerned About Sweatshops. Should It Change What I Buy? – The New York TimesContinue Reading

Summary. Sheila Watt-Cloutier, an Inuk woman and Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Conference filed a petition to the Inter-American Commission on Human … Read more: Petition To The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Seeking Relief From …Continue Reading

Our activities are peaceful and lawful, and our grantees are expected to abide by human rights principles and comply with the law.” But that has … Read more: Trump's attack on George Soros is the next step in the autocrat's handbook – The GuardianContinue Reading

Hundreds of environmental and human rights groups and activists have penned a letter urging the upcoming UN climate conference, COP30, in Brazil … Read more: COP30 urged to link climate justice with reparations for historical crimes – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

“This failure to provide safe and person-centred care meant people's wellbeing, independence and human rights were not protected. Leaders didn't … Read more: CQC takes action to protect people at Optimum Supported Housing Limited in KentContinue Reading

… human rights defender Laroussi Faghir, the Secretary-General of the Association for the Monitoring of Wealth and Protection of the Environment in … Read more: Moroccan occupation forces assault Sahrawi human rights defender | Sahara Press Service (SPS)Continue Reading