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Press Release: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. For too long, we have relied on women and girls to provide care and support to family and … Read more: Time To Transform Care And Support Systems – UN Human Rights Chief | Scoop NewsContinue Reading

Ahead of North Korea's apparent preparations for a military parade in celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's … Read more: North Korea: Deteriorating human rights situation calls for international attentionContinue Reading

The Newfoundland and Labrador Human Rights Commission says the planned removal of two bus shelters outside the… Read more: Metrobus Shelters Controversy a Human Rights Issue, Commission says – VOCMContinue Reading

The Government has terminated the operations of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Uganda. By U R N. New … Read more: Uganda ends mandate of UN Human Rights Office – Daily MonitorContinue Reading

The ICCPR Act, modelled on an international human rights treaty meant to prohibit national, racial and religious hatred, has been distorted in Sri … Read more: How a human rights law became a tool of repression in Sri Lanka – Himal SouthasianContinue Reading

… last year criticising Mr Raab's plans for a British Bill of Rights. … after a 'robust disagreement' over human rights, it has been said. Read more: Dominic Raab tried to get Cabinet rival fired after disagreement over human rights, source saysContinue Reading

Approximately 50 students listened to Shakir outline how analysis by the Human Rights Watch found that the Israeli government's treatment of … Read more: Human Rights Watch Israel and Palestine director Omar Shakir speaks on campusContinue Reading

During her briefing, Dicko criticised the “mixed results” of Mali's increased counter-terrorism operations “in relation to human rights”, singling out … Read more: Mali: Meeting under “Any Other Business” : What's In Blue – Security Council ReportContinue Reading

We are deeply concerned about the safety of journalists in Cameroon following the killing of a second journalist in the country in two weeks. Read more: Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Seif Magango after second journalist killed in …Continue Reading

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali's government has ordered the U.N. peacekeeping mission's human rights chief to leave the country by Tuesday, … Read more: Mali orders UN human rights official to leave the country – The Toronto StarContinue Reading

Former PM's intervention will reignite fractious debate within the Tory party over how to respond to Channel migrants crisis. Read more: UK will tarnish reputation if it quits European Court of Human Rights, warns Sir John MajorContinue Reading

Could the UK pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights? Rishi Sunak has mooted the controversial idea if immigration plans are thrown … Read more: Could the UK pull out of the European Convention on Human Rights?Continue Reading

Human Rights Officers from MINUSMA conduct regular monitoring visits to a jail in Sévaré, in the Mopti region of Mali. Read more: UN chief 'deeply regrets' Mali's decision to expel senior rights official | UN NewsContinue Reading

Sharjeel Imam and seven other students were arrested in 2019 under anti‐​terrorism laws for supposed violence in an agitation against a new … Read more: A Human Rights Victory in India, but with Great Difficulty | Cato at Liberty BlogContinue Reading