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Uganda, Ghana and Kenya all have obligations under international human rights law. These are legally binding and not merely suggestive. Read more: Africa: International Human Rights Law As a Tool to Stop Rising Homophobia in AfricaContinue Reading

In order to stop this machine, the international community and civil society … The human rights NGOs wrote that “4 people were executed for … Read more: Iran raised execution numbers drastically in 2022 to hold onto power – reportContinue Reading

This was not only unfair, it breached their human rights; … important in the last few months, when the far right has been active in the region. Read more: Meet Karam, our amazingly social volunteer! – Care4CalaisContinue Reading

ENNHRI welcomes this important step for the institution and towards further strengthening the human rights framework in Sweden. Just over a year after … Read more: ENNHRI welcomes the accreditation request of the Swedish Institute for Human RightsContinue Reading

A human rights institution has made a landmark decision by fining a real estate agent and landlords who rejected renting their apartment to a … Read more: Human rights institution fines those rejecting 'single tenants' – Hürriyet Daily NewsContinue Reading

Apr. 14—United Nations Human Rights Officer Ben Schachter labeled lack of action on climate change as the "grossest human rights violation" facing … Read more: CWA panel casts climate change as human rights crisis – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

And what has emerged so far contemplates [PDF] more than 30 new cybercrime offenses, with few concessions to free speech or human rights. Read more: Human rights groups raise alarm over UN Cybercrime Treaty • The RegisterContinue Reading

United Nations Human Rights Officer Ben Schachter labeled lack of action on climate change as the "grossest human rights violation" facing … Read more: CWA panel casts climate change as human rights crisis – Boulder Daily CameraContinue Reading

The United Nations defines human rights as “rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, … Read more: Should Internet Access Be Declared A Basic Human Right? – OpEd – Eurasia ReviewContinue Reading

Mexico's National Human Rights Commission has published 54 reports detailing abuses by immigration officials and private security personnel at … Read more: Human rights commision: abuse, torture at migrant detention centers – Mexico News DailyContinue Reading

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2023 – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy … Read more: CAIR Welcomes Congressional Letter Urging Biden Admin to Better Ensure Human … – YubaNetContinue Reading

A human rights advocate says she wants every Australian to understand that the heart of the voice proposal will empower Indigenous people to have … Read more: Human rights advocate says voice 'lets our mob speak' – Neos KosmosContinue Reading

A Chinese court has sentenced two prominent human rights lawyers to jail terms of more than a decade each, a relative and rights groups say, … Read more: Rights watch | Irish Legal NewsContinue Reading

Human rights shareholder activism. Nike is not alone in receiving ESG-related proposals from activist shareholders. Between 2016 and 2022 activist … Read more: Nike urged to do more to prevent human rights abuses from occurring in its supply chainContinue Reading