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The Oslo Freedom Forum saw a CBDC tracker released by the Human Rights Foundation in an attempt to track CBDCs worldwide. Read more: CBDC Tracker Launched By The Human Rights Foundation – Forbes IndiaContinue Reading

Wright Human Rights Award, the City of Madison announced on Friday. “Emanuel Scarbrough's life and work has positively impacted many individuals … Read more: Emanuel Scarbrough wins 2023 Rev. Wright Human Rights Award | Madison365Continue Reading

On 8 June 2023, the human rights defender Shahriyar Shams announced that he has been expelled from his undergraduate studies at the Azad … Read more: Human rights defender Shahriyar Shams expelled from studies while facing two trials at …Continue Reading

Dmitry Vasilets got 2,2 years behind bars for his unwillingness to go to war. The sentence is a violation of his constitutional rights, … Read more: The Murmansk officer who refused to fight in Ukraine is declared political prisoner by human …Continue Reading

Over the past two and a half weeks, four human rights defenders Mohammed Ahmed Kudia, Khamis Arabab, Abdelkhalig Matar and Khidir Sulieman … Read more: Sudan: Killing of four human rights defenders in DarfurContinue Reading

However human rights lawyer Roger Kiska, of Christian Concern, now says the government was under no obligation to implement the UN recommendation. “ … Read more: Northern Ireland Relationship and Sex Education (RSE) and abortion: Human rights lawyer …Continue Reading

The Annual Reverend Wright Human Rights Award goes this year to Emanuel Scarbrough. The award will be presented at the Common Council meeting on … Read more: 2023 Reverend Wright Human Rights Award Recipient – City of MadisonContinue Reading

In a rare move to protect human rights of people subjected to hereditary bondage, Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC) has decided to become an … Read more: Odisha Human Rights Commission takes it upon itself to defend victims in civil courtContinue Reading

Views are being sought on plans to enshrine international human rights – including the right to health and an adequate standard of living – into … Read more: Views sought on enshrining human rights in Scots law | Scottish Legal NewsContinue Reading

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Friday for countries to clamp down on people smugglers and human traffickers after … Read more: U.N. human rights chief urges clamp-down on people smugglers after shipwreck | ReutersContinue Reading

Human rights advocates have warned that “hundreds of thousands of workers” still face abuses despite a series of labour reforms being introduced to … Read more: 'Terrible' human rights abuses 'commonplace' six months after Qatar 2022 despite Fifa promisesContinue Reading

… an 'example of good practice in human rights policymaking' by a UN report. … the work of Welsh Government in addressing LGBTQ+ human rights. Read more: UN praises Welsh Government's LGBTQ+ Action Plan for Wales as 'example of good …Continue Reading

UN Environment Programme expresses grave concern over the detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong in Ho Chi Minh City … Read more: Detention of environmental human rights defender Hoang Thi Minh Hong – UNEPContinue Reading

The US State Department on Thursday condemned the violence and rights violations unfolding in Sudan's West Darfur region, attributing the … Read more: "Ominous Reminder Of…": US Condemns Human Rights Violations In Sudan – NDTV.comContinue Reading