Guest Opinion: Trans rights are human rights: Advocating for equality and understanding
Over the last few years, LGBTQIA+ community members have been hit with an onslaught of legislation aimed at silencing their voices, hiding their … Read more: Guest Opinion: Trans rights are human rights: Advocating for equality and understandingContinue Reading
Defending the Global Human Rights System from Authoritarian Assault: How Democracies …
Authoritarian influence in multilateral institutions is growing rapidly and poses a serious threat to democratic and human rights principles. Read more: Defending the Global Human Rights System from Authoritarian Assault: How Democracies …Continue Reading
Cameroon: Government ignoring Anglophone crisis, says human rights group
“We call on Cameroonian authorities to investigate allegations of human rights violations and other crimes under domestic law committed in the context … Read more: Cameroon: Government ignoring Anglophone crisis, says human rights groupContinue Reading
Episode 63: Disability Rights are Human Rights | American University, Washington, DC
Disability Rights are Human Rights … the importance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (6:28), … Read more: Episode 63: Disability Rights are Human Rights | American University, Washington, DCContinue Reading
Explain Gas Leak, Road Cave-in, Says Pb Human Rights Panel | Chandigarh News
Mohali: Punjab State Human Rights Commission has taken suo motu cognisance of the incidents of chlorine gas leak in Lalru and road cave-in on a … Read more: Explain Gas Leak, Road Cave-in, Says Pb Human Rights Panel | Chandigarh NewsContinue Reading
Kenyan LGBTQ groups seek representation in government human rights body
The Kenya Human Rights Organization, which advocates for equal rights, regardless of one's gender identity and sexual orientation, had made a similar … Read more: Kenyan LGBTQ groups seek representation in government human rights bodyContinue Reading
State of Human Rights in Belarus 'Catastrophic,' UN Told – VOA
The regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko — seen here in Minsk, Belarus, on April 10, 2023 — is deliberately purging civil society of … Read more: State of Human Rights in Belarus 'Catastrophic,' UN Told – VOAContinue Reading
Rights group raise alarm after Burundi walkout from UN review – Reuters
Civil society groups on Tuesday decried Burundi's decision to walk out of a review of its human rights record and voiced concerns about a … Read more: Rights group raise alarm after Burundi walkout from UN review – ReutersContinue Reading
Airstrikes denounced Karenni Human Rights leader as a War Crime
According to residents, a man was killed in Wanaung (Yin Talai) village, Hpasawng Township, Karen State when the Military Council bombed the area … Read more: Airstrikes denounced Karenni Human Rights leader as a War CrimeContinue Reading
Human Rights 75: Women and Girl's Right to Participate in Public and political life
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Declaration and … Read more: Human Rights 75: Women and Girl's Right to Participate in Public and political lifeContinue Reading
ECJ hits Russia with human rights violations due to facial recognition use | Biometric Update
The European Court of Human Rights decided unanimously that Russia is guilty of human rights violations due to use of facial-recognition to find a … Read more: ECJ hits Russia with human rights violations due to facial recognition use | Biometric UpdateContinue Reading
Committee on Justice and Human Rights joint with Committee on Finance (July 5, 2023)
Agenda: S. No. 2242, H. Nos. 6589, 6588, 6587, 6586, 6585, 6584, 6583, 6582, 6581, 6580 and 6579 – Creation of Courts (By: Sen. C. Villar, Reps. Read more: Committee on Justice and Human Rights joint with Committee on Finance (July 5, 2023)Continue Reading
UNHRC criticizes China's human rights violations in Tibet – Phayul
By Tsering Dhundup. DHARAMSHALA, July,4: During the ongoing session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland from June 19 to July 14, … Read more: UNHRC criticizes China's human rights violations in Tibet – PhayulContinue Reading
Deeply concerned”: Catholic Bishops' Conference on Human Rights Violations in Sudan
“We are deeply concerned about the continued situation in Sudan because we see that a lot of human rights have been violated as a result of the war,” … Read more: Deeply concerned”: Catholic Bishops' Conference on Human Rights Violations in SudanContinue Reading
Human Rights Council Hears that at the End of 2022, over 71 Million People Worldwide …
Paula Gaviria Betancur, Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, said her first report provided an outline of her … Read more: Human Rights Council Hears that at the End of 2022, over 71 Million People Worldwide …Continue Reading