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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

UN Document in Arabic on Belarus and 5 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 18 May 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Visit to Belarus – Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of migrants, Felipe …Continue Reading

The US on Thursday (Jun 15) condemned "in the strongest terms" what it called human rights violations, abuses and "horrific violence" in Sudan … Read more: US condemns human rights violations, 'horrific violence' in Sudan – CNAContinue Reading

This week, the Commonwealth Secretariat Human Rights Unit and the Whaikaha – Ministry for Disabled People (New Zealand), convened a side event on … Read more: Making work more inclusive: strengthening the employability of persons with disabilitiesContinue Reading

When you listen to those with lived experience of human rights issues in Scotland, you'll often hear the same theme: that warm words of policy … Read more: The time to introduce human rights budgeting for Scottish councils is now | Public FinanceContinue Reading

The world's oceans are, in many ways, lawless places where piracy, overfishing, toxic waste dumping and even murder are routine. Read more: Investigation reveals rampant environmental and human rights abuses at sea – PBSContinue Reading

A two-year probe by the Minnesota Department of Human Rights identified a years-long pattern of racial discrimination by MPD. Read more: Department of Justice to make announcement on Minneapolis " civil rights matter" – AxiosContinue Reading

We are proud to have the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights … From the first U.S. Global Magnitsky sanctions in 2017, civil society has … Read more: The House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International …Continue Reading

The Forum on Global Human Rights Governance in Beijing attracted over 300 participants from nearly 100 countries and international organizations. Read more: Forum attendees discuss human rights governance – Chinadaily.com.cnContinue Reading

Alliance for Africa (AFA), an international African-led non-governmental human rights, peace and sustainable development organization on Thursday … Read more: Human Rights Organization Laments Low Sensitization On SRHR In S'EastContinue Reading