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Harry Belafonte was more than a world-class performer, winning multiple music awards. He was also a world-class human being like few others right from … Read more: Harry Belafonte: An artist committed to human rights – The Bay State BannerContinue Reading

On the eve of the UN review, the UAE has much to be proud of in terms of an increasingly impressive portfolio of human rights achievements setting the … Read more: IMPAC: International coalition of 53 NGOs praises the leadership of Sheikh Mohammed bin …Continue Reading

Human rights treaty bodies (HRTBs) — established to monitor the implementation of the United Nations human rights treaties — have a critical role to … Read more: States' Human Rights Obligations in the Context of Climate Change: Guidance Provided by …Continue Reading

Philippine human rights activists called on President Ferdinand Marcos Jr to recognise the abuses carried out during his dictator father's brutal … Read more: DepEd eyes teaching human rights violations during Marcos and post-EDSA eras in Grade 6Continue Reading

Last year Volker Türk, the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, urged Russian legislators to repeal, not expand, an anti-LGBTQ law adopted in 2013 … Read more: Tinder owner Match exits Russia: 'We are committed to protecting human rights'Continue Reading

TOKYO — Nikkei Asia has won a leading international human rights journalism prize for the first time for an investigation of the post-pandemic … Read more: Nikkei Asia wins human rights journalism prizeContinue Reading

Civil society groups discuss human rights policy concerns in Thailand. Photo credit: Amnesty International Thailand, used with permission. Read more: Civil society groups share human rights agenda ahead of Thailand's general electionContinue Reading

The Texas-based firm made the disclosure in its annual impact report, a summary of how the company is meeting goals on the environment, human rights … Read more: Tinder exits Russia over 'human rights' | World News – Hindustan TimesContinue Reading

The seminar will introduce the concept of a human rights economy, which emphasizes the role of human rights law in economic policy making, … Read more: A solution in plain sight for a better world: a human rights economy – Unesco.orgContinue Reading

On April 28, 2023, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued reports regarding the state of human rights in Argentina, … Read more: UN Report Details Racial Discrimination, Slavery, and Human Rights Violations Across …Continue Reading

Forty-two organisations are calling on UAE to “immediately and unconditionally” release jailed human rights defenders, activists and political … Read more: UAE waging 'sustained assault' on human rights ahead of Cop28, groups warnContinue Reading

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A United Nations effort created after the murder of George Floyd arrived in Minneapolis Tuesday. Three human rights experts appointed by the UN … Read more: United Nations human rights experts join Minneapolis leaders to talk policing and prisonContinue Reading

OPINION: While global power dynamics are in chaos and the rules-based international system under threat, human rights cannot be lost in the fray. Read more: The urgent need to protect human rights in a more insecure, threatening world | Stuff.co.nzContinue Reading