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A report into Victoria's mental health system has found patients' human rights have been violated. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS). Read more: Mental health patients suffered human rights breaches | Goulburn PostContinue Reading

Mental health patients who had their human rights violated while undergoing treatment deserve public apologies and compensation, a damning report … Read more: Mental health patients suffered human rights breaches – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

Tackling this paradox, the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), with the support of the U.S. government through the … Read more: USAID/RDMA ASEAN Office Program Highlight ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on …Continue Reading

The HPE Global Human Rights Policy establishes HPE's standards for commitment to leadership in integrating respect for human rights worldwide into … Read more: HPE Global Human Rights Policy data sheetContinue Reading

What are Human Rights? The 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and subsequent treaties establish that rights are … Read more: Human Rights Hub – The American Anthropological AssociationContinue Reading

The Government's proposed Remedial Order to address human rights incompatibilities in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 would fail to provide … Read more: More safeguards needed for interception of journalistic material – JCHR finds – CommitteesContinue Reading

Dear President Biden,. In the South Caucasus we face a crisis of democracy, human rights, and the international rules-based order. After marking the … Read more: Schiff Urges Biden to Defend Democracy and Human Rights in Armenia and ArtsakhContinue Reading

"CBS Mornings" marks 60 years since the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. In a special edition of our series Note to Self, … Read more: Daughter of civil rights icons Medgar and Myrlie Evers pens personal letter to motherContinue Reading

President Biden,. In the South Caucasus we face a crisis of democracy, human rights, and the international rules-based order. After marking the 108th … Read more: Adam Schiff Urges Biden to Defend Democracy and Human Rights in Armenia and ArtsakhContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that security forces raided the family home of brothers Abdorrahman Gheytaran and Sadradding … Read more: Iran security forces arrest six civilians in Piranshahr's villagesContinue Reading

The Salvadoran human rights organisation assesses that the "exception regime" has become permanent, without a constitutional basis due to popular … Read more: When prisons in Latin America violate inmates' human rights – FairPlanetContinue Reading

President Maduro expressed hope that collaboration with the ICC would help correct the record about human rights in Venezuela. Read more: ICC Prosecutor Opens 'Technical Assistance Office' in Venezuela Amid Human Rights ProbeContinue Reading

Given the penchant for the US persistently raise human rights abuse with China, what level of hypocrisy is involved here? Read more: Are human rights abuses of the Chinese judicial system worse than that of the land of the …Continue Reading

A hugely significant new report was published yesterday by Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights presenting the results of its inquiry into … Read more: Parliamentary human rights committee finds Illegal Migration Bill would be a clear breach of …Continue Reading