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Women's rights activists on Monday called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador in a case brought a decade ago by a … Read more: Activists urge human rights court to condemn El Salvador's abortion ban – ReutersContinue Reading

Rishi Sunak's plan to curb strike action in the U.K. could clash with the European Convention on Human Rights | Pool photo by Liam McBurney via … Read more: Sunak's strikes clampdown at odds with human rights law, committee warns – POLITICOContinue Reading

Virtual activism makes some human rights causes visible but reduces engagement on the street. Read more: The trivialization of human rights | OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

More than 60 prominent charities, unions and campaign groups have signed a landmark letter of alarm to the UN about the state of human rights in … Read more: UK human rights being 'eroded', warn dozens of groups in landmark letter – openDemocracyContinue Reading

Two practising human rights lawyers tell the story of 50 cases that help to explain how, partly by individual judicial decisions, Australia has … Read more: Book review: 50 Human Rights Cases that Changed Australia – Law Society JournalContinue Reading

Anti-strikes bill that could affect Border Force civil servants is … The Joint Committee on Human Rights said the proposed reforms “do not … Read more: Government's plans to limit strikes 'incompatible' with human rights law – Civil Service WorldContinue Reading

The family is filing a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission against the governing body for ice hockey in the province … Read more: Black teen filing human rights complaint against Hockey Quebec after being called racial slur – CBCContinue Reading

Bahrain's judiciary dissolved two of the country's main political opposition parties, al-Wefaq and Wa'ad, in 2016 and 2017, and Human Rights Watch … Read more: Legislators urged to raise Bahrain human rights at int'l assembly – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

According to reports, it's understood a rarely used measure contained within the Human Rights Act will be harnessed and will 'radically curtail' … Read more: Suella Braverman vows to push human rights laws to the limit in latest immigration crackdown – LBCContinue Reading

The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for State security and defence forces, the UN's … Read more: Eritrea: human rights situation remains dire amid complete impunity – UN NewsContinue Reading

U.N.-backed experts are urging China to improve its courts' independence, share data on COVID-19, suspend construction of coal-fired power plants … Read more: UN-backed panel calls on China to improve basic human rights – ABC NewsContinue Reading

During the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UK delivered a statement on Eritrea on 6 March 2023. Read more: HRC52: UK Statement on Eritrea – GOV.UKContinue Reading

The Eritrean Government was called on to address all human rights violations, including arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances, inhumane … Read more: Human Rights Council Hears that the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea Remains Dire … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

The strikes bill, which would bing in minimum service levels, may be incompatible with human rights laws, a group of MPs and peers have found. Read more: Strikes bill is 'incompatible with human rights' – Personnel TodayContinue Reading