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Human Rights Treaty Bodies … Day of General Discussion on General Recommendation n°37 on racial discrimination and the right to health. Read more: 2914th Meeting, 107th Session, Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD)Continue Reading

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights sharply condemned the intention of Russia to try the defenders of Mariupol in … Read more: Trial of Mariupol defenders will amount to war crime – UN Human Rights Office – UkrinformContinue Reading

When I embarked on my career more than three decades ago, human rights were seen to matter. I first went to Central America in 1987 to document … Read more: Human Rights in the Crosshairs – Just SecurityContinue Reading

Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah met yesterday with Deputy Director of the US Office … Read more: Chairperson of National Human Rights Committee meets US State Department officialContinue Reading

ILO delegates have voted in favour of a resolution to make the principle of a safe and healthy work environment a human right. Read more: A safe and healthy working environment is now a human right – Workplace InsightContinue Reading

The UN human rights chief on Monday welcomed the announcement from the Prime Minister of Singapore, that the city State would move to repeal a law … Read more: Singapore: UN rights chief welcomes repeal of colonial-era law banning sex between menContinue Reading

Palestine (MNN) — On Friday, Israeli troops raided the offices of several Palestinian human rights and aid organizations. Last year, the Israeli … Read more: Israeli troops raid human rights offices – Mission Network NewsContinue Reading

ISRAEL: INCLO Members Stand in Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights Organizations Declared Terrorist Groups by Israeli Government and Raided, Call … Read more: ISRAEL: INCLO Members Stand in Solidarity with Palestinian Human Rights Organizations …Continue Reading

Ahead of her appeal on August 25, PEN America calls on Vietnamese authorities to immediately set aside journalist and human rights defender Pham … Read more: PEN America Calls for the Immediate Release of Vietnamese Human Rights Defender …Continue Reading

The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which Tajikistan acceded to in 1999, provides that everyone charged with a criminal … Read more: Tajikistan: Autonomous Region Protesters Denied Fair Trials | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The program, backed by the U.N.'s human rights and development arms, will strengthen disciplinary procedures, train cops through mandatory courses in … Read more: U.S., U.N. back new human rights training for Colombia police | ReutersContinue Reading

… 'breaches their human rights' because only a third follow the religion … The headteacher said: 'I think it's a breach of children's rights. Read more: Headteacher says forcing primary school children to have Christian assemblies breaches …Continue Reading

Several NGOs and associations of Algerian expatriates have called on French President Emmanuel Macron to raise the issue of deteriorating human … Read more: Algerian expatriates urge Macron to raise issue of human rights during visit to AlgiersContinue Reading

“The position toward the Palestinian human rights organizations highlights a much larger failing in US government policy on the Israeli-Palestinian … Read more: CIA unable to corroborate Israel's 'terror' label for Palestinian rights groups – The GuardianContinue Reading