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Canada declared Tuesday that it will seek a seat on the UN Human Rights Council and champion several causes, including gender equality and … Read more: Canada announces bid for UN Human Rights Council seat – Anadolu AgencyContinue Reading

… Minister Mélanie Joly announced in Ottawa on Tuesday that Canada is throwing its hat in the ring for a seat on the United Nations (UN) Human . Read more: Canada announces bid for UN Human Rights Council seat | FULL – YouTubeContinue Reading

On May 3, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) released a report on human rights violations in Peru during protests that broke … Read more: IACHR Slams Peru's De Facto Government For Human Rights Violations Against ProtestersContinue Reading

If corporations like SpaceX argue that governments lack authority over what happens on Mars, then what human rights obligations will these businesses … Read more: Toward multiplanetary existence? The human rights obligations of corporations on MarsContinue Reading

The Canadian Human Rights Commission (HRC) leader apologized on Monday for the unfair treatment of black staff members. Canadian Human Rights … Read more: Human Rights commissioner 'sorry' for discriminating against black workers | NewsContinue Reading

Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) calls the House of Peoples Representatives (HPR) to urge the government to give peace a chance… Read more: Ethiopian Human Rights Commission urges MPs to push the gov't to give peace chance – BorkenaContinue Reading

Open Letter from civil society organisations in support of human rights defenders, nonprofit organisations and media from Republika Srpska/ Bosnia and … Read more: Open Letter from civil society organisations in support of human rights defenders, nonprofit …Continue Reading

Bismarck, ND – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights … Read more: “Instead of Helping North Dakotans to 'Find the Good Life,' Governor Burgum Decided to …Continue Reading

Summary The present consolidated report of the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights contains an analysis of the … Read more: Right to development – Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human …Continue Reading

The Islamic Republic of Pakistan is facing one of its most severe human rights crises amidst the prevailing political and economic chaos in the … Read more: Pakistan: A story of human rights atrocities; Afghanistan's plight worries UN | EP-92 – YouTubeContinue Reading

The UK's human rights watchdog advised in April that the Equality Act could be changed to redefine sex as “biological sex”. (Getty). Read more: EHRC is 'harming' trans community and is a 'failed institution', LGBTQ+ groups warnContinue Reading

May 9, 2023 – Human rights organisations, including World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH in the framework of the Observatory for (. Read more: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Open Letter from civil society organizations in support of human … – FIDHContinue Reading

(May 9, 2023 / JNS) The death on May 1 in an Israeli prison of Khader Adnan, a senior member of the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) … Read more: Palestinians: More human rights violations no one talks about – JNS.orgContinue Reading

Putting AI on pause gives us time to regroup around human rights. May 9, 2023. UBCO political science professor Dr. Wendy Wong wrote about putting … Read more: Putting AI on pause gives us time to regroup around human rights – UBC NewsContinue Reading