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On the eve of International Human Rights Day, observed annually on Dec. 10, the UConn Foundation announced that its Dodd Human Rights Impact … Read more: UConn's Dodd Human Rights Impact Campaign Raises .5 Million to Advance Human …Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday he was determined to engage with Beijing over the findings of a report … Read more: UN human rights chief 'determined' to follow up with China on Xinjiang concerns – WHBLContinue Reading

The Australian Government is imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions on 13 individuals and two entities involved in egregious human rights violations … Read more: Targeted sanctions in response to Iranian and Russian human rights violations and invasion …Continue Reading

Imprisoned human rights defenders are subjected to extreme hardship and abuse in Tajikistan and kept in terrible conditions sometimes with minimal … Read more: Tajikistan: UN Special Rapporteur's visit offers opportunity for reform and to release …Continue Reading

“Corrupt actors and human rights abusers both rely on deficiencies in the international financial system to perpetrate their activities,” said Under … Read more: Treasury Sanctions Over 40 Individuals and Entities Across Nine Countries Connected to …Continue Reading

This year's Nobel Peace Prize co-winner Ales Bialiatski will not be able to receive the award in person. The human rights activist and opponent of … Read more: Ales Bialiatski, Belarusian human rights warrior – DW – 12/09/2022Continue Reading

We reiterate our condemnation of Iran's brutal acts of violence against peaceful protestors, ongoing denial of human rights and fundamental freedoms, … Read more: Combatting Global Corruption and Human Rights Abuses – State DepartmentContinue Reading

For Human Rights Day, UN launches yearlong campaign to mark adoption 75 years ago of Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read more: UN: Growing Disregard for Human Rights Threatens Global Peace and DevelopmentContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World and 6 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 9 Dec 2022 by OHCHR. Read more: Human Rights Day – Opening statement by HC Volker Türk – World | ReliefWebContinue Reading

Moves by ministers to replace the Human Rights Act with a new Bill of Rights was singled out as a particular cause for alarm by the Council of … Read more: Westminster 'increasingly antagonistic' towards human rights, inquiry finds | Morning StarContinue Reading

Human rights touch the lives of everyone: those with a disability, Native populations, those discriminated racially and ethnically, the LGBTQIA+ … Read more: Cause of the Week: Human Rights | Combined Federal CampaignContinue Reading

After the surveys, she contacted human rights defenders, NGOs, multilateral organisations and shipping representatives, and even went on board two … Read more: ABN AMRO pioneers human rights data collection on TikTok – Responsible InvestorContinue Reading

[1/2] Yasonna Laoly, Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights, receives the new criminal code report from Bambang Wuryanto, … Read more: Indonesia's new laws a threat to privacy, press and human rights, says UN | ReutersContinue Reading

The US is preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Russia and China for what it describes as human rights abuses by both countries, according to an … Read more: US Readies Sanctions Against Russia, China Over Human Rights – Bloomberg.comContinue Reading