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The award is named after a principal founder of both the American Civil Liberties Union and the International League for Human Rights. “Angelo Guillen … Read more: A brave, deep-thinking human rights lawyer | Philstar.comContinue Reading

OTTAWA – David Matas, B'nai Brith Canada's Senior Legal Counsel and a world-renowned human-rights activist, outlined to a recent international … Read more: Renowned Human–Rights Activist Urges Dissolution of UN Commission on Israel-Hamas ConflictContinue Reading

12 August 2022. One year since the Taliban captured power in Afghanistan, conditions for human rights defenders, especially women, have further (. Read more: Afghanistan: One year after Taliban takeover, human rights defenders at greater risk than ever – FIDHContinue Reading

Journalists, human rights defenders and civil rights activists have either left the country or quit their activities altogether and gone into hiding. Read more: Afghanistan: UN Human Rights Experts Warn Of Bleak Future Without Massive TurnaroundContinue Reading

“Amnesty International recalls that international human rights law equally protects spontaneous assemblies, which must not be dispersed solely for … Read more: Sierra Leone: Authorities must ensure robust, impartial investigation into deadly protestsContinue Reading

Directorate of Communications · Events · Press Releases · Speeches · Human Rights Channel · Photo galleries · Video-on-demand · Theme files. Read more: International Youth Day – Newsroom – The Council of EuropeContinue Reading

BEIJING, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) — War crimes, arbitrary detention, abuse of torture, massacring civilians, unilateral sanctions… A report released by an … Read more: GLOBALink | Unveiling U.S. crimes of violating human rights in Middle East and beyond-XinhuaContinue Reading

Applications such as Tek Fog are a direct attack on civil liberties. —— ON January 6, The Wire, posted reports of a 20 months-long … Read more: Tek Fog: A new cyber-troop cracking down on human rights – The LeafletContinue Reading

In the late 1970s the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg introduced the so-called “living instrument” doctrine and began to interpret the … Read more: Suella Braverman: The abuse of human rights, the long tail of Blairism, the corrosive role of …Continue Reading

But human rights advocates say the country's regulations lack necessary safeguards, devalue the lives of disabled people and are prompting doctors … Read more: Human rights advocates are troubled by Canada's euthanasia laws – Anchorage Daily NewsContinue Reading

Ageism undermines the human rights of older Australians and is an … It is a fundamental human right that people living in residential aged care … Read more: Human Rights don't diminish with age (2022)Continue Reading

Nineteen children were killed in occupied Palestinian territory in the last week alone, the UN human rights chief said. Read more: UN chief says killing of Palestinian children 'unconscionable' | Israel-Palestine conflict NewsContinue Reading

Last week a woman told her boss that she was pregnant. She worked as a senior sales representative. Partly paid by salary and partly by commission on … Read more: News | Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

The EPA is developing a framework to guide how it will consider cumulative impacts as a possible civil rights violation, an agency official said … Read more: EPA Contemplates Cumulative Impact Guidance for Civil Rights (1) – Bloomberg LawContinue Reading