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EXCLUSIVE BY SAMI MOKBEL: FIFA are recruiting a new director with a dedication to human rights as the prospect of increased Middle Eastern … Read more: FIFA are set to create a new director of human rights and sustainability role – Daily MailContinue Reading

Seattle Human Rights Commissioners past and present say that since the commission announced its intention to seek amicus status with the federal … Read more: City Attorney Warns Human Rights Commissioners of Legal Action if SHRC Pursues Amicus StatusContinue Reading

COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | On Feb. 08, the government announced it was not renewing the mandate of the UN Office of Human Rights in Kampala. Read more: Kicking out human rights – The Independent UgandaContinue Reading

MERIDEN — The Human Rights, Racial Equity and Social Justice Advisory Board, in its second meeting since it was reorganized, received a detailed … Read more: Human rights, racial equity, social justice board at work in Meriden – Record-JournalContinue Reading

The U.S. announced Friday the candidacy of James Cavallaro to serve as an independent member of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, … Read more: Biden yanks human rights candidate over anti-Israel comments – Yahoo NewsContinue Reading

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk who is scheduled to hold talks with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni over a decision not to … Read more: UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go – The East AfricanContinue Reading

President Biden on Tuesday rescinded the nomination of James Cavallaro to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights over antisemitic Twitter … Read more: Biden pulls pick for human rights post over anti-semitic commentsContinue Reading

The government last Friday formally notified the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) of the decision not to … Read more: We still want to operate in Uganda- UN Human rights – Daily MonitorContinue Reading

Cavallaro described the withdrawal of his nomination as part of broader “censorship of human rights advocates who denounce apartheid in Israel”, … Read more: Biden drops candidate's nomination to human rights post over Israel remarksContinue Reading

Peer speaks out against forced abortion and violation of human rights in North Korea. Speaking at a meeting in the National Assembly of the … Read more: Peer speaks out against forced abortion and violation of human rights in North KoreaContinue Reading

The Biden administration has quietly withdrawn its pick of a human rights activist to a post at the Organization of American States over a string … Read more: Biden yanks human rights candidate over anti-Israel comments | | elpasoinc.comContinue Reading

The Canadian Human Rights Commission committed no error in concluding that Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians lacked standing to file a … Read more: Federal Court of Appeal affirms dismissal of human rights complaint not filed on individual's behalfContinue Reading

James L. Cavallaro, withdrawn candidate for The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), at the Presidential Palace in Guatemala City, … Read more: Biden Yanks Human Rights Candidate Over Anti-Israel Comments – Hamodia.comContinue Reading

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk delivers a statement in Port-au-Prince, Haiti February 10, 2023. Read more: UN rights office seeks to stay put in Uganda after being told to go | ReutersContinue Reading