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People from China have the final say on what the country's human rights situation is and a group of experts from a nongovernmental organization in … Read more: Chinese experts from NGO refute disinformation on China's Xinjiang, Xizang at UN Human …Continue Reading

The revocation came a few days after HRW, Human Rights First, and 20 other organizations signed a joint statement urging those attending the assembly … Read more: As Human Rights Researchers Denied Entry to Bahrain, U.S. Embassy Stays SilentContinue Reading

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) recently ruled against the City's request to be removed from the complaint, clearing the way ahead for a … Read more: Human rights complaint against Rodeo Association, City of Surrey to proceedContinue Reading

Alona Verbytska, human rights advisor to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, spoke on Wednesday about alleged war crimes in Russian-occupied … Read more: Human rights advisor to Ukrainian President Zelenskyy speaks at the Jackson SchoolContinue Reading

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights will hear testimony on Friday about human rights abuses linked to industrial meat, egg and dairy … Read more: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to Hear Testimony Friday on Abuses at U.S. …Continue Reading

Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU) will ensure that people know all about digital human rights in all the 75 districts of the … Read more: RML to spread word on digital human rights | Lucknow News – Times of IndiaContinue Reading

We don't want to set a precedent where the government suspends the Human Rights Act because there is public anxiety.” During public hearings, several … Read more: Queensland committee backs overriding human rights for new youth laws as striking …Continue Reading

As the saying goes, timing is everything, and you really have to question the timing of the Human Rights Commission's Position Paper "A Human … Read more: Nicolle Flint: Proposed Human Rights Act would only reinforce shameful abuses of power …Continue Reading

She emphasised that the new Illegal Migrants Bill would not be taking the UK out of the European Convention on Human Rights – the set of rules … Read more: European court at odds with British values, says Suella Braverman – BBC NewsContinue Reading

GENEVA/TASHKENT/ASTANA (9 March 2023) – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk will visit Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan over a period of … Read more: UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk to conduct official visits to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan …Continue Reading

Across the region, governments need to strengthen the rule of law generally and tighten the protection of human rights and the environment … Read more: Environmental Rights as Human Rights in ASEAN: Why Not? | FULCRUMContinue Reading

By Elaine James, Rob Mitchell and Clare Reeves. In a 2011 paper, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights made the case … Read more: Social workers' role in promoting the human right to vote – Community CareContinue Reading

“In its proposed FY2024 budget, the Biden administration has rightly recognized the importance of civil rights enforcement as demonstrated by funding … Read more: The Leadership Conference Applauds Civil Rights Investments, Condemns Increased …Continue Reading

Graeme Reid, LGBT Rights Program Director at Human Rights Watch, discusses his views on the prospects for legalisation of same-sex marriage as … Read more: Human Rights Watch's Reid on India Marriage Equality – Bloomberg.comContinue Reading