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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

The Diyarbakır branch of the Human Rights Association (İHD) will apply to the public prosecutor to start a criminal investigation against the … Read more: Human Rights Association to file criminal complaint for Turkey's negligence after quakesContinue Reading

The B.C. Human Rights Tribunal has determined that a complaint against the City of Surrey and Cloverdale Rodeo and Exhibition Association can … Read more: Tribunal won't drop City of Surrey from rodeo human rights complaint, but narrows scopeContinue Reading

Scrutiny of the government's plans to impose minimum service levels on public services during strike action. The Joint Committee on Human Rights … Read more: Committee report finds UK Strikes Bill fails to meet human rights obligationsContinue Reading

Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) is a France-based independent, non-profit and non-partisan organisation promoting human rights and documentation … Read more: Kurdish environmental activist arrested in Iran's SanandajContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch Thursday released a report arguing that Lebanese authorities have “failed to uphold the right to electricity by mismanaging the … Read more: Human Rights Watch condemns Lebanon for failure to defend 'right to electricity' – Jurist.orgContinue Reading

A proposal for a Human Rights Act for Australia has been created, and is being endorsed by key legal bodies. On 7 March, the Australian Human … Read more: 'Australia needs a Human Rights Act' say key legal bodies – Lawyers WeeklyContinue Reading

Mar 09, Colombo: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka said it has decided to conduct an investigation into the actions of the police and … Read more: Public Security Minister summoned to the Human Rights Commission over university student protestsContinue Reading

A controversial anti-strikes bill discriminates against nursing staff and could breach their human rights, MPs and peers have warned. Read more: Anti-strikes law could breach nurses' human rights – RCNiContinue Reading

Minister for Human Rights and Refugees of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sevlid Hurtić, met in New York with the United Nations Special Adviser on the … Read more: BiH Minister for Human Rights met with the UN Special Adviser in New YorkContinue Reading