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Civil Rights Defenders work to support those who have stayed, defending human rights. Among other things, we have: Helped over 350 journalists with … Read more: One year since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine – Civil Rights DefendersContinue Reading

Climate and human rights activists sued two of France's biggest corporations over fossil fuel financing and alleged human rights abuses on … Read more: Activists sue BNP over energy loans, TotalEnergies over human rights | ReutersContinue Reading

Members of the European Parliament visited the Philippines as part of efforts to cooperate on human rights and reforms in the country's justice … Read more: Rappler Talk: EU lawmaker Hannah Neumann on defending human rights in PH – YouTubeContinue Reading

Marie-Josée Houle says the review will collect testimony from people living in encampments along with experts in housing and human rights. The … Read more: Federal housing advocate reviewing 'human rights crisis' of homeless encampmentsContinue Reading

Field has not yet worked with the Human Rights Board, but she met with the Citizens Disability Advisory Committee. The groups convene whenever needed … Read more: Alachua County's Human Rights Board has a new member, and she is seeking changeContinue Reading

GENEVA, Thursday, February 23, 2023 (WAFA) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk expressed today his concern at the Israeli … Read more: UN Human Rights Chief concerned by Israel's use of explosive weapons in NablusContinue Reading

US President Joe Biden's administration unveiled on Thursday a long-awaited overhaul of arms export policy with increased emphasis on human rights … Read more: US weapons sales to get stricter human rights review under Biden – World – DAWN.COMContinue Reading

Sunak's weakness could allow hard Brexiters to strip away our human rights. Pulling Britain out of the ECHR to appease his party's hardliners … Read more: Sunak's weakness could allow hard Brexiters to strip away our human rightsContinue Reading

The official declined to go into details when asked about specific countries, including whether those with long histories of human rights abuses such … Read more: Biden's new weapons sales strategy puts more emphasis on human rights – POLITICOContinue Reading

the so-called “1503 procedure”, which allows complaints to be made to the United Nations Human Rights Council, which consists of representatives of 47 … Read more: Individual complaints to the United Nations Human Rights Committee – gov.ieContinue Reading

… and the register of persons with significant control are both compliant with the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention). Read more: Companies House ownership registers do not breach human rights, says UK governmentContinue Reading

The Biden administration should withdraw this proposed rule and take effective steps — as Human Rights First and others have recommended — to uphold … Read more: Biden Administration's Proposed Asylum Ban: Illegal, Inhumane, and No SolutionContinue Reading

One change is how the CAT policy addresses the possibility that arms from the United States could be used for major human rights violations. Read more: U.S. weapons sales to get stricter human rights review under Biden – ZAWYAContinue Reading

"Ukrainian Artists United," seen in an installation in an undated handout photo taken at Winnipeg's Canadian Museum for Human Rights, profiles 11 … Read more: Museum for Human Rights marks Ukraine invasion with film about artists during wartimeContinue Reading