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Mr NN v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs) (2025) AusHRC 183 Report into arbitrary detention Australian Human Rights … Read more: Mr NN v Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Home Affairs)Continue Reading

The North Korea human rights crisis worsens with intense repression, surveillance, and rights violations blocking the movement's progress. Read more: North Korea Human Rights Crisis: A Lost Decade of Repression and FearContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Monday condemned Tajikistan's authorities for wrongfully imprisoning lawyer Buzurgmehr Yorov for ten years and urged … Read more: HRW urges Tajikistan to release human rights lawyer – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

Though he survived, he continued to campaign for human rights until his death in 2024. Through interviews, archival material, and personal reflections … Read more: BBC Local podcast Sanctuary: An Act of Defiance to explore a powerful story of resistance …Continue Reading

Office for Civil Rights Recommends Excluding Harvard from Federal Funding to Protect the Public Interest. Today, the U.S. Department of Health and … Read more: HHS' Office for Civil Rights Refers Harvard University for Suspension and Debarment ProceedingsContinue Reading

This phenomenon is not only a climate issue—it's a human rights failure. The rights to life, health, education, work, and shelter are enshrined in … Read more: No one left in the heat: For disabled people, heat waves are a human rights crisisContinue Reading

In a case claiming discrimination under Ontario's Human Rights Code, 1990, the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal ruled that erroneous advice from a … Read more: Non-lawyer's bad advice can't be good-faith explanation for delay: human rights tribunalContinue Reading

From 29 September to 03 October 2025, the Compass National Training Course on Human Rights Education takes place at the Lisbon Youth Centre. Read more: Human rights on the Compass – Human Rights Education Training Course in Portugal – YouthContinue Reading

– Sayed Yusuf Almuhafdha and Drewery Dyke. Additional examples abound. In March 2024, the GoB arrested political and human rights activist Ebrahim … Read more: The U.S. Department of State's Bahrain Human Rights Report is Woefully InadequateContinue Reading

The establishment of a national mechanism for the protection of human rights defenders (NMPHRD) enables the competent authority to develop … Read more: NIGER: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CALL FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL …Continue Reading

The socio-political and security situation in Mali since 2012 has exposed human rights defenders (HRDs) to multiple risks. Read more: MALI: THE MALI NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION HAS DEVELOPED A MANUAL …Continue Reading

Human rights defenders (HRDs) play an essential role in protecting everyone's rights and assisting victims of human rights abuses and violations. Read more: MALI: THE MALI NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION STRENGTHENS THE …Continue Reading

Children's Rights · Civil Liberties and Human Rights · Commercial and Business Ethics · Community Care Law · Court of Protection · Criminal Defence … Read more: Covid-19 Inquiry: Children's Rights Organisations call for protection of children in future crisesContinue Reading

“My clients ask the Inquiry to treat the devastation caused to children's lives as a human rights issue and to conclude that the actions of Government … Read more: Covid-19 Inquiry: Sangeetha Iengar makes opening submission on behalf of Long Covid …Continue Reading