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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

By Mathieu Rosemain and America Hernandez PARIS (Reuters) -Climate and human rights activists sued two of France's biggest corporations over … Read more: Activists sue BNP over energy loans, TotalEnergies over human rights – ThePrintContinue Reading

By conducting due diligence to uncover human rights abuses and environmental risks in supply chains, they can put pressure on their suppliers to … Read more: What is the Impact of the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act on the Supplier Side?Continue Reading

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

… deny deals on human rights grounds even as the Biden administration seeks to bolster the competitiveness of the U.S. defense industry abroad. Read more: Biden arms deal policy seeks to balance human rights and competition – Defense NewsContinue Reading

In Geneva, she will meet with senior officials from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the International Committee of the Red Cross … Read more: Acting Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Barclay's …Continue Reading

Doha: Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah held a series of separate meetings with … Read more: Al Attiyah discusses climate change, human rights with prominent officials | The Peninsula QatarContinue Reading

Women's sexual and reproductive health is related to multiple human rights, including the right to life, the right to be free from torture, the right … Read more: Menstrual health issues are human rights issues – Jamaica ObserverContinue Reading