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As we mark the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights this year, it is a moment to reflect on the progress that our global … Read more: Address to the 52nd Session of the UN Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

The Inter-American Court will likely be the first regional human rights tribunal to develop an advisory opinion on the climate emergency, … Read more: The climate emergency at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights | OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly called on Russia to immediately withdraw its forces from Ukraine and restore human rights, within its own borders … Read more: UN Human Rights Council, February 2023: Foreign Secretary's statement – GOV.UKContinue Reading

February 27, 2023. At the 52nd session of the Human Rights Council on 27 February, States will consider a resolution extending the mandate of the … Read more: HRC52: Support consensus renewal of the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights … – FIDHContinue Reading

Geneva, Feb 27 (EFE).- As the United Nations marked the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on Monday, secretary-general … Read more: Guterres: Russian invasion has triggered 'massive' human rights violationsContinue Reading

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian invited despite Iran facing intense scrutiny in recent months over its human rights violations against women; … Read more: UN Human Rights Council to host Iranian foreign minister – YnetnewsContinue Reading

Guterres also sought to undergird the concept of human rights — which have faced "public disregard and private disdain — and tie them together with … Read more: UN chief slams 'climate-wrecking' firms at human rights body | The IndependentContinue Reading

… Mirzoyan will pay a working visit to Geneva to participate in the high-level meeting of the 52nd session of the UN Human Rights Council. Read more: Armenian FM to attend UN Human Rights Council session in GenevaContinue Reading

Without doubt this is a sensitive subject, but it's one that's vitally important to all of us as human beings as a matter of dignity and human rights. Read more: Mike Dailly: Stop failing patients when it comes to human rights | Glasgow TimesContinue Reading

Days after the UN General Assembly voted overwhelmingly to demand Russia immediately withdraw from Ukraine, the war was expected to dominate the … Read more: Russia-Ukraine war looms large as UN Human Rights Council meetsContinue Reading

Arsamikov told human rights defenders from Crisis Group North Caucasus SOS that upon returning to Chechnya, when he went to the police station in the … Read more: Russia: Man 'Disappeared,' Apparently for His Sexual Orientation | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Each of the four dismissed judges and prosecutors interviewed by Human Rights Watch said that they learned of their dismissal on June 1, after their … Read more: Tunisia: President Intensifies Attacks on Judicial Independence | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

More than 100 heads of state and ministers will take part in the U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva starting on Monday, seeking to tackle … Read more: Ukraine, China in focus as U.N. human rights council session opens | ReutersContinue Reading

… in the city without the right to legal counsel and family visits. … a forced confession, Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned. Read more: Iran intelligence ministry continues to hold Kurdish civilian in custodyContinue Reading