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Wed, Feb 1, 2023, 09:21 am SL Time, ColomboPage News Desk, Sri Lanka. Feb 01, Colombo: Sri Lanka's human rights record will be examined by the UN … Read more: Sri Lanka's human rights record to be examined by Universal Periodic Review for the 4th timeContinue Reading

ASU awards Louise Arbour for her commitment to the rule of law, human rights. Former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Louise Arbour had the honor … Read more: O'Connor Justice Prize ceremony honors UN human rights commissioner | ASU NewsContinue Reading

India needs to legalize same-sex marriage. This fight has been going on for far too long and even if the court legalizes it, it won't end there. Read more: Commentary: India must secure LGBTQ+ community's human rights | The IthacanContinue Reading

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has announced new measures aimed at tackling human rights violations in Myanmar and Iran. Read more: Australia to implement human rights sanctions on Iran and MyanmarContinue Reading

The Australian Government is imposing targeted financial sanctions and travel bans on individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses in … Read more: Targeted sanctions in response to human rights violations in Myanmar and IranContinue Reading

Over the past fifteen years, movements to extend legal rights to different kinds of non-human entities have achieved notable victories. In particular, … Read more: The flawed case against more-than-human rights – OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

Category: Human Rights. Khaing Zar Aung knows all too well what it means to protest when the stakes are high. The President of Industrial Workers' … Read more: Myanmar human rights abuses can be stopped – here's how – Australian UnionsContinue Reading

A human rights lawyer has prompted outrage after accusing Number 10 of using a 'racial trope' to defend itself over a UN report that called … Read more: Outrage as UN human rights lawyer accuses Downing Street of 'racial trope' over race reportContinue Reading

Amazon Inc., Alphabet Inc. and Meta Inc. face shareholder proposals from human rights activists seeking greater transparency from the tech … Read more: Amazon, Meta, Alphabet Face Proxy Proposals on Human Rights (1)Continue Reading

Poland's commissioner for human rights has called the refusal of doctors to undertake an abortion in the case of a 14-year old handicapped rape … Read more: Polish human rights chief calls recent abortion case 'unacceptable' – Anadolu AgencyContinue Reading

ASTANA – Kazakhstan to hold a Central Asian regional conference on the prevention of torture and inhumane treatment as part of the Human Rights … Read more: Kazakhstan, Council of Europe to Organize Conference on Human Rights Protection and …Continue Reading

Human rights and trade deals. The Westminster government needs to be pressed constantly to be transparent on discussions it is having around post- … Read more: Human rights and trade deals | Morning StarContinue Reading

… environmental activists before a planned protest over the weekend, said the Netherlands Institute for Human Rights in a statement on Tuesday. Read more: Dutch human rights institute critical of “disproportionate” arrest of climate protestersContinue Reading

“Ever since President Clinton delinked trade with China from human rights in 1994, the Chinese Communist Party has been growing into an economic power … Read more: In response to human rights violations, Smith wants to pull China's favored nation trade statusContinue Reading