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President Joe Biden's pick for a top human rights position is withdrawing her nomination after opposition from a Senate Republican who questioned her … Read more: Biden's human rights pick withdraws after criticism of stance on Israel | Middle East EyeContinue Reading

The charity stressed that human rights violations and environmental harm remain widespread in global supply chains. One in five workers globally lives … Read more: Fairtrade risk map identifies human rights and environmental dangers | Article – FruitnetContinue Reading

A Moscow court ordered the closure of Russia's oldest human rights organisation, the Moscow Helsinki Group, silencing another respected … Read more: 'Legal disgrace': Russia shuts down its oldest human rights group – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights said cases brought by Ukraine and the Netherlands against Russia over alleged human rights violations in the … Read more: European rights court rules Ukraine, MH-17 cases against Russia are admissible | ReutersContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights has confirmed it will hear a Dutch case against Russia over the downing of flight MH17 in 2014. Read more: MH17: Human rights court will hear Netherland's case against Russia – BBC NewsContinue Reading

A Moscow court has ordered the closure of Russia's oldest human rights organisation, the Moscow Helsinki Group, silencing another respected … Read more: Russia shuts down oldest human rights group – RTEContinue Reading

Washington Director Human Rights Watch Sarah Margon makes remarks as she testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on … Read more: Biden's Pick for Human Rights Post Withdraws After GOP Block Over Israel Tweets – HaaretzContinue Reading

The Policing Board's human rights adviser has criticised the PSNI's “endless excuses” over how it records the community background of people … Read more: PSNI's 'endless excuses' over community background recording criticised by human rights adviserContinue Reading

Israel's president: Where Iran casts a shadow, human rights recede. The regime in Tehran knows no bounds, and Europe cannot afford to allow it to … Read more: Israel's president: Where Iran casts a shadow, human rights recede – POLITICOContinue Reading

… Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya and Deputy Chief of Staff of the … to promote rule of law, democratic governance, and human rights. Read more: Joint Statement on the United States-Kazakhstan High-Level Dialogue on Human Rights …Continue Reading

The government says the bill is designed to "help prevent trivial human rights claims from wasting judges' time" and to make it clear UK courts do … Read more: Bill of Rights: Call to scrap plans to rewrite human rights law – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Last September, Biden repeated his promise that “human rights will be at the center of [US] foreign policy.” That has not been the case when it comes … Read more: Biden's Empty Call to Reevaluate US-Saudi Relationship | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The Joint Committee on Human rights said the legislation will undermine people's ability to enforce their rights through the courts. Read more: Sunak urged by MPs to abandon 'damaging' Bill of Rights | Redditch AdvertiserContinue Reading

The Government's proposals to replace the Human Rights Act and change how human rights are protected in the UK would create large scale … Read more: Committee urges Government not to proceed with the Bill of Rights BillContinue Reading