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Defending human rights and democracy has always been, and will continue to be, a priority for Canada – both here at home and around the world. Read more: Statement by the Prime Minister on Human Rights DayContinue Reading

Amid the doom and gloom of human rights work in the region, a few success stories this year give me hope. by Yamini Mishra, South Asia Regional … Read more: Op-ed: A flicker of hope for human rights in South Asia – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

South Asia News: COLOMBO: The United States has imposed sanctions on yet another Sri Lankan military officer for human rights abuses in their … Read more: US sanctions Lanka military officer for human rights violations – Times of IndiaContinue Reading

In September, for the first time a UN human rights body condemned a state for its inaction in the face of the climate emergency. Read more: Episode 1: A historic climate win at the UN Human Rights Committee | OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

I'm writing this piece in the run-up to International Human Rights Day, celebrated every December 10 to mark the anniversary of the Universal … Read more: Human Rights Day: UK's heartless and inhumane refugees-to-Rwanda plan contrasts …Continue Reading

AS we mark World Human Rights Day today, Dec 10, it is worth asking whether much has changed over the year past…. Read more: Human Rights Day – Newspaper – DAWN.COMContinue Reading

Today's “trying times” highlight the need for a recommitment to human rights, which are central to solving global problems, UN Secretary-General … Read more: Guterres: Put human rights at the heart of efforts to reverse today's damaging trendsContinue Reading

The new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Austria's Volker Turk, granted a wide-ranging interview to FRANCE 24 from Geneva. Read more: New UN human rights chief Volker Turk condemns 'war crimes' in Ukraine – The InterviewContinue Reading

To mark Human Rights Day (10 December 2022), Ai Weiwei will take to Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park to sign sheets of A4 paper in UV ink. Read more: Ai Weiwei to sign blank sheets of paper with UV ink for Refugees International in London …Continue Reading

Activists across the globe will mark this year's Human Rights Day by taking part in the world's biggest human rights event: Amnesty … Read more: Write for Rights: World's biggest human rights event returns for Human Rights Day 2022Continue Reading

The human rights lawyer Dr. Nadia Schujman has been suffering judicial persecution and a smear campaign due to her previous work as Director of … Read more: Statement – Argentina: Judicial harassment against human rights lawyer Nadia SchujmanContinue Reading

On the eve of International Human Rights Day, observed annually on Dec. 10, the UConn Foundation announced that its Dodd Human Rights Impact … Read more: UConn's Dodd Human Rights Impact Campaign Raises .5 Million to Advance Human …Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) – U.N. human rights chief Volker Turk said on Friday he was determined to engage with Beijing over the findings of a report … Read more: UN human rights chief 'determined' to follow up with China on Xinjiang concerns – WHBLContinue Reading

The Australian Government is imposing Magnitsky-style sanctions on 13 individuals and two entities involved in egregious human rights violations … Read more: Targeted sanctions in response to Iranian and Russian human rights violations and invasion …Continue Reading