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News that the university had blocked a fellowship for the former head of Human Rights Watch stirred debate over academic freedom and donor … Read more: Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized IsraelContinue Reading

Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch's executive director, speaks during a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on November 1, 2018. Read more: Harvard reinstates offer to ex-Human Rights Watch chief after Israel controversyContinue Reading

Parliamentarians urge Iran action. MEPs also voted on other human rights issues, calling on the EU to list Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist … Read more: European Parliament condemns Morocco for first time in 25 years, after vote on human rightsContinue Reading

federal death row has filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the federal government's use of automatic and prolonged … Read more: Lawsuit Alleges Federal Death-Row Conditions Violate U.S. Constitution and Human Rights TreatiesContinue Reading

The Harvard Kennedy School has granted Kenneth Roth, the recently retired executive director of Human Rights Watch, a fellowship at its Carr … Read more: After Criticism, Harvard Dean Reverses Course on Fellowship for Human–Rights LeaderContinue Reading

FILE PHOTO: Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch, poses after an interview with Reuters in Geneva, Switzerland, January 12, … Read more: Harvard School Reverses Course, Will Extend Fellowship to Human Rights AdvocateContinue Reading

In the case of Mr. Roth, I now believe that I made an error in my decision not to appoint him as a Fellow at our Carr Center for Human Rights,” … Read more: Human rights activist Kenneth Roth's Harvard fellowship reinstated – The Boston GlobeContinue Reading

This was the first time in history that the IACtHR heard a case pertaining to the human rights violations of an adolescent victim of incest. The … Read more: Inter-American Court of Human Rights landmark ruling in Bolivian sexual violence case …Continue Reading

The school's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy last year approached Kenneth Roth, who served as HRW's executive director from 1993 to 2022, and … Read more: Harvard school reverses course, will extend fellowship to human rights advocate | ReutersContinue Reading

Australia risks being placed on a human rights blacklist alongside such countries as South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo by … Read more: Australia risks UN human rights blacklisting as states fail to meet prison obligationsContinue Reading

Bazso said she has filed a complaint with the taxi company and has also filed a human rights complaint with the provincial government. "I've had other … Read more: Airdrie woman files human rights complaint after she was denied serviceContinue Reading

By Lorraine Finlay, Australia's Human Rights Commissioner Today marks six years since Australia ratified the United Nations Optional Protocol to … Read more: Australia needs to deliver on our treaty promises | Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

Jailed Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez has won the Martin Ennals Award, one of the world's most prestigious human rights prizes, … Read more: Khurram Pervez: Jailed Kashmir activist awarded top rights prize – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

DELIVERED BY Video Message from Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. AT Fifth intersessional meeting of the Human Rights Council on … Read more: Human rights measures can rescue the SDGs, said High Commissioner Türk – ReliefWebContinue Reading