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alongside New Zealand in July and August 2023 – human rights experts say it too will face exposure on the world stage. Read more: The next Qatar? Five Australian human rights issues that could face global scrutiny next yearContinue Reading

Five Australian human rights issues that could face global scrutiny next year. As a FIFA World Cup mired in controversy comes to an end in Qatar, … Read more: 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: Why it could expose Australia's human rights abuses – SBSContinue Reading

The Albanese Government is delivering on its commitment to appoint an Ambassador for Human Rights, to restore Australia's leadership on human … Read more: Ambassador for Human Rights – Australian Minister for Foreign AffairsContinue Reading

Adrianne Walters, Associate Legal Director with the Human rights Law Centre, said: “Abortion is healthcare. Access to abortion is a human right. No … Read more: WA must fully decriminalise abortion and reform outdated laws | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

Human rights activist Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei has complained to the Tory Party over the incident. Read more: Bob Stewart MP tells human rights activist to 'go back to Bahrain' – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… to extremist attacks, independent UN human rights experts warned today, urging the United Kingdom to step up its efforts to protect survivors. Read more: UN rights experts condemn attacks in UK on trafficking victims' credibility | UN NewsContinue Reading

In video footage obtained by Sky News, Sayed Alwadaei, the director of the Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, confronts the veteran Tory … Read more: Tory MP Bob Stewart tells human rights activist to 'go back to Bahrain' – Sky NewsContinue Reading

Here are four areas relating to human rights that corporate leaders will need to focus on in 2023. Russia's continued brutality in Ukraine. Russia's … Read more: Business And Human Rights: Key Challenges For 2023 – ForbesContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on Egypt about Climate Change and Environment and Protection and Human Rights; published on 19 Dec 2022 by … Read more: Egypt: Statement of solidarity with human rights defenders, climate justice advocates, and …Continue Reading

Shanga Karim poses for a photo in her home with the Renata Shearer Human Right Award. Karim is a former Kurdish journalist and refugee and is … Read more: Kurdish immigrant and human rights activist honoured with Renate Shearer AwardContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on occupied Palestinian territory about Protection and Human Rights; published on 19 Dec 2022 by OHCHR. Read more: Comment by UN Human Rights spokesperson Jeremy Laurence on deportation of Salah …Continue Reading

Out goes the Human Rights Act (which enables UK courts to directly enforce Convention rights) and in will come what is currently the Bill of Rights … Read more: David Gauke: Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would be a mistake.Continue Reading

Alongside governments and civil society, business plays a significant role in promoting human rights. Business has the ability to drive equality not … Read more: Human rights good for business – EU ambassador – Manila BulletinContinue Reading

French-Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hamouri, held without charge in Israeli prisons since March accused of security offences, … Read more: France slams Israel's expulsion of French-Palestinian lawyer – EURACTIV.comContinue Reading