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B.C.'s human rights commissioner is calling for homeless people to be protected from discrimination. “Last week's violence is a stark reminder of … Read more: 'They deserve it': Homeless should be protected under B.C. Human Rights Code, commissioner saysContinue Reading

August 3, 2022 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Human Rights Commission Following attacks on people experiencing homelessness, Marie-Claude Landry, … Read more: Ending violence against people experiencing homelessness starts with upholding their human rightsContinue Reading

China warned the U.S. that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi could not set foot on Taiwan. She did anyway. Read more: Pelosi's defiant Taiwan trip cements her legacy on human rights, women and ChinaContinue Reading

This was a very successful effort at diplomacy by the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh in Geneva: The Human Rights Council recently appointed … Read more: Climate change is a matter of human rights, too – Asia News NetworkContinue Reading

Europe's human rights court has rejected a last-ditch bid by the parents of Archie Battersbee to prevent doctors from withdrawing treatment from … Read more: Doctors reject parents' last plea to let Archie Battersbee, 12, die in hospice – The TimesContinue Reading

The decision from the the European Court of Human Rights comes after Archie Battersbee's parents made an 11th-hour attempt to stop doctors from … Read more: Archie Battersbee: Human rights court rejects mum's appeal to keep life support onContinue Reading

The family of Archie Battersbee have submitted an application to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to postpone the withdrawal of his life … Read more: Archie Battersbee's family ask European Court of Human Rights to delay withdrawal of life supportContinue Reading

To address the adverse environmental, social and governance impacts of business operations on human rights across Africa, United Nations experts … Read more: Expert seeks enforcement of mandatory human rights disclosure – The Guardian NigeriaContinue Reading

It comes after the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) refused an application by Archie's parents to postpone the withdrawal of his life support … Read more: Archie Battersbee's parents given until 9am for hospice move bid or life support will endContinue Reading

Sky News reports that the European Court of Human Rights says it will not interfere with the decisions of the national courts to to block the … Read more: European Court of Human Rights denies Archie Battersbee's family's latest appealContinue Reading

Hackett campaigned for the civil rights of ethnic minorities in the southern city of Bristol during the 1960s. Read more: UK civil rights campaigner Roy Hackett dies at 93 | Racism News – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

The family of Archie Battersbee, 12, hoped an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights would "give him the right to live". | ITV News Anglia. Read more: 'It's the end': Last appeal to keep Archie Battersbee's life-support denied by European court – ITVContinue Reading

The meeting between Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and so-called human rights activists is just another farce, … Read more: Spokesperson denounces Pelosi's meeting with so-called human rights activists – Ecns.cnContinue Reading

Archie Battersbee's parents have turned to the European Court of Human Rights in a bid to stop the hospital from ending his life support this … Read more: Archie Battersbee's parents' last ditch plea to European Court of Human Rights as life …Continue Reading