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Following advocacy by Human Rights First and partner organizations urging the United States to impose Global Magnitsky sanctions against perpetrators … Read more: Human Rights First Welcomes New U.S. Sanctions Targeting Human Rights Abuses and CorruptionContinue Reading

Councillors have called for a clear policy on human rights investments after no agreement was reached earlier this year. Read more: Advisors appointed by pension fund to develop human rights policy – Liverpool EchoContinue Reading

NomoGaia's HRIA tool outlines a process for systematically identifying, predicting and responding to the potential human rights impacts of … Read more: NomoGaia's Human Rights Impact Assessment toolsContinue Reading

The Strategic Framework on Human Rights was only approved in September 2022, two-and-a-half years after Prince Al Hussein and Rachel Davis produced a … Read more: Mlambo-Ngcuka appointed IOC Advisory Committee on Human Rights chairContinue Reading

Representatives from FIFPRO, International Olympic Committee, Football Supporters Europe, Centre for Sport & Human Rights, Swiss Department of … Read more: Safe working environments for players in focus at ICoCA general assembly – FIFProContinue Reading

Azizpour was also denied the right to legal counsel. … A reliable local source told Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) that “the Intelligence … Read more: Iran tortures Kurdish athlete to make forced confessionsContinue Reading

Wednesday's ECOSOC vote is not the first time U.N. member states vote to remove a country over human rights abuses. More recently, the General … Read more: United Nations Expels Iran From Women's Commission Over Human Rights AbusesContinue Reading

Download logoUN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said today he was appalled by attacks against civilians by armed elements amid a … Read more: South Sudan: United Nations (UN) Human Rights Chief urges end to violence in Upper Nile StateContinue Reading

Ukrainian elected politicians & civil society members accept the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought Award, the EU's top human rights prize, … Read more: Ukrainian people accept Sakharov human rights prize as Zelensky addresses European ParliamentContinue Reading

… says Speaker Nancy Pelosi; Developments in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Tibet and Xinjiang are cited as examples of China's suppression of human rights. Read more: China has taken advantage of trade and human rights 'delinking' 20 years ago, say US lawmakersContinue Reading

Australian Human Rights 2022 Awards recipients, rear from left, Caroline Cecile Fletcher (Young People's Award), Andrea Comastri (Community Award) … Read more: Jane McAdam receives Australian Human Rights Commission award | UNSW NewsroomContinue Reading

Lawyer and McMaster graduate Patricia Suleiman has extensive experience in human-rights related policies and procedures and is also a trained … Read more: McMaster appoints new director of human rights and accessibility – Daily NewsContinue Reading

IHL Treaties – Respect for Human Rights in Armed Conflicts. Resolution 2444 (XXIII) of the United Nations General Assembly, 19 December 1968. Read more: IHL Treaties – United Nations Resolution on Human Rights in Armed Conflicts, 1968Continue Reading

“We also heard stories of children who are now two or three years old and have only ever known living in a motel room.” Chief … Read more: New Zealand's emergency housing system breaches human rights, inquiry findsContinue Reading