Watchdogs warn of 'real threat to human rights' over government plans to alter Northern …
A joint report from the Equality Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has now set out how rights could be protected in the … Read more: Watchdogs warn of 'real threat to human rights' over government plans to alter Northern …Continue Reading
UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Day 3: Responsible Lobbying vs 'Corporate Capture'
The Philippines' national human rights institution reported that companies were undertaking activities in contravention of commitments to combat … Read more: UN Forum on Business and Human Rights, Day 3: Responsible Lobbying vs 'Corporate Capture'Continue Reading
Human Rights Day Event to Highlight Refugee Rights | City of Iowa City
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, works every day to aid these victims of war, famine, and oppression. Dec. 10 is Human Rights Day, the anniversary of the … Read more: Human Rights Day Event to Highlight Refugee Rights | City of Iowa CityContinue Reading
Israel orders forcible deportation of Palestinian human rights defender Salah Hammouri
Palestinian human rights lawyer Salah Hammouri, who is currently imprisoned by Israel, has been ordered by the Israeli state to be deported on … Read more: Israel orders forcible deportation of Palestinian human rights defender Salah HammouriContinue Reading
SOUTHCOM Commemorates 25th Anniversary of its Human Rights Initiative
Rooted in SOUTHCOM efforts to promote a culture of respect for human rights in the early '90s, the HRI was established in 1997 to bring together … Read more: SOUTHCOM Commemorates 25th Anniversary of its Human Rights InitiativeContinue Reading
Institutional investors group with $30 trillion signs on to human rights initiative
A group of institutional investors with a collective $30 trillion in assets is collaborating on social issues and human rights. Read more: Institutional investors group with trillion signs on to human rights initiativeContinue Reading
Israel/OPT: Deporting human rights defender Salah Hammouri would 'constitute a war crime'
Israeli authorities must release Salah Hammouri, restore his residency status in Jerusalem, and allow him to continue his human rights work … Read more: Israel/OPT: Deporting human rights defender Salah Hammouri would 'constitute a war crime'Continue Reading
'Racist criteria': White Quebec historian claims human rights violation over job posting
Diversity rules disqualified him right off the top … A historian at Montreal's Dawson College has filed a human rights complaint over a … Read more: 'Racist criteria': White Quebec historian claims human rights violation over job postingContinue Reading
SOUTHCOM Celebrates 25 Years of the Human Rights Initiative
MIAMI, Florida (Dec. 1, 2022) – Leana D. Bresnahan, former director of the U.S. Southern Command Human Rights Office, speaks during a ceremony … Read more: SOUTHCOM Celebrates 25 Years of the Human Rights InitiativeContinue Reading
The U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
The Office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has also been … international experts, civil society representatives and human rights … Read more: The U.S. Mission to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)Continue Reading
Israel strips Palestinian-French human–rights lawyer of Jerusalem residency – The Guardian
Israel strips Palestinian-French human-rights lawyer of Jerusalem residency. Expected deportation of Salah Hamouri to France for 'breach of allegiance … Read more: Israel strips Palestinian-French human–rights lawyer of Jerusalem residency – The GuardianContinue Reading
Establishment of the Anritsu Group's Human Rights Policy
Anritsu Corporation has established the Anritsu Group's Human Rights Policy based on the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human … Read more: Establishment of the Anritsu Group's Human Rights PolicyContinue Reading
Do Intersex & Transgender Children Have Human Rights? – Universiteit Leiden
Do Intersex & Transgender Children Have Human Rights? Professor Benjamin Moron-Puech (Université Lumière Lyon 2). Date: Wednesday 30 November 2022 … Read more: Do Intersex & Transgender Children Have Human Rights? – Universiteit LeidenContinue Reading
Whistleblowing amendments a welcome step towards comprehensive reform
Transparency International Australia, the Human Rights Law Centre and Griffith University's Centre for Governance & Public Policy welcomed the … Read more: Whistleblowing amendments a welcome step towards comprehensive reformContinue Reading
International Women Human Rights Defenders Day – U.S. Embassy & Consulate in Kazakhstan
Women human rights defenders are often on the receiving end of multiple and intersecting forms of gender-based discrimination and violence, compounded … Read more: International Women Human Rights Defenders Day – U.S. Embassy & Consulate in KazakhstanContinue Reading