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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) broke ground on November 24, 2022, by adopting resolution SS35 to create an independent … Read more: Iran and the United Nations: Breaking New Ground at the Human Rights Council, Is the …Continue Reading

A member of the Massachusetts-based Human Rights Commission has resigned after mocking God and cursing Christians in a Facebook post last week. Read more: Human Rights Commissioner Resigns After Mocking God, Cursing Christians over …Continue Reading

Biden needs to confront el-Sisi on human rights. Advocates say the US president emboldened the Egyptian leader during last month's COP27, … Read more: Biden needs to confront el-Sisi on human rights – Responsible StatecraftContinue Reading

This puts individuals at risk of serious human rights violations,” the Special Rapporteur said. The toxic impacts of mercury use in small-scale gold … Read more: Ghana: Toxics exposure violating human rights, urgent action needed, says United Nations …Continue Reading

Human Rights First Saves Lives. We help people who have fled dangerous situations in their home countries to obtain asylum in the United States. Read more: ASYLUM – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

Foolproof has introduced a new lager, Woman Life Liberty, which is inspired by the current revolution taking place in Iran. The Pawtucket brewery will … Read more: Foolproof Joins The Cause For Human Rights In Iran – BrewboundContinue Reading

“The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights has made it clear that state-sanctioned killing as a form of criminal punishment is cruel and … Read more: Civil and Human Rights Groups Urge United States to Support Global Death Penalty MoratoriumContinue Reading

The Columbia Commission on Human Rights hosted a panel discussion this weekend … Affordable housing access is a human right, says panel marking … Read more: International Human Rights Day panel puts focus on housing access – Columbia Daily TribuneContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World about Climate Change and Environment and Protection and Human Rights; published on 13 Dec 2022 by … Read more: The Universal Declaration: a catalyst for environmental human rights action – ReliefWebContinue Reading

Indigenous leader Gam Shimray on the fundamentality of rights in ongoing biodiversity proceedings. Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez, an Indigenous human … Read more: Why human rights and biodiversity are intertwined – Landscape NewsContinue Reading

A new article from researchers at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health is shedding light on the potential health and human rights … Read more: Gillings experts emphasize health policy's role in transgender human rightsContinue Reading

The emergency housing system is seriously flawed by three constant human rights breaches, an inquiry has found. Read more: Emergency housing: Human Rights Commission's damning report points to rights breachesContinue Reading

The Human Rights Day on 10 December creates a new urgency in elevating needed awareness and critical actions in upholding human rights, … Read more: America Indispensable In Protecting Human Rights And Freedom – OpEd – Eurasia ReviewContinue Reading

President Al-Sisi stressed the need to continue embracing human rights and freedoms in Egypt in their comprehensive sense, in accordance with the … Read more: Al-Sisi stresses need to embrace human rights, freedoms in their comprehensive senseContinue Reading