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Mutasim Ali, legal advisor at the Raoul Wallenberg Center for Human Rights spoke at UN Watch's Oct. 3, 2022 media briefing in New York about the … Read more: Mutasim Ali Opposes Sudan's Candidacy to the U.N. Human Rights Council – YouTubeContinue Reading

Experts in England and Wales have concluded that granting legal rights to non-human entities, such as animals, trees and rivers, would help tackle … Read more: Granting legal rights to non-human entities would help tackle climate change: UK reportContinue Reading

A remote employee working for a U.S. company from the Netherlands has been awarded €75000 by Dutch court, after being fired for refusing to turn … Read more: Making Workers Keep Their Webcams on Is a Human Rights Violation, According to Dutch JudgeContinue Reading

Instead, the employee was rightly and reasonably defending his right to privacy. That's protected by the European Convention of Human Rights, … Read more: Florida firm's webcam surveillance violates human rights, Dutch court says | Ars TechnicaContinue Reading

Jailed Russian opposition figure Vladimir Kara-Murza is the winner of this year's Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize, the Parliamentary Assembly of … Read more: Jailed Putin critic Kara-Murza wins Council of Europe human rights prize – France 24Continue Reading

If your employer demands you keep your webcam on while remote working, it could constitute a human rights violation in the Netherlands. Read more: Forcing workers to turn cameras on for Zoom calls 'breaches human rights' – MetroContinue Reading

Detained Russian opposition figure handed Council of Europe human rights prize Updated: 2022-10-11 09:53:00 KST. + Text Size Large / – Small. A … Read more: Detained Russian opposition figure handed Council of Europe human rights prizeNewsContinue Reading

Human rights are non-negotiable. We must raise violations wherever and by whoever they are committed, says Cornelia Ernst, Chair of the European … Read more: It's time for a new chapter in Iran written by women | View | EuronewsContinue Reading

Requiring remote staff to keep their webcam on constitutes a human rights violation, a court in the Netherlands has found in a ruling against a … Read more: Staffer fired for refusing to keep his webcam on wins 000 payout from Florida-based ChetuContinue Reading

Sophie Richardson is the China director at Human Rights Watch. The Chinese Communist Party is set to open its 20th National Congress on Oct. 16. Read more: Opinion | Democracies must stand firm against Xi Jinping's next assault on human rightsContinue Reading

“Human rights responsibilities do not end at prison gates,” she told Guardian Australia. “For too long, governments have maintained an 'out-of-sight, … Read more: 'Barbaric' practices still used in Victorian prisons, human rights advocates say | VictoriaContinue Reading

Each year, the Memorial Lecture advances public understanding and debate about the Racial Discrimination Act, racism and human rights. Information & … Read more: 2022 Kep Enderby Memorial Lecture – Australian Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

The UN General Assembly will vote Tuesday for new members to serve on the controversial Human Rights Council. Read more: Afghanistan, Venezuela Among Candidates for UN Rights BodyContinue Reading

The Dutch court's ruling suggested the required use of webcams to monitor workers violates human rights. In court documents cited in the report, … Read more: Webcam monitoring violates human rights, Dutch court says (TechCrunch)Continue Reading