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Firms that force remote staff to keep their webcams turned on during working hours could be breaching human rights laws, according to a legal … Read more: Forcing staff to keep webcams on breaches human rights laws, court says | HR LegalContinue Reading

The Law Society's Human Rights and Equality Committee will host its annual human-rights conference on Friday, 18 November, in Blackhall Place. Read more: Human–rights conference to focus on bullying and harassment – Law SocietyContinue Reading

Making employees keep webcams on is a human rights violation, Dutch court rules. A US company fired a remote employee after he refused to keep his … Read more: Making employees keep webcams on is a human rights violation, Dutch court rulesContinue Reading

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