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States at the UN General Assembly voted to elect 14 new members of the Human Rights Council, picking from 17 candidates. Read more: HRC elections: 14 members with mixed records join the Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

The international law firm he founded, Blue Ocean Law, works on human and Indigenous rights and environmental justice across the Pacific. He sits on … Read more: Indigenous human rights lawyer Julian Aguon offers hope, lyricism in new bookContinue Reading

Venezuela has lost its seat on the United Nations Council of Human Rights — a development hailed on Tuesday by activists and human rights … Read more: Rights activists hail Venezuela's departure from UN Human Rights Council – CNNContinue Reading

Vietnam was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) for the 2023-2025 tenure on October 11 at the 77th session of the UN … Read more: Vietnam elected to UN Human Rights Council | Politics | Vietnam+ (VietnamPlus)Continue Reading

The UN General Assembly elected a dozen new countries on Thursday to serve on the Human Rights Council, while Germany and Sudan secured second … Read more: 12 countries elected to serve new terms on Human Rights Council – UN NewsContinue Reading

The hearing, entitled “Testimony from the scene: war crimes and violations of human rights in occupied Ukraine”, will also include a press briefing. Read more: Ukrainian Human Rights Activists Invited To Provide Testimony To The Chamber of DeputiesContinue Reading

Essentially, the Directive places substantive obligations on companies to identify, prevent and remedy adverse human rights and environmental … Read more: Recent Human Rights Due Diligence Law Developments in the European Union …Continue Reading

The Václav Havel Human Rights Prize has been awarded to Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Russian dissident currently in jail for speaking out against … Read more: Václav Havel Human Rights Prize goes to jailed Russian dissident Vladimir Kara-MurzaContinue Reading

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today announced that Prince Harry and Meghan, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, have been named this year's Ripple of … Read more: Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights announces the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as …Continue Reading

Vietnam was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday despite calls by human rights groups that the country should be excluded … Read more: Vietnam wins seat on UN Human Rights Council despite record of rights abusesContinue Reading

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