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together to take action on human rights and social issues. Investors use their collective influence with companies and other decision makers to … Read more: Advance: a stewardship initiative for human rights and social issues – PRIContinue Reading

Officials open mosques in Xinjiang cities visited by UN human rights chief A sign with a Chinese slogan hangs from the fence of a mosque in the … Read more: Officials open mosques in Xinjiang cities visited by UN human rights chief – Radio Free AsiaContinue Reading

Conservative leader candidate Patrick Brown said he is a "firm believer" that Canada can maintain a relationship with China while addressing … Read more: Canada can trade with China and fight human rights abuses, Patrick Brown says – NationalContinue Reading

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends a virtual meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 25. Listen. 5 … Read more: Opinion The UN human rights chief has failed us, our families — and the worldContinue Reading

The gangs themselves abuse people's rights. But in responding to them, Nigerian security forces have often violated human rights and killed civilians … Read more: Why Is the U.S. Selling Weapons to Nigeria After It Bombed Civilians? – FPIFContinue Reading

The evolution of a photojournalist in the Civil Rights Movement: “I was going to the New York Institute of Photography. I started documenting all the … Read more: New exhibition in Atlanta documents Civil Rights Movement through photos and virtual realityContinue Reading

Leading human rights groups held a conference in London on Tuesday to discuss “apartheid” in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. Read more: Leading human rights groups discuss apartheid in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories.Continue Reading

'More peace and human rights education is needed in the Arab region, and it has to take into account the new realities of the world we live in'. This … Read more: Arab region contribution to the revision of the UNESCO 1974 Recommendation concerning …Continue Reading

It's not clear whether Ruger, one of a small number of public gun manufacturers, will implement the nonbinding proposal. Read more: Ruger Shareholders Vote for Study of Gunmaker's Impact on Human RightsContinue Reading

As NRDC communications staffer Tyler Weingart suggests: There is a lesson in knowing that many human rights—from reproductive freedom to marriage … Read more: What Pride Illuminates About Human Rights and Our Planet | NRDCContinue Reading

That movement ultimately helped secure greater recognition of the human rights of LGBTQI+ persons and strengthened American democracy itself. Read more: Commemorating Pride Month – United States Department of StateContinue Reading

Chinese state media touted a visit by the United Nations human rights chief to the Xinjiang region, in which she echoed the Communist regime's … Read more: China Propaganda Outlet Uses UN Human Rights Chief as Tool To Whitewash Beijing's GenocideContinue Reading

Doha:Chairperson of the National Human Rights Committee (NHRC), H E Maryam bint Abdullah Al Attiyah, met yesterday with Faten Limashati, … Read more: NHRC Chairperson, UN official discuss cooperation on human rights | The Peninsula QatarContinue Reading

EU, UNICEF, Human Rights Commissioner Office Wrap Up Four Year Program to Expand Migrant Children's Access to Educational and Social Services. Read more: EU, UNICEF, Human Rights Commissioner Office Wrap Up Four Year Program to Expand …Continue Reading