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The Committee said Australia had violated two of the three human rights set out in a U.N. Treaty, the International Covenant on Civil and Political … Read more: Australia climate inaction violated Torres Strait Islanders' rights, UN says | EuronewsContinue Reading

Sophie Luo Shengchun, the wife of jailed Chinese human rights lawyer, Ding Jiaxi, poses with a photo of him at her home in Alfred, New York, … Read more: Human Rights Lawyer Pays Painful Price for Standing Up to Xi's China – Voice of AmericaContinue Reading

The progress made in Greece over the last eight years on individual human rights was acknowledged in the current report of the European Commission … Read more: ECRI: Improvements in human rights, problems with LGBTQI, Roma, migrantsContinue Reading

A meeting on human rights achievements in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region drew a packed audience on Thursday in Geneva on the sidelines of … Read more: Xinjiang's human rights achievements lauded – China Daily – Global EditionContinue Reading

The decision, by the UN's human rights committee, follows a 2019 complaint by eight Australian nationals and six of their children from four small, … Read more: Australia violated human rights of Torres Strait Islanders to protect against climate change: UNContinue Reading

Ms. May speaks fluent Mandarin and handled human-rights and political issues as first secretary at the Canadian embassy in Beijing from 2000 to 2004. Read more: New ambassador to China must speak out on human–rights abuses, Trudeau saysContinue Reading

The Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, organized its second annual LawLAB for Human Rights for 2021 academic year. Read more: Chula's Faculty of Law Presents Certificates to Students in the 2nd LawLAB for Human Rights ProjectContinue Reading

We commit to protect and respect the human rights of our employees, those within our value chain, and in the communities in which we operate. Read more: Human Rights Policy – ADMContinue Reading

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi in New York on September 22 and raised human rights … Read more: UN Chief Raised Human Rights Issues With Iranian President, Spokesman SaysContinue Reading

Last time the Commissioners were present at the Human Rights Council was in May this year. The Council then requested the Commission, in resolution S- … Read more: Update by the Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine … – OHCHRContinue Reading

Presidential pressure: DFB's Neuendorf tells FIFA they have to live their human rights talk. 23rd September 2022. September 23 – German FA president … Read more: Presidential pressure: DFB's Neuendorf tells FIFA they have to live their human rights talkContinue Reading

An Indonesian human rights court Friday indicted a retired Indonesian Army … of human rights,” like genocide and crimes against humanity. Read more: Indonesia army officer to be tried by human rights court for 2014 Papua massacre – JURISTContinue Reading

The Saudi Monarch, King Salman, has issued a Royal Order appointing Hala Al-Tuwaijri as the Chief of the Human Rights Commission, the first woman … Read more: Saudi Arabia appoints woman as Head of Human Rights Commission for first timeContinue Reading

Members of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) on Friday urged Pakistan to undertake timely reforms and legislative … Read more: EU committee urges Pakistan to prevent 'misuse of blasphemy laws, tackle human rights challenges'Continue Reading