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This poignant case tells a sad story, but an instructive one in terms of human rights and the ability of courts to interpret statutes in … Read more: Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act can be "read down" to accord with Convention family rightsContinue Reading

The OKC City Council voted to reinstate the city's human rights commission, which was disbanded more than 25 years ago. Read more: OKC City Council reinstates human rights commission – NonDocContinue Reading

The HRBA entails putting the human rights of people living in poverty and oppression at the centre of development cooperation. Read more: E-learning on Human Rights Based Approach – Sida.seContinue Reading

The Human Rights Campaign PAC (HRC PAC) announced its endorsement of Jim Obergefell for the 89th District seat in the Ohio House of … Read more: Human Rights Campaign Endorses Jim Obergefell for Ohio House of RepresentativesContinue Reading

China is asking the United Nations human rights chief to bury a highly-anticipated report on human rights violations in Xinjiang, according to a … Read more: Exclusive: China seeks to stop UN rights chief from releasing Xinjiang report – documentContinue Reading

Becka's Beat: Human rights need to override state rights. by Tom Becka (KPTM). Monday, July 18th 2022. UserWay icon for accessibility widget. Read more: Becka's Beat: Human rights need to override state rights – KPTMContinue Reading

The Endosulfan victims of Kasaragod district have been facing the cruellest human rights violation in the State, human rights activist Daya Bai … Read more: Endosulfan victims facing human rights violation: Daya Bai – The HinduContinue Reading

We have to stand together to defend international law, human rights, and to address the tragic consequences of the invasion on the economy and … Read more: Stand together to defend international law and human rights – FBC NewsContinue Reading

"The United States and its allies' atrocious abuses of human rights that challenge human conscience are not isolated cases. They are persistent, … Read more: Chinese FM spokesperson urges investigations into UK, U.S. war crimes, human rights violationsContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre is calling for an immediate end to offshore … “Right now in Nauru, refugees who turned to Australia for safety are … Read more: Nine years of shame: Albanese government must end offshore detentionContinue Reading

Human rights activists widely charged that Biden had fallen short in … His “effective subordination of human rights in both Israel and Saudi … Read more: Three journalist deaths fit uneasily in Biden's human rights push – The Washington PostContinue Reading

With this in mind, the next prime minister should reconsider plans to replace the Human Rights Act 1998 with the proposed bill of rights. Read more: UK abortion laws are more precarious than they seem – replacing the Human Rights Act …Continue Reading

The human rights group launched an international campaign of resistance against growing authoritarianism as international governments seek to … Read more: Tory assault on human rights is 'part of global trend' Amnesty warns | Morning StarContinue Reading

Instead of facilitating the right to protest, governments are going to ever greater lengths to quash it. This is why, as the world's biggest human … Read more: Amnesty International launches campaign to protect right to protestContinue Reading