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Human rights groups yesterday called on lawmakers to approve a draft bill that would ban torture and other forms of inhumane punishment. Read more: Human rights groups urge lawmakers to ban torture, inhumane punishment – Taipei TimesContinue Reading

We call on the Russian Federation to abide by its international obligations and ensure the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms for … Read more: HRC 50 – Joint Statement on the Situation of Human Rights in Russia, Interactive Dialogue … – EEASContinue Reading

US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v Wade abortion ruling an epic, historic victory for true civil rights. Read more: Roe v Wade's overturning an epic victory for civil rights | The Catholic WeeklyContinue Reading

Now the spectre is raised of the UK abandoning the European Charter of Human Rights (the treaty behind the court) and the usual ill-informed wails … Read more: Note to woke: Brits taught Europe human rights, not other way around FREDERICK FORSYTHContinue Reading

Access to safe and legal abortion is a matter of human rights, and its availability is the best way to protect autonomy and reduce maternal … Read more: Access to Abortion is a Human RightContinue Reading

Britain's controversial policy to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has been a trending media topic ahead of the summit. Read more: Commonwealth meet draws attention to Rwanda's human rights record | News – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley has called the United States Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade "… Read more: 'Human rights are never settled': Rachel Notley reacts to Roe v. Wade | EverythingGPContinue Reading

Statement by H.E. Ambassador SHA Zukang, Head of the Chinese Delegation, on Item 4 at the 58th Session of the Commission on Human Rights … Read more: Human Rights IssuesContinue Reading

The organization has made it clear that abortion access is a human right. Whether it's willing to fight the U.S. over that is another story. Read more: Could the U.N. sanction the U.S. for human rights violations if Roe is overturned? – MicContinue Reading

“Access to safe, legal, and effective abortion is firmly rooted in international human rights law and is at the core of women and girls' autonomy … Read more: US ending abortion right huge blow to human rights – UN chiefContinue Reading

But it looks like the temptation to reverse the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruling on deportations to Rwanda was too much. And there are … Read more: Fascist Tories want to scrap the Human Rights Act – The CanaryContinue Reading

Human rights and environmental protection are closely intertwined, and both are critically dependent on supportive legal opportunity structures. These … Read more: Environmental Human Rights in the Anthropocene – Cambridge University PressContinue Reading

PSAC is outraged at the US Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe vs Wade, a 50-year-old ruling that protected abortion rights. Read more: Reproductive rights are human rights: PSAC condemns overturning of Roe vs WadeContinue Reading

UKPNP appealed to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to organize a UN fact-finding delegation to visit Gilgit Baltistan and bring on record the … Read more: UKPNP holds demonstration in Geneva over human rights, security situation in PoKContinue Reading