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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

… abortion across the United States, was described by the UN human rights chief as “a huge blow to women's human rights and gender equality.” | Read more: Overturning of Roe v Wade abortion law a 'huge blow to women's human rights' warns BacheletContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on Bosnia and Herzegovina about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; published on 24 … Read more: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet concludes her official visit to …Continue Reading

Human Rights Measurement Initiative finds Hong Kong, which now ranks close to Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, both near last-place China. Read more: Hong Kong Nears Bottom in New Human Rights SurveyContinue Reading

Violent threats against people of faith are the opposite of human rights. The Catholic Church is devoted to caring for the most vulnerable and … Read more: Violent threats against people of faith are the opposite of human rights | Fox NewsContinue Reading

The interplay between the HRA and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is legally nuanced and complex, and matters are certainly not helped … Read more: We mustn't repeal the Human Rights Act | Tom Farr | The Critic MagazineContinue Reading

The report measures 13 rights, consisting of five economic and social human rights and eight civil and political human rights. HRMI gave Vietnam a … Read more: Vietnam's human rights record is poor but improving, HRMI says – Radio Free AsiaContinue Reading