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Careers at IHREC. IHREC staff are Civil Servants of the State and are recruited via recruitment campaigns run by publicjobs and our recruitment … Read more: Work with and for us | IHREC – English – Irish Human Rights and Equality CommissionContinue Reading

US decision to sanction Addameer, Palestinian human rights organisation, has grave implications for Rights Work in Israel/Palestine & beyond. Read more: US: Lift sanctions on leading Palestinian human rights organisationContinue Reading

The South African runner Caster Semenya has called for athletes' rights to be better protected after Europe's top human rights court ruled that she … Read more: Caster Semenya calls for athletes' rights to be put first as court rules in her favourContinue Reading

Human rights defenders in exile face growing acts of transnational repression (TNR) on a global scale. ISHR interviewed Basma Mostafa, … Read more: UN, governments must tackle Egypt's transnational repression of journalist and activist …Continue Reading

On July 9, 2025, in the case of Ukraine and the Netherlands v. Russia, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) held Russia … Read more: European Court: Russia Accountable For Widespread Abuses Of Human Rights In UkraineContinue Reading

However, the European human rights court refused to rule on several other aspects of Semenya's case. This included questions over whether she was … Read more: Caster Semenya did not get fair hearing in sex eligibility case, human rights court rulesContinue Reading

Amid record-high detention levels under the Trump administration, RFK Human Rights and the ACLU are sounding the alarm on dangerous, preventable … Read more: Newsweek: More ICE Deaths 'Inevitable' as Detention Numbers SoarContinue Reading

STRASBOURG, France: A top European court on Wednesday (Jul 9) ruled Russia committed a string of human rights violations in backing anti-Kyiv … Read more: Europe's top human rights court says Russia responsible for 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flightContinue Reading

For more than a decade the Egyptian government has targeted the Soltan family for their human rights advocacy. Most recently, this targeting has … Read more: Rights Groups Call on Egyptian Authorities to Immediately Release Dr. Salah Soltan and All …Continue Reading

… it found "indications" last month that Israel breached human rights obligations under a pact governing its ties with the bloc. Read more: EU outlines options for political action against Israel on human rights – ReutersContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights has found Russia liable for “widespread” and “flagrant” abuses of human rights during its occupation of Crimea … Read more: Human rights court holds Russia liable over conflict in Ukraine – Global Arbitration ReviewContinue Reading

"UN Special Rapporteurs, along with other parts of the human rights ecosystem, address – by their nature – sensitive and often divisive issues that … Read more: UN human rights chief urges reversal of US sanctions on Francesca AlbaneseContinue Reading

Human rights defenders rallied on Thursday to support the top U.N. expert on Palestinian rights, after the United States imposed sanctions on her … Read more: Rights defenders denounce US sanctions on UN expert on Palestinians | ReutersContinue Reading

UN Human Rights Chief @volker_turk urges prompt reversal of #US sanctions against a Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council, … Read more: UN Human Rights – XContinue Reading