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… step backwards for the protection of fundamental human rights, … In doing so, SCOTUS ruled that there's no federal constitutional right to … Read more: Now that Roe v Wade has been overturned, what are the consequences? – Monash LensContinue Reading

The HRA essentially put the rights we derive from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into domestic legislation by empowering the UK … Read more: Jonathan Williams on the proposed British Bill or Rights | The National WalesContinue Reading

This raises complex human rights considerations. Perhaps mandatory vaccination should only be applicable in sectors such as education and … Read more: Are mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations a violation of human rights? – The Mail & GuardianContinue Reading

(Nairobi) – Armed separatist fighters have killed at least seven people, injured six others, raped a girl, and committed other grave human rights … Read more: Cameroon: Separatist Abuses in Anglophone Regions – ReliefWebContinue Reading

… our SNP elected members up in arms about the UK Government's Bill of Rights, which fundamentally reduces and takes away our human rights. Read more: Scotland's criminal defence system needs urgent investment to uphold human rightsContinue Reading

The Arakan Human Rights Defenders and Promoters Association (AHRDPA) said in a statement on Friday that the Myanmar military's arbitrary arrests … Read more: Military's arbitrary civilian arrests are violation of human rights: Arakan activist groupContinue Reading

Upcoming and past events from the Global Campus of Human Rights and from our Academic Partners. Read more: Events – Global Campus of Human RightsContinue Reading

“We know from Human Rights Watch work around the world that denying girls who are pregnant or adolescent mothers the right to study in public schools … Read more: Tanzania: Court to Rule on Education Ban for Pregnant Students – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

HYDERABAD: BJP State president Bandi Sanjay Kumar wrote to the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), complaining that the State government has … Read more: Telangana: BJP State chief seeks human rights body intervention in cancelled ration cards issueContinue Reading

Dobbs also puts the US on a collision course with international human rights laws and norms. … In 1973, the Supreme Court ruled in Roe vs Wade that … Read more: America's body politics – Times of IndiaContinue Reading

So Near and Yet So Far: The International Arms Trade Treaty and Human Rights. By Dr Gilles Giacca – The renewed United Nations Conference on the … Read more: Conflict and Human Rights | OHRHContinue Reading

“In Iraq, we hear about human rights and women's rights in Europe. But here there are no rights”, said a Yazidi woman who was detained in the … Read more: Lithuania: Pushbacks, illegal detention, deception and abuses against refugees and migrantsContinue Reading

Talks between the government and an alliance of legal and civil liberties groups to discuss the new draft criminal code have stumbled. Read more: Indonesia 'democracy, human rights at risk' as row over criminal code heats upContinue Reading

Kaos GL Association, which campaigns to promote the human rights of LGBTQ people against discrimination, said on Twitter police detained more than … Read more: Police break up Istanbul Pride march, detain over 150 – France 24Continue Reading