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… right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is another very significant step. Previous resolutions from the Human Rights Council and UN … Read more: A Cambridge legal expert on the ICJ's landmark climate opinionContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch criticizes India for deporting Bengali migrants without due process, reflecting discriminatory policies against Muslims. Read more: Stop unlawful deportation of Bengali Muslims, Human Rights Watch tells govt. – The HinduContinue Reading

Whether it is in Gaza, or Essex; at home or abroad. For the avoidance of doubt refer to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights – also available as … Read more: Knowing Rights from Wrongs – Liberal Democrat VoiceContinue Reading

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Public Hearing on Trump Administration's Systemic Human Rights Violations Against Immigrants. FOR … Read more: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Public Hearing on Trump …Continue Reading

According to the UN human rights office, more than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli military while trying to get food aid over the … Read more: One in five children in Gaza is malnourished, UN aid agency says – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Although U.S. President Donald Trump has said little or nothing in public about defending human rights and freedoms abroad, … Read more: On Defending Human Rights, America Returns to First Principles – Foreign PolicyContinue Reading

Cairo, July 24 (BNA): Ambassador Nawar Abdullah Al Mutawa, Advisor for Human Rights Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Member of the … Read more: Foreign Ministry Human Rights Advisor participates in Arab Human Rights Committee meetingContinue Reading

Cairo, July 24 (BNA): Dr. Yousef Abdulkarim Bucheeri, Director General of Legal Affairs and Human Rights at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, … Read more: Director General of Legal Affairs and Human Rights leads Bahrain's delegation at Arab …Continue Reading

While human rights law conceptualizes States as primary duty bearers, many multinational corporations (MNCs) hold power and resources to rival small … Read more: Corporations, Climate, and the Court – VerfassungsblogContinue Reading

By grounding states' obligations in scientific consensus and human rights law, the Court affirms that governments must not only reduce their own … Read more: Climate protection is a human right, International Court of Justice statesContinue Reading

Foreign interference in elections scrutinised in European Court of Human Rights judgment. Lawyers representing three MPs in a legal campaign against … Read more: Election interference scrutinised in human rights judgment – Leigh DayContinue Reading

… Human Rights Hearing on U.S. Government's Human Rights Violations Against Immigrants and Asylum Seekers. Human Rights First along with over a dozen … Read more: Remarks from Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing on U.S. Government's …Continue Reading

The United Nations released a report on Thursday indicating that the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan committed human rights violations against … Read more: UN report finds Afghanistan violated human rights of involuntary returnees – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

We must leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) – that is mine and Suella Braverman's conclusion, in a new paper we have co-authored … Read more: Leaving the ECHR would restore our democracy – CapXContinue Reading