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… Human Rights report has found … Human Rights report has found. UK's legal and regulatory frameworks are inadequate for tackling supply chain … Read more: UK risks being a dumping ground for goods made using forced labour – JCHR report warnsContinue Reading

Oxfam provided a written statement to the ICJ in March 2024 on human rights obligations beyond borders and what this means for climate action. Read more: International Court of Justice climate ruling a powerful tool for holding countries to accountContinue Reading

The Court used Member States' commitments to both environmental and human rights treaties to justify this decision. Firstly, Member States are … Read more: World Court says countries are legally obligated to curb emissions, protect climateContinue Reading

The world's top court has said a healthy environment is a human right, and governments could be violating international law if they fail to act on … Read more: Healthy environment ruled a human right by world's top court, as campaigners hail 'seismic' winContinue Reading

“The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is therefore inherent in the enjoyment of other human rights,” ICJ President Yuji … Read more: UN's top court delivers historic decision on countries' climate obligations | EuronewsContinue Reading

This approach directs companies to focus on the most severe human rights and environmental risks, wherever they occur in their value chains, drawing … Read more: Getting simplification right: Protecting impact in the EU Omnibus process – Shift ProjectContinue Reading

More than 100 aid organizations and human rights groups warned on Wednesday that “mass starvation” was spreading in Gaza. Read more: Over 100 aid and human rights groups warn 'mass starvation' spreading in GazaContinue Reading

Sex Matters has written to two Parliamentary committees, the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the Women and Equalities Committee, … Read more: The next EHRC chair must uphold the law – Sex MattersContinue Reading

The 59th regular session of the UN Human Rights Council ran from 16 June to 9 July 2025, resulting in 25 Resolutions, one technical decision, … Read more: Key highlights: CIVICUS at 59th Session of the UN Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch found no evidence that the ships were military targets under relevant laws of armed conflict. In addition, neither ship bore any … Read more: Yemen: Houthi's Attacks on Cargo Ships Apparent War Crimes | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

The undersigned human rights organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to immediately end all forms of harassment or intimidation against … Read more: Rights groups call for end to state harassment of human rights defender Mohamed Abdel …Continue Reading

Healthy, sustainable climate 'is a human right', rules UN court. The International Court of Justice has published a landmark legal decision today that … Read more: Healthy, sustainable climate 'is a human right', rules UN court – Oceanographic MagazineContinue Reading

The Germany-based human rights organization HÁWAR.help has submitted a documented list of 50 judicial and security officials of the Islamic Republic … Read more: HÁWAR.help calls on EU to sanction Iranian officials for human rights violationsContinue Reading

… rights and to ensure the equal freedom of all people. Kant was … human rights. The same applies to the threat to revoke the citizenship … Read more: The Boomerang Effect: How Disrespect for International Law Threatens DemocracyContinue Reading