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By outsourcing border control to these North African nations, the EU has effectively enabled them to ignore human rights abuses to reduce migration. Read more: Beyond EU's Migration Pact and its Human Cost – The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy –Continue Reading

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory (…) Read more: Ethiopia: New draft law threatens to dismantle civil society – FIDHContinue Reading

… human rights modules. The Council of Europe was recognised as one of the Ministry of Interior's main international partners for its continued … Read more: POLICE PROFESSIONALS HONOUR CO-OPERATION WITH COUNCIL OF EUROPE IN …Continue Reading

Human rights organisations and international law experts were remarkably sanguine about the targeting of Israeli civilians. For the most part, no … Read more: When Israeli civilians die, human rights norms disappear – The Jewish ChronicleContinue Reading

On the Climate Advisory Opinion Request to the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. On 2 May 2025, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) – in … Read more: Defining Climate Justice in the African Human Rights System – VerfassungsblogContinue Reading

From the outset, human rights and the social dimension of sustainability did not hold obvious sway in the delivery of the international event despite … Read more: Limited Approach to Human Rights at Sea at Third UN Oceans ConferenceContinue Reading

Explore how war beneficiaries obstruct peace, impacting human rights and state policies in Kurdish regions. In-depth analysis of Saleh Muslim's … Read more: Saleh Muslim Says War Beneficiaries Block Peace Process and Human RightsContinue Reading

The United National Human Rights Council met in Geneva today, 2 July, to adopt the final report of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Egypt's … Read more: Egypt UN Rights Review Concluded: government persists with policy of denialContinue Reading

“These weapons risk causing persistent and long-term, serious harm to civilians, including children,” Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human … Read more: Adhering to bans on mines only in peace time will not work: UN rights chiefContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) voiced concern on Tuesday that some European Union (EU) member states may be retreating from their human rights and … Read more: EU faces criticism for rollback on corporate human rights and environmental obligationsContinue Reading

FGM violates multiple human rights, including the rights to health, physical integrity, freedom from torture, and, in some cases, the right to life. Read more: Harmful practices | OHCHRContinue Reading

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (FIDH-OMCT) expresses grave concern over a newly proposed proclamation that, … Read more: Ethiopia: New Draft Law Threatens to Dismantle Civil Society | OMCTContinue Reading

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a human rights organisation specialising in freedom of religion, said all but one were active leaders and … Read more: Colombia violence: Missing social leaders 'killed by rebels', prosecutor says – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… right to respect for family life (article 8, ECHR), and, thus, unlawful under section 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998. Both appeals were heard … Read more: The Begum Legacy: the Supreme Court further tightens the reins on citizenship deprivation appealsContinue Reading