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GENEVA – The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Russian Federation, Mariana Katzarova, today condemned the arrest and … Read more: Russia must release ill lawyer Maria Bontsler, detained in retaliation for human rights workContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday found that Russia committed grave violations of international humanitarian law (IHL) in … Read more: Europe human rights court finds Russia committed grave international law violations in UkraineContinue Reading

Albanese, a human rights lawyer, has repeatedly called Israel's campaign a "genocide" and supported the International Criminal Court's arrest warrant … Read more: US imposes sanctions on UN human rights expert investigating Israeli abuses in GazaContinue Reading

A decade after the Chinese Communist Party's nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers, activists and legal professionals say their work is … Read more: China: 10 years after 709 crackdown, human rights are waning – DWContinue Reading

The wide-ranging reforms were recognised by the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review in Geneva in January, including the abolition … Read more: Kazakhstan puts human rights at core of governance in bid to set regional exampleContinue Reading

Albanese, a human rights lawyer, has been vocal about what she has described as the “genocide” that Israel is waging against Palestinians in Gaza. Read more: US issues sanctions against UN official investigating abuses in Gaza – The GuardianContinue Reading

Europe's top human rights court finds Boeing 777 flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was shot down by Russia in July 2014. Read more: Landmark ruling finds Russia shot down MH17 with 38 Australians on board – The GuardianContinue Reading

The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the UN Human Rights Council special rapporteur Francesca Albanese, an outspoken critic of … Read more: US sanctions UN expert Francesca Albanese, critic of Israel's Gaza offensive – BBC NewsContinue Reading

The US has placed sanctions on human rights lawyer Francesca Albanese, the UN's special rapporteur for the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Read more: Trump administration sanctions UN human rights rapporteur Francesca AlbaneseContinue Reading

… Francesca Albanese, UN special rapporteur on human rights in the Palestinian territories … Read more: US sanctions UN expert Albanese over Israel criticism – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

The United States has sanctioned the United Nations's special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories over her criticism of … Read more: US sanctions UN human rights official over Israel criticism – The TelegraphContinue Reading

Today I am imposing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese for her illegitimate and shameful efforts to prompt … Read more: Secretary Marco Rubio on X: "Today I am imposing sanctions on UN Human Rights Council …Continue Reading

Since international law requires States to modify harmful gender stereotypes and eliminate wrongful gender stereotyping, States have an international … Read more: Sex/Gender Segregation: A Human Rights Violation, Not a ProtectionContinue Reading

The case began in 2012, when the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures to protect patients at the Federico … Read more: Inter-American Court To Hear Case on Human Rights Violations at Guatemala's Federico …Continue Reading