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Bisons at the Centre of Human Rights Education. By Spenser Smith. In the early '90s, Isha Khan walked through the University of Manitoba's sprawling … Read more: Bisons at the Centre of Human Rights Education – UM TodayContinue Reading

The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), closed last week, when Concordia University, which funded it, said it was " … Read more: A Montreal university closed its human rights think-tank. Advocates say it's a 'baffling' moveContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre's explainer on the Albanese Government's brutal laws to deport and punish refugees and people seeking asylum after the … Read more: Explainer: Labor's brutal Deportation and Surveillance Bill | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the 2024 Election. Read more: The Leadership Conference Statement on the 2024 ElectionContinue Reading

Amid mounting geopolitical tensions and a surge in serious violations, it is “more important than ever” for the Human Rights Council to … Read more: Despite Resource Constraints, Human Rights Council Advanced Its Work Through Dialogue …Continue Reading

(RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah's Witnesses, international human rights experts are condemning the nation's … Read more: Persecution of Eritrean Jehovah's Witnesses condemned by human rights expertsContinue Reading

Children are often invisible in human rights and environmental due diligence mechanisms, thus leaving negative impacts unaddressed. While some … Read more: Human rights and environmental due diligence legislation – UnicefContinue Reading

UNICEF advocates for the explicit integration of children's rights in NAPs and works in partnership with Governments and civil society to provide … Read more: National action plans on business and human rights – UnicefContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch's Turkey director, Emma Sinclair Webb, analyzes new legislation targeting journalists and civil society and the ouster of … Read more: What is Turkey's human rights outlook with new spy law, ousting of Kurdish mayors?Continue Reading

… human rights record. Could use a vacation right now: Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth Partner with Experience Abu. Chris Hemsworth and his wife have … Read more: Chris Hemsworth faces backlash after promoting country with notorious human rights recordContinue Reading

The Hague – Syrian Network for Human Rights. In October 2024, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) released its latest report on the … Read more: SNHR is the Most Cited Source in the Latest EUAA Report on the Security Situation in SyriaContinue Reading

A meeting of the Human Rights Commission will be held on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall, 20 W. Pike Street, Covington, … Read more: Meeting Notice – Human Rights Commission 11/7/2024 – The City of Covington, KYContinue Reading

The international non-governmental advocacy organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said the UAE “invests in a strategy to paint the country as … Read more: Chris Hemsworth criticised over tourism ad promoting Abu Dhabi despite 'notorious … – The GuardianContinue Reading

Mugiyanto Sipin, Vice-Minister of Human Rights of Indonesia; H.E. Ambassador Yong Chanthalangsy, Representative of Lao PDR to AICHR and Chair of AICHR … Read more: 6th ASEAN Human Rights DialogueContinue Reading