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In "Strengthening Civilian Protection," Human Rights Watch and IHRC lay out seven guiding principles to effectively carry ou the commitments of … Read more: Protect Civilians from Explosive Weapons – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Ronan Toal has successfully represented a Filipino national in a significant human rights appeal before the First-tier Tribunal. Read more: Ronan Toal in human rights appeal won on grounds relating to climate changeContinue Reading

The Human Rights Council on Friday held a special session on the human rights situation in and around El-Fasher, Sudan, adopting without a vote a … Read more: UN Human Rights Council adopts resolution requesting urgent inquiry into alleged …Continue Reading

The closed-door meeting focused on embedding human rights and dignity at the very heart of pathways to a just and sustainable peace for Ukraine. The … Read more: Warsaw meeting: Council of Europe Commissioner and experts chart human–rights centred …Continue Reading

During the 38th Human Rights Council (HRC) special session on the human rights situation in and around El Fasher, in the context of the ongoing … Read more: Following atrocities by RSF in El Fasher, HRC demands accountability in Sudan | ISHRContinue Reading

GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.'s top human rights body held a one-day special session Friday to highlight hundreds of killings at a hospital in Sudan's … Read more: UN human rights body holds session on Sudan after paramilitary killings in Darfur – PBSContinue Reading

At a Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the UN Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, said the atrocities unfolding in El-Fasher, … Read more: OHCHR / TURK SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL | UNifeed – UN MediaContinue Reading

Human rights emerged out of the understanding that fascist and authoritarian regimes want to define who people are. That is what is so worrying … Read more: Some thoughts on the current trans quota chaos – Liberal Democrat VoiceContinue Reading

On August 20, 2025, a the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (ACHPR) issued a significant decision concerning the 26-year … Read more: African Highest Human Rights Body Finds Eritrea Violated Rights of Jehovah's WitnessesContinue Reading

Legal innovation. Administrative and public law · Antitrust · Artificial intelligence · Business and human rights · Cybersecurity · Data privacy and … Read more: Limitation periods, the duty to complain, and forfeiture of rights in relation to amendments to …Continue Reading

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) issued since-withdrawn interim guidance in April stating that in places like hospitals, shops … Read more: High Court hears challenge over single sex toilet guidance – BBC NewsContinue Reading

Abbas co-founded Campaign for Uyghurs in 2017, with the goal of promoting and defending the human rights and democratic freedoms of the Uyghur people. Read more: Rushan Abbas' fight for Uyghur human rights is personalContinue Reading

… civil society experts to establish human rights safeguards within AI governance frameworks. The firms that provide AI infrastructure and cloud … Read more: An Uncertain Future for the Global Internet | Freedom HouseContinue Reading

While the Trump administration dismantled much of the foreign assistance ecosystem, democracy, human rights, and governance programming and … Read more: How U.S. Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance Cuts Could Undermine Global …Continue Reading