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A future Crimes Against Humanity Convention holds tremendous potential to strengthen protection for people at risk of egregious rights violations … Read more: Justice for Children in a Future Crimes Against Humanity Treaty | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); May 21, 2025: Maziar Karimi, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Ghezelhesar Prison. Read more: Maziar Karimi Hanged for Drug Offences in Ghezelhesar Prison – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

Human rights defenders in the country contend that the recently passed UPDF Amendment Bill, 2025, grants the government overly broad powers, … Read more: Human Rights Defenders criticize UPDF Bill for overreach – YouTubeContinue Reading

Upending decades of precedence, the Trump Administration will exclude key information from the State Department's reports on human rights. Read more: The Trump Administration is Trying to Redefine Human Rights | TIMEContinue Reading

Deusdedit Ruhangariyo Special to ICT. Around the world: A regional human rights court is considering the case of two Indigenous communities that … Read more: GLOBAL INDIGENOUS: Human rights, education and a dazzling performance – ICT NewsContinue Reading

Members of the UN General Assembly have traded barbs at a meeting on the human rights situation in North Korea. Some nations contend that the … Read more: UN members trade accusations at meeting on human rights situation in N.KoreaContinue Reading

North Korea's U.N. Ambassador Kim Song called the allegations that his country violates human rights “a burlesque of intrigue and fabrication" and … Read more: North Korean defectors urge the UN to hold the country's leader accountable for rights abusesContinue Reading

Human Rights First calls on the United States to honor its commitments to those fleeing humanitarian crises. To speak with Barnard please contact … Read more: Supreme Court Stay Threatens Safety and Livelihoods of 350000 Venezuelan ImmigrantsContinue Reading

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Article 12 (1). States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to … Read more: Women's Right to Health – Ethiopian Human Rights Commission – EHRCContinue Reading

The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) are gravely alarmed by the … Read more: India and Pakistan must maintain the ceasefire, uphold the rights of Kashmiris – FIDHContinue Reading

… civil society to promote human rights and social inclusion. In recognition of his service, he received the President's Award in 2022. His … Read more: Human rights advocate Vic Alhadeff awarded honorary doctorate – The University of SydneyContinue Reading

Mr Drage argued that the vaccination policy was unlawful as it “violated his human right to practice his religion”. However, the court found … Read more: Religious exemptions and human rights: What employers can learn from Drage – HR LeaderContinue Reading

Bucaramanga, Colombia, May 20, 2025 — On March 6, 2025 the United Nations Special Rapporteurs on human rights defenders, a healthy environment, … Read more: UN experts denounce threats and stigmatization against defenders of water and the …Continue Reading

One evening in January 2023, Indigenous leader Antonio Díaz Valencia and human rights lawyer Ricardo Arturo Lagunes Gasca vanished. Read more: Defending Human Rights Is Dangerous. Defending Nature Makes It Even RiskierContinue Reading