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… human rights in Iran. CHRI investigates and documents rights violations occurring throughout Iran, relying on first-hand accounts to expose abuses … Read more: Iran's Workers: Battered by Brutal Repression and Lethal Work ConditionsContinue Reading

Human Rights Law Centre intervenes in landmark whistleblower protections appeal. The Human Rights Law Centre has been granted leave to participate as … Read more: Human Rights Law Centre intervenes in landmark whistleblower protections appealContinue Reading

*New reports will be added to this page as they are submitted by Members. The submission of an Annual Report is one of the core expectations of Full … Read more: 2024 Annual Reports – Voluntary Principles on Security and Human RightsContinue Reading

Human rights claims in the immigration courts 'do not always stand up to scrutiny', the Justice Secretary has admitted. Advertisement. Read more: Justice Secretary admits some human rights claims by immigrants to avoid deportation 'don't …Continue Reading

The Trump administration's anti-rights campaign is turbocharging harmful trends already present, gutting international human rights protections … Read more: Amnesty warns of global human rights crisis as 'Trump effect' accelerates destructive trendsContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); April 30, 2025: Iran state media reported the execution of Mohsen Langarneshin for charges of “moharebeh (enmity … Read more: Mohsen Langarneshin Hanged for “Espionage for Israel” in Ghezelhesar Prison Group HangingContinue Reading

Tags. Civil Rights · Criminal Legal System · Criminalization · Harassment · Impunity · Racial Discrimination · United States. Read more: Submission to the International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice …Continue Reading

But so long as private prison CEOs continue to profit from billion-dollar government handouts to run private immigration detention, human rights … Read more: Guide to Legal Access in Immigration Detention – Robert F. Kennedy Human RightsContinue Reading

Last-minute legal interventions by the prosecutors and the federal government forced David McBride to abandon his whistleblowing defence. He will now … Read more: Statement: Prosecution of David McBride – Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

Ultimately, nations must prioritise the principle of human rights over profit. Letter to Editor. Wed Apr 30 2025. Read more: [OPINION] When economic considerations are prioritised over human rights, genocide will …Continue Reading

In addition to traditional human rights claims – such as Alien Tort Statute (ATS), Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), or Trafficking Victims … Read more: HUMAN RIGHTS DUE DILIGENCE (HRDD) CAN HELP SHIELD COMPANIES FROM …Continue Reading

An international human rights body found that in 2010, U.S. Border Patrol agents tortured and killed Anastasio Hernandez Rojas using excessive … Read more: Human rights commission blames US for fatal beating, cover-up by border agentsContinue Reading

Trump's first 100 days target diversity policies, civil rights protections · Trump dismantles DEI policies, affecting federal and private sectors … Read more: Trump's first 100 days target diversity policies, civil rights protections – ReutersContinue Reading

China is to lift sanctions on five current and former MEPs who have criticized its human right violations, according to a senior Parliament official, … Read more: China to lift sanctions on EU lawmakers to unlock trade talks – Politico.euContinue Reading