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The recent experiences of Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and human rights defender Sunai Phasuk, who face death threats and online harassment, … Read more: Human Rights as Peace Infrastructure: Insights from Thailand and Cambodia's Border TensionsContinue Reading

A report by Human Rights Watch and Central American rights group Cristosal alleges that dozens of Venezuelans deported from the US to a Salvadoran … Read more: Dozens of Venezuelans deported from US to notorious Salvadoran prison subjected to … – CNNContinue Reading

An exchange was also held with Mark Kelly, Chief Inspector of Prisons for Ireland, and Liam Herrick, Chief Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and … Read more: Council of Europe anti-torture Committee (CPT) holds high-level talks in Ireland on …Continue Reading

“No shared venue, stage, or arena in international civil society should welcome a regime that commits genocide, apartheid, and other crimes against … Read more: Dozens of athletes call on UEFA to ban Israel over rights abuses – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre is proud to publish its refreshed equitable briefing policy, following a review of the first three years of the … Read more: Human Rights Law Centre publishes new equitable briefing policyContinue Reading

The Trump administration is raising labor rights concerns as a basis for trade restrictions in new ways: considering whether low wages violate … Read more: United States expands use of tariffs in response to labor and human rights concerns abroadContinue Reading

This week, the Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) will take evidence on the implications of the Assisted Dying Bill from a number of witnesses … Read more: DPO Open Letter on the Terminally Ill Adults Bill: Add Your Signature! | Disability Rights UKContinue Reading

Nine retired senior military officers have written an open letter to warn that the expansion of human rights legislation is damaging morale within … Read more: The ECHR is destroying British army morale – The SpectatorContinue Reading

… civil society, human rights defenders, and opposition voices. Tanzania is facing a deepening human rights crisis. Call the African Union and the … Read more: Demand accountability in Tanzania. – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Nine of the UK's most senior former military officers have accused the Prime Minister of allowing human rights law to undermine the effectiveness … Read more: 'They Are Leaving The Forces' | Former Heads Of British Army Attack Starmer On Human Rights LawContinue Reading

It has been continually and widely reported by human rights groups that Israeli authorities have systematically subjected Palestinian prisoners to … Read more: From genocide to legalised execution: Israel is codifying the killing of Palestinians – ICJPContinue Reading

The 50th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group is underway in Geneva, … Read more: Mongolia Participates in 50th Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights – MontsameContinue Reading

The experts' statement asserts that climate action is “essential to prevent and redress disproportionate human rights harm on those in most vulnerable … Read more: UN experts say COP30 must use human rights approach in climate action – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

A legal challenge opposing parts of interim guidance published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) following a Supreme Court ruling on … Read more: EHRC guidance on gender to face challenge in High Court – Leigh DayContinue Reading