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The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O'Flaherty, conducted a mission to Serbia from 25 to 27 April 2025, … Read more: Serbia: authorities should ensure safety of demonstrators and improve working environment …Continue Reading

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council that calls for each UN Member State to undergo a peer review of … Read more: Guinea Review – 49th Session of Universal Periodic Review – UN Web TVContinue Reading

G20 governments are cutting human rights funding, weakening efforts to combat modern slavery. These cuts threaten decades of progress and put … Read more: Governments are cutting human rights funding and putting millions at risk of modern slaveryContinue Reading

We want to help build a culture that makes us a truly civil society. South Australians have proposed better protections for their human rights, … Read more: Parliamentary Committee Report Calls for Human Rights Law for SA! – SACOSSContinue Reading

In its State of the World's Human Rights report, released Tuesday, the organization described “multiple assaults” as a defining feature of Trump's … Read more: Amnesty: Trump threatens decades of human rights progress – Shafaq NewsContinue Reading

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon, who oversees the Civil Rights Division, said over the weekend that more than 100 attorneys had accepted … Read more: Roughly 70% of Justice Department's Civil Rights Division expected to accept resignation offer – CNNContinue Reading

TOKYO — Amnesty International issued a dire warning on the state of global human rights in its annual report published on Tuesday, arguing that … Read more: Trump a 'super-accelerator' of human rights deterioration, Amnesty says – Nikkei AsiaContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch stands in solidarity with US civil society groups whose work to defend people's rights has been deliberately upended by Trump … Read more: Statement of Solidarity with US Civil Society Groups | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

In 2024, the UK chapter of Amnesty International—the world's largest human-rights organization—went out of its way to promote a Palestinian … Read more: Saving Human Rights from the Human–Rights-Mongers – Mosaic MagazineContinue Reading

Those affected will still be able to appeal their removal from the UK in the courts under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). More … Read more: Sex offenders to be denied refugee status under plans to improve women's safety | Politics …Continue Reading

The National Human Rights Commission said Monday it will not attend this year's Seoul Queer Culture Festival, deciding to boycott invitation of … Read more: Human rights body not to attend LGBTQ+ festival, breaking 8-year streak – The Korea HeraldContinue Reading

Amnesty also says US President Donald Trump is responsible for 'multiplicity of assaults' on human rights. Read more: Israel carrying out 'live-streamed genocide' in Gaza, Amnesty says – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Liberian President Joseph Boakai should follow through on his commitment to justice and human rights by renewing an executive order key to … Read more: Liberia: Renew Mandate to Establish War Crimes Court – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Mexican authorities have announced the discovery of the bodies of a human rights activist and her husband, six months after they were reported … Read more: Mexican human rights activist and husband found dead 6 months after disappearanceContinue Reading