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As B.C.'s Human Rights Commissioner, I feel it is important to speak out about how this continually unfolding tragedy is a violation of human rights … Read more: A human rights-based approach to the toxic drug crisisContinue Reading

Employers who fail to take 'reasonable steps' can be punished by the Tribunals Commission, as well as the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Read more: Breakfast Briefing: Preventing sexual harassment in the workplace: taking the right stepsContinue Reading

LGBTI civil-society spaces are shrinking and LGBTI human-rights defenders face an increasing backlash. Opposition to organising LGBTI events has … Read more: Combatting discrimination on sexual orientation and gender identity grounds in EuropeContinue Reading

The event, chaired by Lorraine Keown (Human Rights and Equality Committee Chair), brought together legal professionals and wider stakeholders across … Read more: 25 years of the Human Rights Act in Northern IrelandContinue Reading

… human rights. The human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment has been recognized by the UN General Assembly and the Human Rights … Read more: The judiciary for climate justice and environmental rule of law – UNEPContinue Reading

In Geneva, diplomats are scrambling to respond. The Human Rights Council will address the escalating crisis at an emergency meeting on Friday, and … Read more: 'These atrocities were preventable': UN-backed investigator on Sudan's El FasherContinue Reading

Exposing children to e-cigarettes compromises their human rights. These products should be regulated in a way that puts children's best interests … Read more: Rising youth e-cigarette use threatens children's health and human rightsContinue Reading

12 Such action is not only crucial from a public health perspective but is required by international human rights law. Appropriate regulation … Read more: How e-cigarettes compromise children's human rights | The BMJContinue Reading

Building on the newly adopted ASEAN commitments, there is now a real opportunity for the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) to … Read more: Can AICHR Turn ASEAN's Environmental Rights Promise into Reality?Continue Reading

… human rights violations' around the world. Published On 12 Nov 202512 Nov 2025. FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators march across Brooklyn Bridge rallying to … Read more: Will South Africa's Biko inquest finally yield justice for struggle icon? – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

BURLINGTON, VT— Today, leading human rights organizations, from both the United States and El Salvador, released a new report on the shocking … Read more: Welch Statement Following Shocking Human Rights Report on El Salvador's Infamous …Continue Reading

Identify successful practices for sharing territories and resolving land disputes;; Understand the human rights impacts of current land governance and … Read more: Call for input: Interlinkages between land rights and the right to food – ohchrContinue Reading

On November 24, 2025, six people, including human rights defenders Mustapha Djemali and Abderrazek Krimi, will stand trial before the Tunis Court … Read more: Tunisia: Human Rights Defenders must be freed – Amnesty International CanadaContinue Reading

Detention of Dong on espionage charges has been criticised by human rights and press freedom organisations. Read more: Beijing court to rule in appeal of jailed Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu | China – The GuardianContinue Reading