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Eleanor Roosevelt was one of several women highlighted at an event on Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights organized by the UN … Read more: Trailblazers: UN's 'founding mothers' remind all people to stand up for human rightsContinue Reading

Yesterday, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published a landmark ruling in the case of Pueblos Indígenas Tagaeri y Taromenane v. Read more: The Inter-American Court Faces Its First Case on Indigenous Peoples in Voluntary Isolation – EJILContinue Reading

The report details the number of attacks against defenders between 2022 and 2024, as well as arbitrary detentions, torture and forced (…) Read more: Venezuela: The Observatory (OMCT-FIDH) report denounces systematic repression of …Continue Reading

Deputy President, Paul Mashatile will deliver the keynote address during the commemoration of this year's Langa Massacre to be held at Kariega in … Read more: Eastern Cape | Paul Mashatile to lead Human Rights Day – YouTubeContinue Reading

This devastating verdict sets an array of deeply damaging precedents on the rights to freedom of speech, association and peaceful protest and puts … Read more: Chilling verdict against Greenpeace sets damaging precedent – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

A coalition of refugee and human rights groups writes to the leaders of Australia's largest political parties ahead of the federal election. Read more: Don't demonise asylum seekers, human rights groups warn politicians – ABC NewsContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on Democratic People's Republic of Korea about Protection and Human Rights and Epidemic; published on 20 Mar … Read more: Deputy High Commissioner updates Human Rights Council on the Democratic People's …Continue Reading

News and Press Release in English on Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; … Read more: Oral Update on the Human Rights Situation in Venezuela (20 March 2025) – ReliefWebContinue Reading

The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has granted the request by IHRDA and RFK Human Rights to intervene as amici curiae in the case Ado … Read more: African Court admits RFK Human Rights and IHRDA as amici curiae in case on electoral …Continue Reading

This act of transnational repression, carried out by two member states of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), underscores the gap between rhetoric and … Read more: TNR Watch: UN Human Rights Council in Question – Freedom HouseContinue Reading

… human rights” organisation and Raji Sourani, Human Rights Lawyer and Director of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights. #Israel #Gaza #Hamas … Read more: Israel-Hamas war: Prominent Palestinian human rights activists join FRANCE 24 – YouTubeContinue Reading

… rights. Civil society: the last line of defence. Despite these pressures, civil society remains a vital force for defending democracy and human rights … Read more: Global civil society report 2025: threats to human rights grow, but there's hope in grassroots actionContinue Reading

For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen welcomes Shawan Jabarin, General Director of Al-Haq, a Palestinian “human rights … Read more: Israel-Hamas war: Prominent Palestinian human rights activists join FRANCE 24Continue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned the Republic of Cyprus for violating the human rights of a Russian fugitive, Dzhandzhgav, … Read more: Cyprus ordered to pay €18800 for human rights violationContinue Reading