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Health and Human Rights Consequences on the War on Gaza. Flier: Health and Human Rights Consequences of the War on Gaza. Alice Rothchild, … Read more: Health and Human Rights Consequences on the War on Gaza – FXB CenterContinue Reading

“His execution is the tragic culmination of a slew of human rights violations at the hands of the Saudi state, from his arbitrary detention to his … Read more: Saudi Arabia: Deplorable execution exposes broken promise to halt death penalty for juvenilesContinue Reading

Convened in terms of Article 64 (2) of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, read together with Rule 28 of the Rules of Procedure of … Read more: PUBLIC NOTICE: The 85th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human & Peoples' RightsContinue Reading

Musk axed thousands of Twitter staff globally, downsizing the platform's trust and safety, human rights and media teams. The Twitter layoffs was … Read more: Elon Musk and X reach settlement with axed Twitter workers – BBC NewsContinue Reading

The Somali Journalists Syndicate (SJS) and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights (RFKHR) strongly denounce the attempts of Premier Bank to silence … Read more: SJS and RFK Human Rights Issue Statement of Support for Somali Journalist Abdalle …Continue Reading

22 August 2025 Press releases | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The famine declared today in Gaza Governorate by the Integrated … Read more: UN Human Rights Chief says Gaza Governorate famine is direct result of Israeli Government actionsContinue Reading

… human rights. The training used resources developed within the framework of the Council of Europe projects “Facilitating access to human rights … Read more: Summer school for civil society organisations and self-government bodies – The Council of EuropeContinue Reading

On August 21-22, 2025, in Kyiv, 25 human rights inspectors from 23 regions of Ukraine studied how to apply human rights standards and guarantees … Read more: Respect for the rights of detainees – training for police inspectors of the Custody Records systemContinue Reading

Addis Ababa, August 22, 2025 (ENA) — Representatives of African and Chinese universities are discussing in Addis Ababa human rights from a new … Read more: China-Africa Scholars Discussing Development, Human Rights from New PerspectiveContinue Reading

Australia's National Children's Commissioner has commended the Australian Government's leadership on urgent child safety reforms agreed at today's … Read more: National Children's Commissioner commends agreements by education ministers on urgent …Continue Reading

The elimination of the Business and Human Rights team strips US companies of critical guidance just as new international laws raise the stakes. Read more: State Department layoffs could hurt US companies' ability to compete globallyContinue Reading

In proposing the Species Membership Approach, Raffael Fasel argues against the misplaced fears that granting legal rights and personhood to … Read more: Granting Rights to Animals Doesn't Undermine Human Rights – Psychology TodayContinue Reading

عربي 21 August 2025 Final approval by the Israeli Government of the so-called El settlement plan in occupied East Jerusalem represents another … Read more: UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: E1 settlement plan, another …Continue Reading

An appeals board of the Ministry of Education has upheld or intensified disciplinary rulings against seven Kurdish teachers, confirming their … Read more: Kurdish teachers face dismissal, exile, suspension amid union crackdown – KHRNContinue Reading