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Image credit: UK GovernmentThe 4-page briefing can be downloaded here. CARJ is a group of nine legal and human rights organisations working for a fair … Read more: Coalition urges repeal of harmful provisions in Border Security, Asylum and Immigration BillContinue Reading

Keynote speaker, Senator Marilou McPhedran. Dr. Mary Shariff [LLB/02], Professor of Law and Director of the Master of Human Rights Program, introduced … Read more: Master of Human Rights Symposium 2025 highlights critical areas of need for advocacyContinue Reading

“This is not a question of racism; it is a question of defending our society”—Human Rights Specialist Elena Ramallo. Veiled women walk in Barcelona … Read more: “This is not a question of racism; it is a question of defending our society”—Human Rights …Continue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); April 14, 2025: Ali Dehani, a Baluch man on death row for murder, was executed in Zahedan Central Prison. Read more: Baluch Conscript Soldier Ali Dehani Hanged in Zahedan – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

Court Declares Nigeria's Blasphemy Laws Violate International Human Rights Standards. 4/14/2025 Nigeria (International Christian Concern) — The ECOWAS … Read more: Court Declares Nigeria's Blasphemy Laws Violate International Human Rights StandardsContinue Reading

The Aurora Humanitarian Initiative and The Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA Law unveil program and panelists for "At the Crossroads: … Read more: 2025 Human Rights and Humanitarian Forum to be held in Los Angeles on May 7Continue Reading

On March 18, a discussion titled “Human Rights in Azerbaijan: The Trials and Detention of Ethnic Armenians” was held at the United Nations Human … Read more: Discussion on the topic of Armenian captives at the UN Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

Maria Sarungi Tsehai is a prominent Tanzanian human rights activist and journalist. She is the founder of pro-democracy movements Change Tanzania and … Read more: Meet this year's first five Oslo Freedom Forum speakers – Human Rights FoundationContinue Reading

Deadline: 3-Jun-25 The European Commission (EC) is offering grants to Human Rights, Democracy and Civil Society Organizations. Read more: Grants for Human Rights, Democracy and Civil Society Organizations (Guinea)Continue Reading

The Ghanaian authorities have failed to protect and fulfil the human rights of hundreds of victims of witchcraft accusations. Read more: Ghana: Hundreds accused of witchcraft urgently need protection and reparationContinue Reading

Steven Ratner, director of the Donia Human Rights Center and Bruno Simma, former professor of law, began the discussion by calling attention to … Read more: UMich experts discuss US foreign policy on human rights in the Trump eraContinue Reading

But Michel Forst, a human rights expert and Special Rapporteur appointed by the UN, said legislation over peaceful protest in the UK needs to be … Read more: Climate protest jail term is 'disproportionate' – human rights expert – BBC NewsContinue Reading

… human rights. Backed by the prime minister, Viktor Orbán, and his rightwing populist party, Fidesz, the amendment seeks to codify the government's … Read more: Hungary poised to adopt constitutional amendment to ban LGBTQ+ gatheringsContinue Reading

How Ambedkar redefined human rights in India—far ahead of the West. His ideas on caste, dignity, and justice still shape today's struggles. Read more: Marx saw human rights as bourgeois illusion. Ambedkar used them to fight caste oppressionContinue Reading