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This report examines human rights violations by units of the Mozambican security forces, in relation to the protests between 21 October 2024 and 24 … Read more: Human Rights Violations During Mozambique's Post-2024 Election CrackdownContinue Reading

A former Human Rights Commission member, Goodman assumed her former position as the city's … Read more: Greenfield's former liaison to Haitian immigrant community honored with Human Rights AwardContinue Reading

… right to privacy – are fundamental human rights protected by Victoria's Charter of Human Rights and international human rights law. Universities … Read more: University of Melbourne urged to drop repressive anti-protest and surveillance policiesContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); April 15, 2025: Two Kurdish and a Baluch man named Peyman Naderi, Karim Esmaili and Ayoub Barniani were executed for … Read more: 3 Ethnic Minorities Hanged for Drug Offences in Bandarabbas – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

Naming and shaming human rights abuses only works when the public views the conduct as wrong. And that's always up for grabs, the former Human … Read more: Kenneth Roth on Why Human Rights Advocacy Still Works — If We Fight for It – FPIFContinue Reading

Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Thameen Al-Kheetan. Location. Geneva. Related. Press briefing notes. Read more: Israeli operations in Lebanon continue to kill civilians | OHCHRContinue Reading

… human rights abusers accountable,” said Adam Keith, Senior Director of Accountability at Human Rights First. “The U.S. government is turning its … Read more: Human Rights First and Transparency International U.S. Condemn U.S. Corruption …Continue Reading

Miryam Vargas Teutle is a Nahua indigenous communicator and woman human rights defender from the Choluteca region. She is a member of the Frente de … Read more: New intimidating messages against woman human rights defender Miryam Vargas TeutleContinue Reading

The Forum on the Participation of NGOs in ordinary sessions of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, also known as the 'NGO Forum' … Read more: African Commission: Alert to the NGO Forum and the 83rd Ordinary Session | ISHRContinue Reading

Companies in the UK and Europe are entitled to a surprising range of human rights protections for everything from freedom of speech to privacy. Read more: PODCAST: Why companies have human rights, and how they can use themContinue Reading

Human rights did not emerge in a political or cultural vacuum; their origins in 20th-century legal frameworks and postcolonial power asymmetries … Read more: Examining Contemporary Human Dignity: How Human Rights Evolve and Reshape Health JusticeContinue Reading

… civil society organisations and human rights defenders; to set up a mechanism to receive and follow-up on complaints regarding civil society and human … Read more: Conference of International NGOs calls on Council of Europe and member states to act for …Continue Reading

Tennessee lawmakers consider a bill to dissolve the state's Human Rights Commission, amid allegations of a political effort to undermine the body. Read more: Tennessee Lawmakers Weigh Dissolving Human Rights Commission – Nashville BannerContinue Reading

Responding to media queries regarding the recently adopted Human Rights Council (HRC) resolution on the Occupied Palestinian Territories the … Read more: Statement by the Spokesperson Regarding the Recently Adopted Human Rights Council …Continue Reading