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My days as a QES fellow at the McGill Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism unfolded between two rhythms: mornings spent in talks on … Read more: The perils of rolling back the right to truth: my experience understanding human rights and …Continue Reading

Deadline: 19-Jan-2026 The European Commission has announced a major funding call in Peru to strengthen civil society, protect human rights … Read more: Call for Projects: Thematic Programs of Civil Society and Human Rights and Democracy (Peru)Continue Reading

Many have never been charged and human rights groups … At least 94 Palestinians died in Israeli prisons in two years, human rights group says … Read more: Palestinian-US teen freed after nine months in Israeli jail – BBCContinue Reading

A day earlier, Venezuela's civil aviation authority announced it had revoked permits for air travel companies, including Spain's Iberia, Portugal's … Read more: Venezuela suspends flight rights for six foreign airlines amid US tensions – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Ahead of the election on 28 December, we call on the junta to uphold human rights, including freedom of expression and the right to peaceful assembly. Read more: Myanmar: Junta launches fresh attacks on media and election rights – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading

The Order consolidates and updates previous regulations, but its impact on human rights and the broader policy framework remains contentious. Policy … Read more: Immigration and Foreigners Exemption Order 2025: Human Rights and Policy DilemmaContinue Reading

… human rights by persons with albinism. … Special Rapporteurs/Independent Experts/Working Groups are independent human rights experts appointed by the … Read more: Portugal: Robust implementation of laws necessary for better protection of persons with … – ohchrContinue Reading

… human rights office, at a Geneva press briefing. Lebanon has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement, which sought to bring to an end … Read more: At least 127 civilians killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon since ceasefire, UN saysContinue Reading

… rights, and use in surveillance, immigration control, and warfare, risking fundamental civil and human rights. HRRC calls on the EU to strengthen … Read more: "Simplificaiton" of EU digital regulations risks sacrificing rights in global AI raceContinue Reading

Arif Hussein, Senior Lawyer at the Human Rights Law Centre, spoke on behalf of a coalition of 170+ non-government organisations, experts and community … Read more: Australia's failure to uphold human rights scrutinised in UN speechContinue Reading

… Human Rights (ECHR). The Tribunal's decision attracted considerable attention, including being raised during Prime Minister's Questions, due to a … Read more: Home Secretary wins appeal over Article 8 in high-profile Gazan family caseContinue Reading

ImpACT International for Human Rights Policies raises alarm over the recent surge in executions in Iran, marking a significant and distressing … Read more: ImpACT International Condemns Gross and Systematic Violations of Human Rights in IranContinue Reading

… human rights, future human rights practitioners and human rights students. So a touching moment was really when just yesterday during the thesis … Read more: Global Campus of Human Rights on Instagram: " #GCEurope – EMA Master's Programme …Continue Reading

United Nations human rights experts have highlighted “widespread and systematic” exploitation, deception, and deepening debt bondage of … Read more: Rampant Labor Abuses Against Bangladeshi Migrant Workers in MalaysiaContinue Reading