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Remarks by Ms. Ilze Brands Kehris, Assistant Secretary-General, United Nations Human Rights Office · Remarks by Ms. Nanette Braun, Director, Campaigns … Read more: Virtual Side Event: "Women Who Shaped the Universal Declaration of Human Rights"Continue Reading

… human rights and the rule of law at an international level. International law and international organs such as the UN Human Rights Council exist … Read more: ICSID Tribunal Confirms Denial of Justice and Due Process Violations in Bachar Kiwan v. KuwaitContinue Reading

BackgroundAt its fifty-fifth session, the Human Rights Council adopted resolution 55/9 on the realization of the rights to work and to social … Read more: Call for Input, Human Rights Council Panel Discussion and OHCHR analytical report on the …Continue Reading

… Human Rights, where we hope for similarly consequential pronouncements to come. International Crimes — A few months before the fall of Assad's … Read more: 2025 Global Human Rights Litigation Report – Open Society Justice InitiativeContinue Reading

The human rights body has adopted the first international treaty aiming to protect the profession of lawyer. Member states should now ratify this … Read more: The Guardian view on attacks on lawyers: democracies must stand up for justice | EditorialContinue Reading

The Human Rights Review Tribunal is one of the few in New Zealand that can award damages – up to $250,000. Open Justice reporter Jeremy Wilkinson told … Read more: Inside the Human Rights Review Tribunal and the long wait for justice – The Front PageContinue Reading

NBC Sports New 1M views · 10:03. Go to channel · 'America wants to destroy the ICC', says human rights campaigner | LBC. LBC New 31K views · 14:55. Read more: Matthew Wright vs Republican: UK 'ready to retaliate' against US tariffs | LBC – YouTubeContinue Reading

EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy. The second action plan on human rights and democracy, covering the period 2015-2019, aims to reinforce … Read more: EU Action Plan on Human Rights and Democracy – Consilium.europa.eu – European UnionContinue Reading

There is a reason Azerbaijan's human rights record is constantly under fire: Government crackdowns on political opponents and critics are pervasive, … Read more: Should Israel reconsider ties with Azerbaijan? – opinion – The Jerusalem PostContinue Reading

Bullying and coercing lesbians or gay men to become heterosexual, in the name of therapy, is a human rights violation and is obviously unacceptable. Read more: Stonewall's game is up | The SpectatorContinue Reading

The International Human Rights Commission in Nigeria has felicitated President Bola Tinubu on his 73rd birthday, acknowledging his dedication to … Read more: Human rights commission congratulates Tinubu – Punch NewspapersContinue Reading

Programme of workProvisional agenda and annotations (HRI/MC/2025/1)Practices of the human rights treaty bodies on intimidation and reprisals and … Read more: 37th meeting of the Chairpersons of Human Rights Treaty Bodies (2-5 June 2025*) – ohchrContinue Reading

and human rights violations. The protest follows an announcement … human rights.” Top Videos. 2 View gallery. Read more: Amsterdam University alumni return diplomas in protest of anti-Israel decision – YnetnewsContinue Reading

“Is the UK government continuing to provide this kind of assistance to countries around the world and becoming complicit in human rights violations … Read more: Kenyan man who spent decade on death row sues London police for role in wrongful convictionContinue Reading