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The United Nations and human rights organizations have earlier confirmed fatalities and arrests following the disputed vote, but the scale of … Read more: Rights groups allege 3,000 killed in Tanzania's post-poll crackdown since Oct 29Continue Reading

… human rights dimensions of the energy transition. It contains data … Human Rights Resource Centre (mogul@business-humanrights.org). Latest … Read more: Ahead of COP: Resources for reporting on the just energy transitionContinue Reading

On Tuesday, in Vainik v. Estonia, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that four longtime prisoners in Estonia were due restitution from the state … Read more: The 'Human Right' to Smoke in Prison – WSJContinue Reading

The United States' absence from its fourth-cycle Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Friday … Read more: UN urges US to re-engage in human rights review process after no-show – Global TimesContinue Reading

The civil war in Sudan has been going on for two years. Under its protective mandate, the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African … Read more: ACHPR 85: The African Commission documents the human rights situation in Sudan | ISHRContinue Reading

Marc Rawlins has been appointed as the chair of the Turks and Caicos Islands Human Rights Commission (HRC). Rawlins, who has served as a … Read more: Rawlins is new chair of Human Rights Commission – Turks and Caicos Weekly NewsContinue Reading

The panel included Allan Ngari from Human Rights Watch, Ousmane Diallo from Amnesty International, and Aua Balde Member of the Working Group on … Read more: ACHPR 85: Combating terrorism with justice, transparency, and respect for human rightsContinue Reading

The bi-regional pact on care will be key at the CELAC-EU Summit. We analyze how it seeks to recognize care as a right and reduce gender … Read more: Care as a human right: a bi-regional agenda for the sustainability of life – DejusticiaContinue Reading

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt The trailblazing human rights attorney Peter Weiss died November 3 at the age of 99. Read more: Legendary Human Rights Lawyer Dies at 99 – YouTubeContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Darab-Khani was arrested about two weeks ago and moved to Lahijan Prison after initial … Read more: Former Kurdish political prisoner held in Lahijan in legal limbo – KHRNContinue Reading

Participants from all regions of Africa and from the diaspora gathered to assess the situation of human rights on the continent and propose mitigation … Read more: Outcomes of the NGO Forum ahead of the 85th Ordinary session of the ACHPR | ISHRContinue Reading

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk. Location. Geneva. Related. Press releases. Cameroon: Alarming deaths during post-election protests. Press releases. Read more: Sudan: Türk fears more atrocities in Darfur, warns Kordofan could be next | OHCHRContinue Reading

… human rights law in the Gaza Strip.” But as Brian Cox, a professor at Cornell Law School and frequent commentator on international law, noted, the … Read more: The Washington Post and NPR's Sick Reports on Israeli 'Human Rights Violations'Continue Reading

However, human rights activists who track capital punishment cases in the kingdom say that low-income foreigners, from countries including Egypt, … Read more: As Saudi Arabia Cracks Down on Drugs, Executions Near a Record HighContinue Reading