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Since then, there has been increasing attention paid to digital rights by all stakeholders within the UPR (civil society, UN agencies and states). The … Read more: The Universal Periodic Review process and its potential for promoting human rights in …Continue Reading

Forty-seven projects are to be located within the EU borders and 13 are located outside of the EU. Business & Human Rights Resource Centre reached out … Read more: Disclosure of key EU strategic projects' policies on human rights and environmental impact …Continue Reading

… population currently in a situation where their human rights and food needs are met within planetary boundaries. Read more: Call for Input – Transforming food systems to protect human rights and prevent climate harmContinue Reading

Solicitor Sir Geoffrey Bindman, founder of London human rights firm Bindmans, died yesterday at the age of 92, his firm announced. Read more: Human rights champion Geoffrey Bindman dies at 92 | Law GazetteContinue Reading

We, the undersigned civil society organisations, are gravely concerned by the imminent threat to Saudi human rights defender Abdulrahman AlBakr … Read more: Joint appeal for international protection for Saudi human rights defender detained in …Continue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that his trial took place in October at the court's second branch, presided over by Judge … Read more: Kurdish man sentenced to five years in prison in Orumiyeh – KHRNContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); November 5, 2025: Amirhossein Zahedi, a man on death row for murder, was executed in Mashhad Central Prison. Read more: Amirhossein Zahedi Hanged for Murder in Mashhad – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); November 5, 2025: Soheil Yousefi and Hojat Abdollahnejad, two men on death row for drug-related offences, … Read more: Soheil Yousefi and Hojat Abdollahnejad Hanged for Drug Offences in ShirazContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); November 5, 2025: Kobra Rezayi, Rasoul Karimi, Farzad Hosseini and four unidentified men were executed in a group … Read more: Group Hanging of 7 Including Woman in Yazd – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

… Human Rights Program at the ECCHR (European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights). #Lafarge #Trial #Terrorism Subscribe to France 24 now … Read more: Lafarge trial: Multinational companies 'enjoying impunity, prioritising profits over human rights'Continue Reading

The Conference will take place at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights after a day-long workshop for scholars on Thursday, November 13, at Robson Hall … Read more: Insights '25 conference explores business law through a human rights lensContinue Reading

Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and its 2008 Human Rights Award Laureate, Aminatou Haidar, express grave concern about the adoption of the … Read more: RFK Human Rights and 2008 Human Rights Laureate Aminatou Haidar express grave …Continue Reading

Amid atrocities in Darfur, the UK is pressing for an urgent Human Rights Council debate that could gain Sudan's support as it seeks to focus … Read more: UK seeks urgent UN rights meeting on carnage in Sudan's El Fasher – Geneva SolutionsContinue Reading

Governments should invest in public service workers as a critical investment in citizens' rights. Sustainable financing of the public sector workforce … Read more: Civil society's statement on public services – EurodadContinue Reading