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6555 likes, 1128 comments – cnn on December 18, 2024: "Iran's most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, … Read more: Iran's most prominent human rights activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges …Continue Reading

The Department of State is today imposing sanctions on four entities that have transported Iranian oil and identifying six vessels as their … Read more: Sanctioning Iran's Oil Trade, Support for Proxies and Partners, and Violations of Human RightsContinue Reading

Drug dealers, murderers and sexual offenders routinely cite European conventions to avoid deportation – here are just a few of them. Read more: The foreign criminals using human rights to stay in Britain – The TelegraphContinue Reading

Date/Time: Tuesday 11 February 2025, 10:00 – 17:00 CETVenue: Room XX, Palais des Nations, GenevaThe 2025 Intersessional Meeting is the seventh in … Read more: Seventh Intersessional Meeting on human rights and the 2030 Agenda – 11 February 2025Continue Reading

Today, the United States is taking action to stem the flow of revenue that the Iranian regime uses to support terrorism abroad, … Read more: Sanctioning Entities Engaged in Transporting Iranian Oil and Violations of Human RightsContinue Reading

BackgroundPursuant to resolution 54/16, adopted by the Human Rights Council on 12 October 2023, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human … Read more: Call for input: An update to the technical guidance on the application of a human rights …Continue Reading

Occupied El Aaiun, December 19, 2024 (SPS) – The Coordination Mechanism for Human Rights Action in the occupied territories of Western Sahara … Read more: Coordination Mechanism for Human Rights Action expresses solidarity with Moroccan …Continue Reading

“What we have found is that the Israeli government is intentionally killing Palestinians in Gaza by denying them the water that they need to survive,” … Read more: Israel committing 'acts of genocide' by cutting off water in Gaza, HRW says – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

I declare interests as an officer of the all-party groups on Hong Kong, the Uighurs, and Freedom of Religion or Belief, and as a patron of Hong Kong … Read more: China: Human Rights and Security – HansardContinue Reading

In the case of 'X v. Cambodia' the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) found that the Cambodian government … Read more: Five legal developments taken by Courts to protect the rights of defenders in 2024 | ISHRContinue Reading

Globalization has brought millions of workers into the moneyed economy. Business's responsibility is to protect them. Read more: How Businesses Can Help Safeguard Human Rights – MIT Sloan Management ReviewContinue Reading

The United States is imposing sanctions today on Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri and the Deputy Head of the Ministry's … Read more: Sanctioning Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs Officials Involved in Serious Human Rights …Continue Reading

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of denying Palestinians in Gaza access to water, calling it a crime against humanity and potential genocide. Read more: Israel Accused of Genocide in Gaza by Human Rights Watch | Dawn News EnglishContinue Reading

This is part of the Council of Europe's project Strengthening Democratic Citizenship Education in Albania, in coopertion with the Authority for … Read more: Learning from the past – teaching youth about democracy and human rightsContinue Reading