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The ASRC welcomes the landmark decisions by the UN Human Rights Committee that Australia is responsible for the arbitrary detention of people who … Read more: UN Human Right Committee condemns Australia offshore detention policyContinue Reading

House Bill 2161, which passed in August 2024, amends the Illinois Human Rights Act (the IHRA or “the Act”) to additionally prohibit discrimination … Read more: Illinois Human Rights Act Now Protects Employees With “Family Responsibilities”Continue Reading

… human rights, and thus implement open justice to guarantee the right to. … civil society organisations, working to promote women's human rights. Read more: Strengthening open justice for good governance through citizen auditing by CSOs working … – EEASContinue Reading

Less than three weeks after a December 25 military airstrike in Sokoto state reportedly killed 10 villagers, an airstrike in Zamfara state has … Read more: Another Erroneous Airstrike Claims Lives in Nigeria | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Early 2025: rising arrests. January saw an increase in detentions, with 46 political leaders, journalists, and human rights activists arrested between … Read more: 221 Politicians, 23 Journalists, and Six Human Rights Activists Detained … – Caracas ChroniclesContinue Reading

However, despite their invaluable work, human rights defenders face “unacceptably high” threats, with some attacks amounting to war crimes. Mounting … Read more: 'Human rights defenders are key to conflict resolution,' says Türk | UN NewsContinue Reading

Attorney General and Minister of Justice-designate, Dr . Dominic Ayine, has pledged to protect citizens rsquo; rights with the reintroduction of a … Read more: Human Rights violations will not occur under my watch as Minister for Justice – Dominic AyineContinue Reading

Australia maintained it was not responsible for human rights breaches because any alleged abuse occurred on Nauru, but this was rejected. UN committee … Read more: UN decision on Australia's human rights breaches a decade in the makingContinue Reading

A section of Human rights defenders led by Amnesty International has faulted the Kenyan government for applying what they term "transnational … Read more: Human rights activists up in arms after abduction of Tanzanian journalist Maria SarungiContinue Reading

Professor Choukroune explains: “By connecting human rights and development in immediate terms, ongoing discussions about the right to development can … Read more: Who really benefits from economic development? | University of PortsmouthContinue Reading

The session began with a speech by the Director General of Legal Affairs and Human Rights, Ambassador Dr. Youssef Bucheeri, in which he expressed … Read more: 2025 Diplomatic Forum starts its first dayContinue Reading

To remain competitive in Kenya, businesses must place human rights at the core of their strategies. … As 2025 gets underway, the evolving relationship … Read more: Human rights and business success – Business DailyContinue Reading

The UN's human rights committee handed down findings overnight for two cases involving separate groups of refugees and asylum seekers, who filed … Read more: Australia breached human rights treaty, UN body rules | New England TimesContinue Reading

“There's a lot of talk about the human rights of prisoners,” says one presidential aide. “But what rights do you have if you're dead? . . . Bukele … Read more: How El Salvador became a model for the global far right – Financial TimesContinue Reading