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Join the webinar for the launch of the Human Rights Resource Kit, a comprehensive, step-by-step tool designed to help financial institutions to … Read more: Launch of the UNEP FI Human Rights Toolkit for financial institutionsContinue Reading

The National Justice Project has called on the Federal Government to act on findings from the United Nations Human Rights Committee that Australia … Read more: Australia can't ignore UN finding of human rights violations on NauruContinue Reading

Promote Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance and Address Fragility and Conflict; Respond to Humanitarian Needs. This blog focuses on the Biden … Read more: A Lookback at The Biden Administration's Development Agenda, Part IV: Democracy …Continue Reading

9, 2025) – Crowe LLP, a public accounting and consulting firm, earned a top score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's (HRCF) 2025 … Read more: Crowe earns Equality 100 Award from Human Rights Campaign FoundationContinue Reading

Deadline on. The Human Rights Program is pleased to announce that the application for the 2025-2026 Henigson Fellowship is now open. The post-graduate … Read more: 2025-2026 Henigson Fellowship Application Now Open – Harvard Law SchoolContinue Reading

In WATA, the new play that I'm currently developing with support from the NYU Centre for Human Rights and Global Justice, 14-year-old twins Oumou and … Read more: Going back to move forward | OpenGlobalRightsContinue Reading

Violation of Article 6 – Right to a fair trial (Article 6 – Civil proceedings Article 6-1 – Fair hearing Adversarial trial Eq… Read more: European Court of Human Rights – HUDOCContinue Reading

This, of course, must be consistent with affording those accused the full protection of rights to a fair trial. Supportive States. It will be … Read more: Moving Ahead to a Crimes against Humanity TreatyContinue Reading

A UN committee finds Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on Nauru even after they … Read more: Australia violated human rights treaty with Nauru detainees, UN committee finds – ABCContinue Reading

PRNewswire/ — DuPont (NYSE: DD) today announced it has received a perfect score of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2025 Corporate … Read more: DuPont Earns Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2025 Corporate Equality IndexContinue Reading

Tibetans and Tibet groups today urged UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves to use her visit to China to raise human rights in Tibet, … Read more: Tibet groups urge Rachel Reeves to raise Tibet with China – Free TibetContinue Reading

'Respect for human rights needs to be central to any economic, security or other agreements with China' – Polly Truscott. Read more: UK: Chancellor must use China trip to challenge Beijing over 'brutal suppression' of human rightsContinue Reading

This appeal comes amidst rising concerns over the increasing incidents of abductions and unlawful detentions targeting Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) … Read more: NGO urges Kenya to release missing protesters amid deteriorating human rights situationContinue Reading

This type of procedure has previously been used by state security forces to carry out arbitrary detentions and forced disappearances of human rights … Read more: Venezuela: Forced disappearance of human rights defender Carlos Correa – IFEXContinue Reading