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NEW YORK – Troutman Pepper Locke achieved a 100 percent rating on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 2025 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) … Read more: Troutman Pepper Locke Earns Perfect Score in Human Rights Campaign's 2025 Corporate …Continue Reading

… Human Rights (UNGPs) to the development and use of digital technologies. Through an inclusive process of consultation and research involving key … Read more: B-Tech Project | OHCHRContinue Reading

Dear Representative: On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, I urge you to oppose H.R. 29, the Laken Riley Act. The … Read more: The Leadership Conference Opposes H.R. 29, the Laken Riley ActContinue Reading

Whereas women are important players in the energy value chain, environmental management, and business supply chains in various industries, they often … Read more: Climate Change, Women's Rights and National Action Plans in Africa – Harvard Law SchoolContinue Reading

The CEI is the U.S.'s foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. Read more: Ellucian Recognized in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2025 Corporate Equality IndexContinue Reading

… human rights defenders in Central African Republic. 07 January 2025. The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has urged restraint in Syria, amid reports … Read more: World News in Brief: Killings of Alawites in Syria, executions in Iran, human rights defenders …Continue Reading

Ghana's new President John Mahama and his government must seize the opportunity of his mandate to ensure the promotion and protection of human … Read more: Ghana: New President must tackle pressing human rights issues – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Migrant worker exploitation in Saudi Arabia exposes severe human rights abuses, including wage theft, unsafe conditions, and excessive hours. Read more: Migrant workers in Saudi Arabia face systemic abuse and exploitation | Walk FreeContinue Reading

Amnesty International welcomed the transfer but said Guantanamo would remain a 'glaring, longstanding stain' on the US. Read more: US transfers 11 Yemeni detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to Oman – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Since then, lawyers, legal academics, and judges throughout Europe have increasingly had to have regard to jurisprudence from other countries, … Read more: Abigail Holt appointed leader of European Circuit of the Bar 2025 | Garden Court ChambersContinue Reading

You are here: Human Rights Intergovernmental Cooperation · New societal challenges; Safe third country concept (CDDH-PTS) … Read more: Safe third country concept (CDDH-PTS) – Human Rights Intergovernmental CooperationContinue Reading

IA was represented in criminal proceedings by Stephanie Harrison KC, Gráinne Mellon and Nadia O'Mara of Garden Court Chambers, instructed by Lainy … Read more: Home Office concedes age dispute challenge and accepts child refugee wrongly assessed …Continue Reading

In What Critics Call the Latest Measure of an anti-Palestinian Policy, the German Government Cut Funding to an NGO That Finances Israeli Human Rights Read more: Germany Freezes Funding of Aid Organization, Cutting Off Israeli Human–rights GroupsContinue Reading

… Human Rights program at Amnesty International USA, made the following statement: “We welcome the transfer of these 11 men to Oman by the Biden … Read more: Amnesty International Response to the Transfer of 11 Men from the Guantanamo Detention …Continue Reading