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Human Rights Day celebrates the Dec. 10, 1948, adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly. Read more: Holocaust Museum Houston to offer free admission Dec. 10 for Human Rights DayContinue Reading

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres' message for Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December: Read more: “Human Rights Are about Building the Future — Right Now” Says Secretary-General …Continue Reading

Congo-Brazzaville is experiencing a worrying increase in human rights violations, a local activist group said in a report released Friday. Read more: Human Rights Violations On The Rise In Congo-Brazzaville, Report Says | Barron'sContinue Reading

The discussion brought together high representatives of the National Assembly, in particular the Standing Committees of Health and Human Rights and … Read more: Armenia advancing human rights within healthcare and biomedicineContinue Reading

THE SENEDD supported calls to end the human rights scandal of autistic people and those with a learning disability being inappropriately detained … Read more: 'This is a human rights scandal': Cross-party calls for homes, not hospitalsContinue Reading

On 30 November 2024, the Ankara 4th Criminal Judgeship of Peace ruled for the arrest of woman human rights defender Nimet Tanrıkulu after she was held … Read more: Woman human rights defender Nimet Tanrıkulu arrested on baseless chargesContinue Reading

NACTs could support legal battles for animal rights by providing evidence of nonhuman animals' health, preferences, suffering, and social lives. They … Read more: Listening to the More-Than-Human World: Legal & Ethical Principles for Nonhuman Animal …Continue Reading

The previous day, on 29 November 2024, law enforcement officers raided the human rights defender's appartment, before arresting and detaining him. He … Read more: Human rights defender and lawyer Samat Matsakov arrested and detainedContinue Reading

This case marks an important win for language justice rights for Black and racialised language speakers. Related Areas of Law. Civil Liberties and … Read more: Crown offers no evidence on racially aggravated public order charge against Black child …Continue Reading

… human rights of internally displaced persons. 6 December 2024. A large group of newly displaced people gather with their belongings in front of a … Read more: Commemorating 15 years of the Kampala Convention | UNHCR UKContinue Reading

Washington, D.C. – The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) welcomes the ruling issued by the Supreme Court of Grenada, … Read more: IACHR welcomes the decision issued by Grenada's Supreme Court against corporal …Continue Reading

The HRC, a civil rights nonprofit, graded 506 cities in the 2024 MEI. These cities included all state capitals, the 200 largest U.S. cities and 75 … Read more: Human Rights Campaign gives Providence perfect score on LGBTQ+ indexContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Wednesday documenting extensive human rights abuses by Saudi employers and apathy by state agencies. Read more: Human rights group raises concerns about abuses faced by migrant workers in Saudi ArabiaContinue Reading

A Charles Sturt University legal academic argues UN Human Rights Day on Tuesday 10 December is an opportunity to reflect on the role of lawyers and … Read more: UN Human Rights Day the role of lawyers in upholding human rights – CSU NewsContinue Reading