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El Salvador's top human rights organisation, Cristosal, announced on Thursday it is leaving the country because of mounting harassment and legal … Read more: Top human rights group leaves El Salvador after threats made by country's presidentContinue Reading

16 July 2025 The UN Human Rights office in OPT condemns the killing medical professionals in Gaza in multiple attacks by the Israeli military. Read more: Killing of medical professionals in Gaza – UN Human Rights in Occupied Palestinian TerritoryContinue Reading

The human rights group said its decision represents a turning point in Bukele's three-year state of emergency, with many journalists and other rights … Read more: Exclusive: El Salvador rights group flees Bukele's deepening crackdown | ReutersContinue Reading

… human rights of Palestinians” with “their genocidal statements”. It also noted that both cabinet ministers “publicly advocate the expansion of … Read more: Slovenia bars far-right Israeli cabinet ministers Ben-Gvir and Smotrich – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

Dr Lilija Alijeva and Professor Tawhida Ahmed host the Elected United Nations Human Rights Committee Member, Professor Yvonne Donders, … Read more: The City Law School academics debate the role of UN human rights monitoring body in …Continue Reading

El Salvador's top human rights organization, Cristosal, says it is leaving the country after harassment and legal threats by the government of … Read more: El Salvador's top human rights group flees President Bukele's ongoing crackdown on dissentContinue Reading

In response to the growing crisis facing Human Rights Defenders, especially Indigenous land defenders who oppose industrial forestry and agricultural … Read more: Following Pressure Campaign, Procter & Gamble Improves Forest Commodities and Human …Continue Reading

'The Australian Human Rights Commission is conducting a study to better understand the experience and prevalence of racism in university settings … Read more: Race Discrimination Commissioner calls for nationally coordinated response to racism …Continue Reading

AnnouncementPlease join the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission for a virtual briefing on the human rights situation in Colombia, the status of the … Read more: Colombia: Challenges for Peace and Human RightsContinue Reading

Climate Emergency as a Human Right: Decoding the IACtHR's Groundbreaking Advisory Opinion … On July 3, 2025, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights … Read more: Understanding the IACtHR Advisory Opinion on Climate Change – Earth.OrgContinue Reading

… human rights violations. Haiti has emerged as the epicentre of this crisis. The country accounted for approximately three-quarters of all crime … Read more: The weaponization of displacement by gangs in Haiti | Global InitiativeContinue Reading

US deports migrants to Eswatini, African country with troubling human rights record. Announcement that people from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba and … Read more: US deports migrants to Eswatini, African country with troubling human rights recordContinue Reading

Alongside the UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Paula Gaviria Betancur, the Global Initiative Against … Read more: Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in the Context of Organized Criminal ActivityContinue Reading

International Human Rights · Civil Liberties and Human Rights · Get in touch. We are top ranked by independent legal directories and consistently win … Read more: Garden Court barristers advise on potential breaches of international law arising from gas …Continue Reading