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This new paper for Policy Exchange's Judicial Power Project shows how the Human Rights Act has had a major, negative impact on how the UK is … Read more: The Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 in Twenty-Five Cases – Policy ExchangeContinue Reading

This Amnesty International report analyzes the human rights strategies submitted by the bidding nations for the 2030 and 2034 FIFA World Cup … Read more: High Stakes Bids: Dangerously Flawed Human Rights Strategies for the 2030 and 2034 …Continue Reading

In the statement by its Nigeria country rapporteur on human rights, Solomon Dersso, ACHPR called for an independent investigation into the conditions … Read more: Africa's Human Rights Body Demands Probe into Detention of Protesters, Minors – THISDAYLIVEContinue Reading

It withdrew from the government's Scottish National Action Plan leadership group on human rights after ministers shelved the Human Rights Bill. The … Read more: 'Charities won't condemn SNP in fear of being financially silenced' – The HeraldContinue Reading

Clare MacGillivray, director of Making Rights Real, reflects on the Scottish Government's decision to kick the long-awaited Human Rights Bill … Read more: 'The Scottish Government has turned its back on the most marginalised' | The HeraldContinue Reading

Zimbabwe Human Rights director Dzikamai Bere (pictured) told this publication in an interview that the systematic clampdown on civil liberties was … Read more: Zim's human rights record deteriorates – The Standard – NewsDay ZimbabweContinue Reading

Linus Aleke in Abuja. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has hailed the outcome of the Special Independent Human Rights … Read more: CDS Commends Human Rights Panel's Verdict on Alleged Rape, Killings by Soldiers in North-eastContinue Reading

Felice Gaer Baran, an internationally renowned human rights expert who for more than four decades brought life and practical significance to the … Read more: Felice Gaer, Legendary Human Rights Champion Who Inspired Generations of Global …Continue Reading

It's the world's largest human rights event, marked annually on International Human Rights Day. We in the GTA will be joining Amnesty supporters … Read more: Write for Rights at CSI Annex | Amnesty International CanadaContinue Reading

Her triumph in the Saudi Arabian capital comes just days after the rising star confronted the Gulf Kingdom's royal family over its human rights record … Read more: Coco Gauff wins WTA Finals for first time in Riyadh – days after confronting Saudis over human rightsContinue Reading

However, a dozen human rights barristers and legal scholars have warned that the proposal could breach the European Convention of Human Rights by … Read more: Britain's ECHR membership risks dangerous widening of assisted dying, lawyers warnContinue Reading

Masih Alinejad was in Berlin on Saturday to celebrate the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall together with other human rights activists … Read more: Iranian American human rights activist expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her and TrumpContinue Reading

Berlin, Nov 9 (AP) In the middle of a Berlin hotel cafe, Masih Alinejad raises her voice and starts singing at the top of her lungs in Farsi, … Read more: Iranian American human rights activists expresses defiance over Iranian plots to kill her, TrumpContinue Reading

This is the sentiment expressed by those who attended the funeral of Western Cape Human Rights activist, Mandisa Monakali. Read more: Human Rights activist, Mandisa Monakali laid to rest – eNCAContinue Reading