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The state of human rights in Egypt has deteriorated steadily over the past decade, exacerbated by shortcomings in legal provisions and, more … Read more: Draft Criminal Procedure Code Expands Security and Prosecution Powers in EgyptContinue Reading

A Bison at the Centre of Human Rights Education. By Spenser Smith. In the early '90s, Isha Khan walked through the University of Manitoba's sprawling … Read more: A Bison at the Centre of Human Rights Education – UM TodayContinue Reading

… human rights challenges that remain despite legislative progress. The UNHRC emphasized the urgent need for reforms to strengthen judicial … Read more: UN accuses Turkish Intelligence of serious human rights violations and abuse of powerContinue Reading

Social Solidarity Minister Maya Morsi conferred with EU Special Representative (EUSR) for Human Rights Olof Skoog and his accompanying delegation … Read more: Social solidarity min. meets with EUSR for human rights – Egyptian GazetteContinue Reading

Bisons at the Centre of Human Rights Education. By Spenser Smith. In the early '90s, Isha Khan walked through the University of Manitoba's sprawling … Read more: Bisons at the Centre of Human Rights Education – UM TodayContinue Reading

The Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), closed last week, when Concordia University, which funded it, said it was " … Read more: A Montreal university closed its human rights think-tank. Advocates say it's a 'baffling' moveContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre's explainer on the Albanese Government's brutal laws to deport and punish refugees and people seeking asylum after the … Read more: Explainer: Labor's brutal Deportation and Surveillance Bill | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

Maya Wiley, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, released the following statement on the 2024 Election. Read more: The Leadership Conference Statement on the 2024 ElectionContinue Reading

Amid mounting geopolitical tensions and a surge in serious violations, it is “more important than ever” for the Human Rights Council to … Read more: Despite Resource Constraints, Human Rights Council Advanced Its Work Through Dialogue …Continue Reading

(RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah's Witnesses, international human rights experts are condemning the nation's … Read more: Persecution of Eritrean Jehovah's Witnesses condemned by human rights expertsContinue Reading

Children are often invisible in human rights and environmental due diligence mechanisms, thus leaving negative impacts unaddressed. While some … Read more: Human rights and environmental due diligence legislation – UnicefContinue Reading

UNICEF advocates for the explicit integration of children's rights in NAPs and works in partnership with Governments and civil society to provide … Read more: National action plans on business and human rights – UnicefContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch's Turkey director, Emma Sinclair Webb, analyzes new legislation targeting journalists and civil society and the ouster of … Read more: What is Turkey's human rights outlook with new spy law, ousting of Kurdish mayors?Continue Reading

… human rights record. Could use a vacation right now: Elsa Pataky and Chris Hemsworth Partner with Experience Abu. Chris Hemsworth and his wife have … Read more: Chris Hemsworth faces backlash after promoting country with notorious human rights recordContinue Reading