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The UN's top human rights official has told UN News that it's not human rights themselves that are in crisis – but rather their implementation … Read more: Political leaders must champion human rights amid global crises | | UN NewsContinue Reading

On receiving the Human Rights Champion Award, Vardanyan's family has released the following statement, penned by Vardanyan's son, David: “Dear friends … Read more: ANCA-WR to Honor Ruben Vardanyan with 'Human Rights Champion' Award at GalaContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World about Climate Change and Environment and Protection and Human Rights; published on 17 Oct 2024 by … Read more: COP16: States must reinforce human rights protections in Global Biodiversity FrameworkContinue Reading

April-May 2025, Geneva, Switzerland. KENYA. The Center for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam) is a nongovernmental organization that was founded in … Read more: Submission to the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review of Kenya, 49th …Continue Reading

Amon, who comes to Johns Hopkins from Drexel's Dornsife School of Public Health, brings years of experience advocating for human rights. Read more: Joseph Amon to direct Bloomberg School's Center for Public Health and Human RightsContinue Reading

Two American human rights activists were arrested on Tuesday by Israeli soldiers while assisting Palestinians with olive harvesting near the village … Read more: Two American Human Rights Activists Arrested in West Bank, Set for Deportation From IsraelContinue Reading

U.S. President Joe Biden joined former Democratic presidents and others to honor longtime human rights advocate and storied political family … Read more: Biden, dignitaries honor RFK widow, human rights champion Ethel Kennedy – VOA NewsContinue Reading

Summary points · Although eugenics programmes are usually associated with Nazi Germany, they could, and did, happen everywhere · They focused on … Read more: Eugenics and human rights – Home – PMCContinue Reading

Human Rights Campaign Program HBCU #VoteOutLoud Day – VOTE CAMPAIGN. Join us TODAY – Inside the Knight Center near Aramark and the RFCU Branch Bank … Read more: Human Rights Campaign Program HBCU #VoteOutLoud Day – VOTE CAMPAIGN – AAMU CalendarContinue Reading

Melani Gunathilaka is a woman human rights defender and environmental activist from Sri Lanka. She told ISHR about how her experiences in the 2022 … Read more: Human rights defender's story: Melani Gunathilaka, from Sri Lanka | ISHRContinue Reading

Human rights offer effective solutions in a world increasingly “ready for war”, a top United Nations official told the Third Committee (Social, … Read more: Human Rights Key to Peace in World More 'Ready for War', High Commissioner Tells Third …Continue Reading

the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.: The Human Rights Committee today concluded its consideration of the sixth periodic report … Read more: Iceland commended for gender equality, questions raised on domestic violence and religious affairsContinue Reading

The report adds that some of these human rights violations can be described as a crime against humanity of persecution on political grounds based on … Read more: UN reports 'gross human rights violations' in Venezuela during electionsContinue Reading

The United Nations has accused Maduro's Venezuelan government of committing "gross human rights violations" in the wake of July's disputed … Read more: Venezuela's Post-Election Crackdown Was Filled With Human Rights AbusesContinue Reading