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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

Jonathan Kuttab is an attorney and human rights activist, as well as co-founder of Al-Haq and Nonviolence International. Read more: The Collapse of Excuses: Palestinian Activist Jonathan Kuttab Discusses War, Human …Continue Reading

I. Venezuelans: resistance, agency and human rights. · The “Bolivarian Revolution” has lasted for 25 years, with no other political group holding power … Read more: Venezuela Beyond Elections – Cracking Authoritarianism Through Human Rights – WOLAContinue Reading

Over 40 Human Rights groups warned Poland's Premier Minister Donald Tusk against implementing his plan to temporarily suspend the right to claim … Read more: Human rights groups condemn Poland plan to suspend asylum rights – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

The emeritus Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought reflected on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in … Read more: 60 years of civil rights with Mary Frances Berry – Penn Today – University of PennsylvaniaContinue Reading

A Guam-based law firm has filed charges of human rights abuse against the U.S military, alleging violations of Chamoru people's indigenous rights. Read more: Guam law firm lodges human rights complaint against U.S military – Islands BusinessContinue Reading

David Lammy must “engage with China as it really is under the leadership of Xi Jinping” and raise human rights concerns during his trip to the country … Read more: David Lammy urged to raise human rights concerns on China trip – The GuardianContinue Reading

… human rights laws and policies that are based on broad principles, right? Principles like equality, principles like tolerance, principles like we … Read more: IKIMfm | Palestinian people are suffering, and do we need some sort of universal law …Continue Reading