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GENEVA — The United States on Friday snubbed a review of its human rights record by a United Nations body on orders of the Trump administration, … Read more: US skips human rights review by UN body as countries appeal for its return next yearContinue Reading

Mohamed Lotfy is the Executive Director of the Egyptian Commission for Rights and Freedoms. On Monday, November 17, an Egyptian Court is due to decide … Read more: Egypt Is Prosecuting a Mother for Reporting Her Son's Torture – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

OHCHR at UNFCCC COP30 – Centring Human Rights in Climate Action COP30 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference being held from 10–21 … Read more: Justice and Human Rights Days at UNFCCC COP30 | OHCHRContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Karimi, 42, was executed at dawn on 5 November after spending more than five years in … Read more: Prisoner executed in Kermanshah for murder-related charges – KHRNContinue Reading

The repatriation comes after Indonesia's senior law and human rights minister, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, signed a deal with British foreign minister … Read more: British woman on Bali death row flies home on humanitarian grounds – The GuardianContinue Reading

Amidst growing geopolitical tensions, the Doha Political Declaration reaffirms the centrality of human rights for social development, and emphasizes … Read more: World Leaders Commit to Supporting Social Development and Rights | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Peter Weiss, a trailblazing attorney and a tireless advocate for human rights, international law, and the abolition of nuclear weapons, … Read more: Peter Weiss, human rights advocate, dies at 99 – The Martha's Vineyard TimesContinue Reading

Judgment concerning Spain. Human Rights building in winter. 06/11/25. In the case of B.M. v. Spain the Court held that there had been a violation … Read more: Judgment concerning Spain – ECHRContinue Reading

Global Health, Human Rights, and Car Crashes. Speech to the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, November 2025. Joseph … Read more: Global Health, Human Rights, and Car Crashes – HHR JournalContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); November 6, 2025: Hossein Ali Montazeri, a man on death row for drug-related offences, was executed in Semnan Central … Read more: Hossein Ali Montazeri Hanged for Drug Offences in Semnan – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); November 6, 2025: Arman Solgi a man on death row for murder, was executed in Boroujerd Prison. Read more: Arman Solgi Hanged for Murder in Boroujerd – Iran Human RightsContinue Reading

El Salvador: Stop the Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders and the Dismantling of the Rule of Law. Support human rights, defend justice. Help … Read more: Panel of independent experts to observe the election of Guatemala's attorney general and …Continue Reading

Letter dated 5 November 2025 from the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the United Nations … Read more: 38th special session of the Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in and … – ohchrContinue Reading

More than 99% of the world's 7.7 billion people have one or more of their environmental rights threatened, according to new research. Read more: Billions live in environments that violate human rights | CU Boulder TodayContinue Reading