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22 August 2025 Press releases | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights The famine declared today in Gaza Governorate by the Integrated … Read more: UN Human Rights Chief says Gaza Governorate famine is direct result of Israeli Government actionsContinue Reading

… human rights. The training used resources developed within the framework of the Council of Europe projects “Facilitating access to human rights … Read more: Summer school for civil society organisations and self-government bodies – The Council of EuropeContinue Reading

On August 21-22, 2025, in Kyiv, 25 human rights inspectors from 23 regions of Ukraine studied how to apply human rights standards and guarantees … Read more: Respect for the rights of detainees – training for police inspectors of the Custody Records systemContinue Reading

Addis Ababa, August 22, 2025 (ENA) — Representatives of African and Chinese universities are discussing in Addis Ababa human rights from a new … Read more: China-Africa Scholars Discussing Development, Human Rights from New PerspectiveContinue Reading

Australia's National Children's Commissioner has commended the Australian Government's leadership on urgent child safety reforms agreed at today's … Read more: National Children's Commissioner commends agreements by education ministers on urgent …Continue Reading

The elimination of the Business and Human Rights team strips US companies of critical guidance just as new international laws raise the stakes. Read more: State Department layoffs could hurt US companies' ability to compete globallyContinue Reading

In proposing the Species Membership Approach, Raffael Fasel argues against the misplaced fears that granting legal rights and personhood to … Read more: Granting Rights to Animals Doesn't Undermine Human Rights – Psychology TodayContinue Reading

عربي 21 August 2025 Final approval by the Israeli Government of the so-called El settlement plan in occupied East Jerusalem represents another … Read more: UN Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: E1 settlement plan, another …Continue Reading

An appeals board of the Ministry of Education has upheld or intensified disciplinary rulings against seven Kurdish teachers, confirming their … Read more: Kurdish teachers face dismissal, exile, suspension amid union crackdown – KHRNContinue Reading

El Salvador's actions show Human Rights law matters. Anjali Dayal is an associate professor of international politics at Fordham University's Lincoln … Read more: El Salvador's actions show Human Rights law matters – CIP – Center for International PolicyContinue Reading

We spoke to Dr Victoria Rose, a consultant plastic surgeon who has volunteered repeatedly in Gaza hospitals and spoken graphically about what … Read more: 'Definite evidence' of starvation killing children in Gaza says human rights lawyerContinue Reading

On 15 August 2025, the Initiative for Peacebuilding co-organised a joint conference with academics from Monash University, the University of New … Read more: Joint Conference on Four Years of Taliban Rule: Confronting Impunity and Systematic …Continue Reading

Rowan Smith is a senior associate solicitor in the human rights department. View profile. News Article. Field And Trees (1). Environment Planning … Read more: Legal challenge over approval of data centre – Leigh DayContinue Reading

Prison conditions in Tanzania are “dire”, according to Fulgence T Massawe, director of access to justice at the Legal and Human Rights Centre, a … Read more: Pressure grows on Tanzania to free victim of domestic violence who has been on death row …Continue Reading