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In July 2024, Javaid Rehman, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran, released his final report under the … Read more: UN Special Rapporteur Javaid Rehman Targeted by Iranian Regime After Human Rights ReportContinue Reading

The released group includes student and religious leaders who were arrested as part of crackdown under President Ortega. Read more: US secures release of 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua | Human Rights NewsContinue Reading

The EU, UK, US, and Israel signed the world's first treaty protection human rights in AI technology in a ceremony in Vilnius, Lithuania, … Read more: EU, UK, US, Israel sign world's first AI Treaty – EuractivContinue Reading

In 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh drew worldwide attention to the shortcomings in human rights protection within … Read more: Business and Human Rights: Human Rights Due Diligence LawsContinue Reading

This award recognizes an individual or group who has made and/or continues to make a meaningful contribution to advancing and furthering human rights … Read more: Nominations Now Open for the 2024 Human Rights Award – News ReleasesContinue Reading

Reports and oral updates will be presented on the human rights situations in Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Nicaragua under agenda item two; Bolivarian … Read more: Human Rights Council to Hold its Fifty-Seventh Regular Session from 9 September to 11 …Continue Reading

This factsheet explains how the Human Rights Act 2019 protects human rights in Queensland, including the cultural rights of Aboriginal and Torres … Read more: Cultural Rights under the Queensland Human Rights Act – Environmental Defenders OfficeContinue Reading

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended … Read more: Human rights body urges El Salvador to end state of emergency – ABC NewsContinue Reading

By Alex Rosaria · Civil society organizations play a crucial role in promoting, defending, and highlighting human rights. Read more: From human rights to political struggle – The Daily HeraldContinue Reading

European aid sent to Lebanon in an attempt to regulate migration by sea is funding practices that violate human rights, according to a global … Read more: Rights Group Alleges Lebanon and Cyprus Violated Refugees' Human Rights and EU …Continue Reading

A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups in killings that occurred during … Read more: Human Rights Group Implicates Venezuelan Security Forces in Killings During Post-Election ProtestsContinue Reading

“And in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), our human rights colleagues from the peacekeeping mission there tell us they're concerned by … Read more: UN / DRC HUMAN RIGHTS | UNifeedContinue Reading

Credit: Lauri Heikkinen/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons. The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, delivered a statement on Wednesday … Read more: UN Human Rights commissioner calls Jew-hate 'an assault on our collective humanity' – JNS.orgContinue Reading

According to the human rights organization, Syrian refugees who tried to leave Lebanon by boat were intercepted by the Lebanese army and then expelled … Read more: Lebanon and Cyprus violate refugees' human rights with EU funds: HRW – Jurist.orgContinue Reading