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Meeta Anand is the senior director of the census and data equity program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. Caroline Medina … Read more: The American Community Survey: Efforts to Make Data Collection More InclusiveContinue Reading

Mairead Holder has been appointed as a commissioner to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC). Mrs Holder, a barrister who is the … Read more: Mairead Holder appointed to Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission | Irish Legal NewsContinue Reading

The Kurdistan Human Rights Network (KHRN) has learned that Moradi, who is currently being held in the women's ward of Evin Prison, was transferred to … Read more: Second court session for Kurdish political prisoner postponed again – KHRNContinue Reading

This AIUSA policy briefing examines how the U.S. can update how it engages with multilateral institutions on human rights in Africa. Read more: A Human Rights-Focused U.S. Engagement with the African UnionContinue Reading

The human rights organisation Liberty has questioned the new Government's “concerning disregard for the rule of law” as the Home Office has instructed … Read more: Government 'showing disregard for the law', Liberty warns in anti-protest legal challengeContinue Reading

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is America's largest civil rights organization working to achieve lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender equality. HRC … Read more: HRC President Claps Back at Ford Motor Company's Announcement it will Abandon …Continue Reading

The Biden-Harris administration has already taken steps to address civil rights issues posed by the use of AI and workplace technologies, including … Read more: A Worker-Resistant Approach to AI Is Harming Our Workforce, Economy, and Civil Rights.Continue Reading

Here, we have dedicated pages to each of the Kurdish prisoners and detainees in Iran's prisons and security detention centres to document a portion of … Read more: KHRN: Hiwa – List of Political and Religious Prisoners – Kurdistan Human Rights NetworkContinue Reading

Robby Starbuck, a filmmaker and conservative activist, has been waging an online campaign to persuade companies to roll back their Diversity, … Read more: DEI has nothing to do with human rights: conservative activist | On Balance – YouTubeContinue Reading

The UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani said, “A major operation by Israeli security forces (ISF) in the occupied West Bank risks … Read more: OHCHR / WEST BANK HUMAN RIGHTS | UNifeed – UN MediaContinue Reading

By Archen Baloch. Balochistan has long been a region marred by brutality, with entire villages and cities bearing the scars of atrocities … Read more: Human Rights Abuses in Balochistan – Balochwarna NewsContinue Reading

On August 28, the Swiss Federal Council voted to reject a landmark ruling that protection from climate change is a human right, while complying … Read more: Swiss Government Rejects Court's Ruling Linking Climate Change And Human RightsContinue Reading

… human rights group has claimed. Liberty accused the government on Wednesday of showing a “disregard for the rule of law” with its decision. The … Read more: Home Office to continue appeal over protests law, says human rights group – The GuardianContinue Reading

The Human Rights (Healthy Environment) Amendment Bill 2023, passed today, provides express statutory recognition for the right to a clean, healthy and … Read more: Right to healthy environment now enshrined in the ACT's Human Rights ActContinue Reading