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A decade after the U.N. report on North Korean human rights, questions linger about the progress made in addressing the regime's atrocities. Read more: N. Korean human rights and the COI report: 10 years on, inaction persists – Daily NK EnglishContinue Reading

(9 Aug 2024) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ++PLEASE NOTE: AP IS OPERATING IN RUSSIA ACCORDING TO RUSSIAN RESTRICTIONS ON ALL REPORTING RELATED TO THE … Read more: Veteran human rights advocate freed in swap says Russia sliding back toward Stalinist timesContinue Reading

… human security promoted by human rights." "We are a moral force, in the sense that we are a school, university and a scholarly institution. Of … Read more: UP president aims to promote human rights in new agreement with AFP | Philstar.comContinue Reading

In 2021, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a resolution that recognized access to a healthy environment as a human right. In 2022, the … Read more: As chief contributor to pollution, business will also be crucial to addressing it and protecting …Continue Reading

… Human Rights Council. They also contravene its international human rights obligations guaranteed in the International Covenant on Civil and … Read more: Australia: Civic freedoms undermined by restrictive laws and stifling of protests – CivicusContinue Reading

On September 19, 2024, the NAVEX Next Virtual Conference will take place, with sessions designed to equip risk and compliance leaders with the … Read more: Behind the Label – Ensuring Human Rights in Your Global Supply Chain – JD SupraContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch also made claims about restrictions on religious freedom in Tibet. Buddhism is one of the main religions practiced in China, … Read more: Find out about life in Tibet, an autonomous region at the center of the US campaign against ChinaContinue Reading

The Australian Human Rights Commission has supported a private member's bill that would recognise the human right to adequate housing and support … Read more: Commission supports Bill to recognise adequate housing as a human rightContinue Reading

The Yemeni group seizes UN Human Rights Office in the capital Sanaa as it extends a crackdown on foreign organisations. Read more: UN condemns Houthi seizure of office in Yemen's Sanaa – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

… prioritize women's rights, aligning policies with human rights, especially as global challenges to gender equality intensify. Read more: Resolve of Afghan women in the face of erasure: Three years since the Taliban takeoverContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch said that his lawyers believe Akam was extrajudicially returned from Gabon to Cameroon. Cameroonian opposition leader Maurice Kamto … Read more: Human Rights Watch says Cameroonian activist missing since arrest | ReutersContinue Reading

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a junior woman doctor at Kolkata's … Read more: Human rights commission takes cognisance of Kolkata doctor's rape and murderContinue Reading

Article 21 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) provides that “The right of peaceful assembly shall be recognised,” … Read more: COP29: Call to stop hosting Conference of Parties (COP) annual climate summits in …Continue Reading

In this interview, Laures retraces her fight for the rights of Māori people and minority groups in New Zealand. Worlds of Education: Laures, could you … Read more: Education Voices | Laures Park, Laureate of the 2024 Mary Hatwood Futrell Human and …Continue Reading