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Ethel Kennedy, the widow of Robert F. Kennedy and a human rights advocate, has died. WBZ-TV's Lisa Hughes reports. Read more: Ethel Kennedy dies at 96, leaves legacy as champion of human rights – YouTubeContinue Reading

News about human rights education, skills training, and new opportunities for volunteer engagement and leadership development. Read more: SPARK! Human rights education and training – Amnesty International CanadaContinue Reading

… and Security by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) during the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference this wee. Read more: Dialogue and partnership across religious and belief communities vital to strengthen human …Continue Reading

As the country's national human rights institution, the CHR reiterates its call for the Philippine government to further strengthen its efforts in … Read more: Statement of the Commission on Human Rights on the execution of a Filipino in Saudi ArabiaContinue Reading

We call on states to hold competitive elections so only truly committed states are elected to the UN Human Rights Council". Background. CIVICUS called … Read more: Saudi Arabia's failure to win seat on UN Human Rights Council demonstrates disregard for …Continue Reading

The failure to release significant human rights defenders highlights the ongoing risks to civil society and the need for comprehensive legal … Read more: Prominent human rights defenders remain in prison after several royal pardons – IFEXContinue Reading

The organizations reiterated that technical capacity is not enough and urged States to call for the effective investigation of human rights abuses and … Read more: #HRC57: Technical capacity is not enough for a rights-based transitional justice in Yemen | ISHRContinue Reading

Despite its troubling human rights record, the United Nations General Assembly reelected the State of Qatar to the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on … Read more: Despite Poor Human Rights Record, Qatar Secures Seat on the UN Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

A human rights lawyer and activist missing for nearly a week in southern Mexico regularly received threats related to her work. Read more: Missing Mexican human rights activist and lawyer regularly received threats – ABC NewsContinue Reading

LONDON: Human Rights Watch has urged NATO member states to evacuate and house Afghan policewomen threatened by the Taliban. Read more: Human Rights Watch tells NATO members to take in former Afghan policewomenContinue Reading

Between June and August 2024, Human Rights Watch interviewed 25 people from Hong Kong and mainland China, including from Xinjiang, Tibet, and Inner … Read more: Japan: Chinese Authorities Harass Critics Abroad | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

This memorandum addresses issues arising under the European Convention on. Human Rights (“ECHR”) in relation to the Employment Rights Bill. It has … Read more: Employment Rights Bill – GOV.UKContinue Reading

The UN's new carbon market will have a compulsory mechanism that aims to prevent developers of carbon credit projects from breaching human rights or … Read more: UN approves carbon market safeguards to protect environment and human rightsContinue Reading

… Human Rights Foundation, and became a political force in her own right. Six months later, she gave birth to their 11th child, Rory. While millions … Read more: Ethel Kennedy, Human Rights Advocate and Political Family Matriach, Dies at 96 – WWDContinue Reading