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By Samuel Ouma. Former MP Opiyo Wandayi. The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) has renewed its call for the complete abolition of the death … Read more: Kenya Human Rights Commission Calls for Total Abolition of the Death PenaltyContinue Reading

Canada Symposium Demands Global Action on North Korean Human Rights Event addresses forced repatriations, North Korea-Russia ties, … Read more: Canada Symposium Demands Global Action on North Korean Human RightsContinue Reading

SATURDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2025 The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in partnership with the Departments of Basic Education as well as … Read more: Media Advisory: Constitution Hill Hosts the 14th National Schools Moot Court Grand Finale …Continue Reading

Lawyer Paula Gerber on the human rights of the most endangered group of people in any community – its children. Paula's dad was a criminal lawyer, … Read more: Laura Gerber: Why kids need to know their human rights – YouTubeContinue Reading

The Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor called on Saturday for international journalists and media outlets, along with fact-finding committees … Read more: Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor calls for international journalists to enter Gaza to …Continue Reading

Rights Commission 142 MPs vote in favour as Minister Khadija Mohamed Al-Makhzoumi hails the decision as a historic step for justice and human … Read more: Somali Parliament Approves Members of the Independent National Human Rights CommissionContinue Reading

… human rights across the world. The Situation in the Middle East and the Role of the Iranian Regime in the Crises. Distinguished participants, At a … Read more: World Day Against the Death Penalty: Urgent Campaign to Stop Executions in IranContinue Reading

Hengaw Organization for Human Rights strongly condemns this act as a flagrant violation of human dignity, a breach of international human-rights … Read more: Hengaw report on the inhumane amputation of four fingers of Mohsen Ashiri at Isfahan Central PrisonContinue Reading

An experienced journalist is barred from a tribunal hearing into a long-running dispute involving Wellington's Pride festival organisers and a … Read more: Media Insider: Journalist ejected from Human Rights Review Tribunal hearing under … – NZ HeraldContinue Reading

Government human rights commissioner Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková says she is ready to step down once the new cabinet takes office, … Read more: Human rights commissioner Šimáčková Laurenčíková ready to resign after new government …Continue Reading

Human Rights Watch is refusing donations from comedians who performed in Saudi Arabia, urging them to speak out for detained activists. Read more: Human Rights Watch declines donations from comedians who performed at Riyadh Comedy FestivalContinue Reading

Despite these policy moves, NYC Commission On Human Rights members, advocates and residents painted a troubling picture of discrimination that remains … Read more: “This Is a Human Rights Issue”: City Council Confronts Persistent Housing DiscriminationContinue Reading

It demonstrates that although human rights treaties do not explicitly recognize the right to oral health, oral health, and particularly dental caries, … Read more: Conceptualizing the Child's Right to Oral Health: A Rights-Based Approach to Dental CariesContinue Reading

The appointment of Iranian and Chinese diplomats to the UN Human Rights Council's advisory committee has stoked backlash from critics of the … Read more: Critics blast Iran, China appointments at UN Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading