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The National Human Rights Commission has said that the Enforced Disappearances Enquiry, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act must include war … Read more: NHRC wants war crimes and crimes against humanity to be non-amnestiableContinue Reading

Some of Russia's breaches of international humanitarian and human rights law that seek to erase Ukrainian statehood, culture, and language mirror … Read more: As Head of Democratic India, Modi Should Raise Abuses in Ukraine with Russia During Moscow VisitContinue Reading

He is a partner at Maunga Maanda & Associates, trading as Commercial Law and Human Rights Chambers. Read more: Human rights lawyer elected NBSZ board chair – The Standard – Best Sunday ReadContinue Reading

Eoghan Dalton from Lismatigue, Hugginstown, Kilkenny – son of Marian Dalton and the late William Dalton – was recently awarded the Human Rights/Social … Read more: Kilkenny journalist wins Human Rights/Social Justice Media AwardContinue Reading

Pedro Albert Sánchez, a 68-year-old teacher and human rights defender, has been arbitrarily detained in Cuba since 22 November 2023. Read more: Cuba: Teacher in need of medical care – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

Between October 2021 and April 2024, Human Rights Watch interviewed 13 Kurdish border couriers who were survivors of and/or witnesses to Iranian … Read more: Iran: Security Forces Killing Kurdish Border Couriers | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

… human rights, including the rights to the freedom of religion and belief. They welcomed Vietnam's achievements in economic developing, ensuring … Read more: OP-ED: Poorly objective comments on human rights situation in Vietnam should be ended …Continue Reading

The police have filed six Pocso cases against Manu. He is accused of assaulting girls who came for training. Read more: Human Rights panel files case against Kerala cricket coach over sexual assault allegationsContinue Reading

In Oliva, Pascoe, and Strong v Gursoy (2024 AHRC 45), the Alberta Human Rights Tribunal (the "Tribunal") set a new high watermark in relation… Read more: Alberta Human Rights Tribunal: A New High Watermark For General Damages – MondaqContinue Reading

… human rights and gender equality. The event on 5 July was co-chaired by Zazie Schafer, Director of UNESCO's Bureau of Strategic Planning, and … Read more: EU-UNESCO Dialogue on Human Rights-based Digital Transformation – IDN-InDepthNewsContinue Reading

In June 2024 the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar reported that military air strikes against civilian … Read more: Myanmar: 'Reckless' shipments of jet fuel continue as air strikes multiplyContinue Reading

Addressing a group of community police members in Wellawaya, on Saturday, he expressed serious concern about the practice of human rights activists … Read more: Drugs, criminals and human rights – The IslandContinue Reading

(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden is set to give a major speech on democracy and civil rights at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and … Read more: Biden to deliver speech on civil rights on same day RNC kicks off – NewsNationContinue Reading

We asked human rights law lecturer John Nakuta about the ruling. … But there is no doubt that this ruling is a great win for human rights in Namibia. Read more: Namibia's sodomy laws have been overturned – what that means for LGBTIQ+ rights in the countryContinue Reading