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Join us for the next event in our Connectors Webinar series, focusing on ICESCR and the role of human rights budgeting in its fulfillment. Read more: Human Rights Budgeting: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights – EventbriteContinue Reading

These are the unsung heroes who have devoted their lives to practicing human rights law and delivering retributive justice. Issues with publicly … Read more: Delivering justice — Human Rights help the underdogs | Hackney GazetteContinue Reading

The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on … Read more: 'Carnage' in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights CouncilContinue Reading

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, will present its annual report on the human rights situation in the Occupied Palestinian … Read more: LIVE: UN rights chief present human rights situation in Occupied Palestinian TerritoryContinue Reading

The UK unlawfully increased police powers to impose conditions on peaceful protests, human rights organization Liberty claimed in court on Wednesday. Read more: UK human rights group challenges legality of restrictions on protest – JURIST – NewsContinue Reading

The UN's Human Rights chief has described the situation in Gaza as "carnage" and said that war crimes had been committed by all parties in the … Read more: UN human rights chief says Gaza situation is 'carnage' – RTEContinue Reading

On the 20th anniversary of the first Bahrain Grand Prix in 2004, the groups noted that, despite assurances provided by F1 that they take human rights … Read more: Formula 1 Auto Racing Must Address Bahrain's Ongoing Human Rights Violations – DAWNContinue Reading

Trial Attorney Patrick Jasperse of the Criminal Division's Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section (HRSP) and Assistant U.S. Attorney Tal C. Read more: Human Rights Violator Sentenced for Immigration Fraud and U.S. Citizenship RevokedContinue Reading

The CWA Human Rights Department has launched a new radio show, “Our Power,” a justice-filled hour of talk, solidarity, and worker power. Read more: CWA Human Rights Department Launches Radio Show | Communications Workers of AmericaContinue Reading

The sentencing of the Nobel Prize-winning activist Oleg Orlov has drawn international criticism. But Russian activists have vowed to carry on … Read more: Human rights in Russia: What follows Oleg Orlov's sentence? – DW – 02/29/2024Continue Reading

Human Rights First assisted recently-arrived Afghans with their legal and resettlement issues at the Northern Virginia (NOVA) Afghan Support … Read more: Helping Arriving Afghans at NOVA Support Center – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

A panel of U.N.-backed human rights experts accused Nicaragua's government under President Daniel Ortega of systematic human rights abuses … Read more: Nicaragua accused by human rights experts of abuses 'tantamount to crimes against humanity'Continue Reading

… human rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council that the prospect of an Israeli ground assault on Rafah would take the nightmare … Read more: Gaza Crisis: No Bounds to the Horrors Unfolding – UN Human Rights Chief | United NationsContinue Reading

Imitating a trailer for a drama series, the 2 minute hero video explores just some of the human rights that are currently being eroded in the UK. The … Read more: Shape History teams up with Amnesty International to highlight human rights – CreativebriefContinue Reading