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Office of the Human Rights Commissioner released its “From hate to hope: Report of the inquiry into hate in the COVID-19 pandemic” report this March, … Read more: Mural reflecting B.C. human rights commissioner report unveiled in Nanaimo – Campbell River MirrorContinue Reading

Yet the Home Secretary was unable to state whether the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill was compatible with the UK's human-rights … Read more: UK must uphold human rights at home to promote them globally, Bishop Butler tells LordsContinue Reading

Among those detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement are torture survivors, political dissidents, student organizers, human rights activists, … Read more: Mandatory Detention is Cruel, Unnecessary, and Wasteful – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

… human rights defenders such as Ahmed Mansoor and Mohamed al-Roken. The UAE does not make public indictments, judgments, or any other official … Read more: UAE: New sham trial targeting dissidents during COP28 reveals authorities' shameless …Continue Reading

However, none of those detained since 26 November 2023 have been charged to court with any offence. This is clearly a violation of their human rights, … Read more: You've got to do better – MCC tells Maada Bioa amid shocking democratic and human rights lapsesContinue Reading

In October 2010, following a Freedom of Information petition submitted by Israeli human rights NGO Gisha, it came to light that for years, Israel had … Read more: 'Humanitarian crisis in Gaza is not a side effect. It is the policy.' – Israeli human rights groupContinue Reading

On Human Rights Day, the European Union joins the world in celebrating the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human. Read more: “On Human Rights Day, the European… – European Commission | FacebookContinue Reading

The Private Members Bill, if passed, would establish the UK's first law mandating business due diligence on human rights and the environment. Read more: UK House of Lords Parliament Considers New Bill on Mandatory Human Rights and … – JD SupraContinue Reading

Nobel Literature Laureate Wole Soyinka delivered an address in 1993 to the World Conference on Human Rights as a 'special guest' of the UN … Read more: Wole Soyinka: Human Rights are for Everyone – YouTubeContinue Reading

'Goods indispensable to civilian survival could also be at risk,' says UN Human Rights Office – Anadolu Ajansı. Read more: Israel's flooding Gaza tunnels with saltwater could have 'severe adverse human rights impacts': UNContinue Reading

Letters: Rev Dr Noel Anthony Davies says Rishi Sunak's government seems all too willing to breach the principles of the UN's human rights … Read more: We must not let politics trample on refugees' human rights – The GuardianContinue Reading

… human rights and environmental impacts in their value chains. The agreement follows the release of a proposed CSDDD directive by the European … Read more: EU Lawmakers Reach Deal on New Environmental, Human Rights Sustainability Due Diligence LawContinue Reading

… Human Rights, which provides for the right to privacy. According to the court, Article 8 does not require Poland to allow same-sex couples to get … Read more: European Court of Human Rights finds Poland failure to recognize same-sex couples … – JURISTContinue Reading

The Kremlin has increased its crackdown on human rights and fundamental freedoms within its own borders, partly in an attempt to quash opposition … Read more: International Human Rights Day – U.S. Mission to the OSCEContinue Reading