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Iranian Nobel Peace laureate and human rights activist Shirin Ebadi speaks during an International Women's Day event in Paris on March 8. Read more: Iranian Nobel Laureate Fears Israel Confrontation Prelude To Tighter Domestic CrackdownContinue Reading

… human rights mentioned by the Commission were relevant for its assessment of the human rights implications of the MoU. The Ombudsman also asks if … Read more: European Ombudsman deepens inquiry into respect of human rights in EU – Tunisia agreementContinue Reading

The IDF unit operates in the West Bank and is mainly composed of haredi men and extremist youth who hold-far right views, and were not included in … Read more: The US is expected to announce sanctions against IDF unit for human rights abusesContinue Reading

… Human Rights. "They are a rejection also of an enduring British human rights tradition stretching back to Thomas Clarkson, William Wilberforce … Read more: Anti-slavery campaigner returns OBE over government's Rwanda scheme – BBCContinue Reading

… the U.S. administration's re-imposition of sanctions against Venezuela connected to oil as a breach of international law and human rights. Read more: Iran says U.S. violated human rights via sanctions on Venezuelan oil – Tehran TimesContinue Reading

The lawmakers cite the US's Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act as a basis for sanctions, adding that the RSF and Hemedti's activities … Read more: US senators call on Biden to sanction Sudan's RSF over human rights abuses – Al JazeeraContinue Reading

The law in question prohibits the United States from providing military assistance to a foreign nation if it commits gross violations of human rights. Read more: Blinken expresses 'determination' to deal with human rights abuse accusations against IsraelContinue Reading

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has warned that intensified fighting in Rakhine State between the military and the … Read more: UN human rights chief sounds alarm amid rising tensions in RakhineContinue Reading

… human rights violations. Driving the news: On Thursday, ProPublica reported that a special State Department panel that investigated alleged … Read more: U.S. expected to sanction IDF unit for human rights violations in occupied West Bank – AxiosContinue Reading

On 17 April, during the Human Rights Dialogue, the EU and Kazakhstan held comprehensive discussions on a broad range of human rights issues. Read more: Kazakhstan: 15th Annual Human Rights Dialogue held in Astana | EEAS – European UnionContinue Reading

… civil society groups. “According to international human rights law, detention for immigration purposes should be a measure of last resort, only … Read more: Migration Pact will damage EU's reputation as a human rights defender, experts sayContinue Reading

Morocco's National Council for Human Rights is set to host a meeting on torture prevention at its headquarters in Rabat on Monday. Read more: Morocco's Human Rights Council to Address Torture PreventionContinue Reading

Article 2 of the agreement stipulates that relations between the parties “shall be based on respect for human rights." Read more: Human Rights Violations – Belgium Leads the Way to Re-Evaluate EU-Israel Trade AgreementContinue Reading

Tista' taqra bil- Malti. A court has dismissed a human rights breach claim made by convicted hitmen brothers Alfred and George Degiorgio, … Read more: Court dismisses Degiorgio brothers human rights breach claim – NewsbookContinue Reading