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GENEVA – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk today welcomed the International Criminal Court's convictions of Ali Muhammad Ali … Read more: Türk welcomes ICC conviction of Sudan's “Ali Kushayb” | OHCHRContinue Reading

Human Rights and Equity Community Advisory Committee. Human Rights and Equity Community Advisory Committee. Updated on Monday, October 06, 2025. Read more: Human Rights and Equity Community Advisory Committee | Westwood Elementary SchoolContinue Reading

US president's '20-part plan does not directly address human rights issues or accountability for serious crimes committed since Oct. 7, … Read more: Human Rights Watch calls for action to protect civilians' rights in Gaza without delay over …Continue Reading

After layoffs, it's unclear how many people are policing civil rights violations inside the Department of Homeland Security, even as the Trump … Read more: Civil rights jobs have been cut. Those ex-workers warn of ICE detention violations – NPRContinue Reading

In this episode of Rights & Wrongs, host Ngofeen Mputubwele takes us inside Russia's use of drones to stalk and attack civilians on the front line. Read more: Hunted From Above | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

… human rights, and for dignity and dialogue. Today, these values are … For workers' and human rights – upholding human and trade union … Read more: Trade Unions for Peace: ITUC global mobilisationContinue Reading

I thought they were just supposed to protect citizens, not foreigners with no right to be here. The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the … Read more: 'Human Rights are for everyone' – Immigration and the ECHR – LabourListContinue Reading

A July 2024 Human Rights Watch report concluded that Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and … Read more: Rights Group Urges Global Action to Stop Ongoing Atrocities Two Years After October 7Continue Reading

Kemi Badenoch now turns to immigration, her decision that the Conservatives would leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), and plans to … Read more: Politics latest: Kemi Badenoch: People have no right to turn our streets into theatres of intimidationContinue Reading

… and BNP Paribas are investing in or backing the bonds, raising concerns over possible breaches of human rights guidelines for multinationals. Read more: This is how western banks and insurers finance Israel's war in Gaza – FTM.euContinue Reading

The 20-part plan does not directly address human rights issues or accountability for serious crimes committed since October 7, 2023. Governments … Read more: Israel/Palestine: States Should Act to Halt Atrocities | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Comedian admits to mixed feelings but says event is a 'positive thing' despite human rights abuses in Saudi Arabia. Read more: Louis CK defends decision to perform at Riyadh comedy festival as 'a good opportunity'Continue Reading

… Human Rights Council meeting on October 3. PHOTO: CAMBODIAN UN DELEGATION/THE PHNOM PENH POST. October 6, 2025. PHNOM PENH – Cambodia's … Read more: Cambodian UN rep dismisses 'selective' human rights report, calls for peaceContinue Reading

Its story focuses on the alarm the proposal has set off among civil liberty groups, with two Labour MPs expressing concern. … Human Rights and … Read more: 'Police could get power to ban protests' and 'PM must come clean over China' – BBC NewsContinue Reading