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A report released today by the Australian Human Rights Commission has laid bare the devastating impact of racism on health outcomes for Aboriginal … Read more: New report reveals racism in healthcare is costing livesContinue Reading

Currently a Technology and Human Rights Fellow at the Carr-Ryan Center, her work focuses on making technology more inclusive and digitalizing … Read more: Misinformation and Digital Threats in the War in Ukraine – Harvard Kennedy SchoolContinue Reading

In the face of democratic backsliding, shrinking civic space and complex global crises, national human rights institutions (NHRIs) stand as vital … Read more: Catalysts for change: The rising impact of national human rights institutions – Eco-BusinessContinue Reading

Tt is vital that human rights protections are at the heart of the response to the earthquake in Afghanistan. Read more: Afghanistan: Urgent humanitarian aid needed for earthquake survivorsContinue Reading

Rhys Davies secures landmark ruling at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights: Uganda Responsible for Torture. 01/09/2025. Rhys Davies of … Read more: Rhys Davies secures landmark ruling at the African Commission on Human and Peoples' RightsContinue Reading

Rev. Schindler: In Argentina, we are currently experiencing a clear setback in terms of human rights. The main victims are older people, opposition … Read more: Reflections from Río de la Plata focus on human rights and the church's prophetic voiceContinue Reading

… human rights abuses around the world. It challenges the business-as-usual mindset that treats environmental devastation as nothing more than a … Read more: New surrealist campaign tells UK firms fuelling deforestation: “It's not just business”Continue Reading

Reforms will be made to the interpretation of Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which protects the right to private and … Read more: 'The right to asylum and to a family life are basic human rights' | Morning StarContinue Reading

… Human Rights Council meeting … The meeting allowed member states to hear directly from the human rights community and gain a clearer picture of the … Read more: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Legal Advisor Leanid Marozau took part in a pre-session of the …Continue Reading

"Behind the wealth and diplomacy: Qatar's hidden human rights nightmare" 29 August 2025. This is not the only group discriminated against in Qatar … Read more: Qatar: Migrant workers endure conditions resembling de facto slavery due to the kafala systemContinue Reading

UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani … We call for prompt, thorough, and transparent investigations into all alleged violations of … Read more: Indonesia protests: Call for restraint and dialogue | OHCHRContinue Reading

… human rights standards are being respected. Semenya has waged a … However, in July the European Court of Human Rights found her right to … Read more: Gene tests: World Athletics new rule for women's events begins – BBC SportContinue Reading

The United Kingdom government should publicly pledge to incorporate strong human rights conditions before a Free Trade Agreement between the UK … Read more: UK: Rights Protections Needed in Gulf Trade Pact – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

An agreement without explicit rights protections heightens the risks that UK businesses would become complicit in grave human rights abuses. For … Read more: Joint Statement: Human Rights Concerns Regarding the UK's Free Trade Agreement with …Continue Reading