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The Human Rights Committee, CCPR – International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, is the body of independent experts that monitors … Read more: 4074th Meeting, 139th Session, Human Rights Committee (CCPR) – UN Web TVContinue Reading

They shed light on war crimes and human rights violations, sometimes at the risk of their own lives. We firmly condemn the killings, physical attacks, … Read more: End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists – European CommissionContinue Reading

… Human Rights in his resignation letter dated 28 October. “This will be my last communication to you,” he wrote to the UN's High Commissioner in … Read more: Top UN official resigns over organisation 'failing in duty' towards Palestinians in GazaContinue Reading

Group accuses programme of encouraging 'thought policing' and being incompatible with international human rights. Read more: Amnesty calls for Prevent strategy to be abolished over 'human rights abuses'Continue Reading

… human rights activists during the Oct. 29 funeral for the young Iranian-Kurdish woman, Armita Geravand. “We once again condemn the Iranian regime's … Read more: US condemns arrest of human rights activists in Iran, says State Dept spox – Kurdistan24Continue Reading

The director of the UN's Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has resigned over the organization's response to the humanitarian … Read more: Top UN human rights official resigns over 'textbook case of genocide' in Gaza – Al ArabiyaContinue Reading

'Grave human rights violations against children are mounting by the minute in the Gaza Strip, and there are no winners in a war where thousands of … Read more: Israel-Hamas War: 'No winners in a war where…, ' UN committee condemns 'human rights …Continue Reading

Human Rights Violations took place in States and Regions from Oct 22 to 31, 2023. Military Junta Troop launched airstrikes and dropped bombs in … Read more: Human Rights Situation weekly update (October 22 to 31, 2023) – Myanmar – ReliefWebContinue Reading

Regarding the human rights situation in Haiti, Mr. Bálek said that, following a request from the authorities there, the Council adopted a resolution … Read more: Human Rights Abuses Must Be 'Addressed with Same Degree of Urgency, No Matter Where …Continue Reading

Among those arrested at Armita Geravand's funeral was renowned human rights lawyer Nasrin Sotoudeh, as well as several other peaceful activists. Read more: Condemning the Detention of Iranian Human Rights Defenders – State DepartmentContinue Reading

There are renewed calls for Australia's government to list the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the military arm of Iran's government, … Read more: Full interview with actress and human rights activist Nazanin Boniadi | The World – YouTubeContinue Reading

The African Commission's Working Group on Extractive Industries, Environment and Human Rights in Africa (WGEI) and the Working Group on Economic… Read more: ACHPR77: Consultations on the Study of the Impact of Climate Change on Human Rights in AfricaContinue Reading

Health is a human right that is both aspirational and something that can be implemented, according to the American College of Physicians (ACP). Read more: ACP declares: Health is a human right – Medical EconomicsContinue Reading

… Human Rights, announced his resignation in a letter shared publicly on Tuesday — more than three weeks into the Israel-Hamas conflict. … Read more: United Nations human rights official resigns over 'text-book case of genocide' in GazaContinue Reading