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Amnesty International analyzed a leaked version of the draft penal code, and it does not protect human rights, but rather codifies and entrenches … Read more: Manifesto for Repression: Saudi Arabia's Forthcoming Penal Code Must Uphold Human …Continue Reading

Saudi Arabia is the only candidate to chair the next yearlong CSW session, several diplomats told Human Rights Watch. The kingdom is expected to be … Read more: Reject Saudi Bid to Chair UN Women's Rights Forum – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Report of the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH) Continuing to guarantee the highest standard of qualifications, independence, … Read more: Publication: Issues relating to Judges of the European Court of Human RightsContinue Reading

Leading legal figures, including Albert Ho, known for their human rights work, have since been sent to prison. Now this new draconian law threatens an … Read more: Hong Kong's New Security Law Spells Further Repression – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

President Cyril Ramaphosa will on Thursday deliver a keynote address at the national commemoration of Human Rights Day to be held in Sharpeville, … Read more: SA to commemorate Human Rights Day | SAnewsContinue Reading

A Westminster Hall debate on human rights in Sri Lanka is scheduled for Wednesday 20 March 2024, from 2:30-4:00pm. Read more: Human rights in Sri Lanka – The House of Commons Library – UK ParliamentContinue Reading

In Taiwan, the false Tai Ji Men case known as the “Judicial and Tax 228” is a human rights case where innocents suffered double persecution through … Read more: The Urgency to Rectify the Tai Ji Men Human Rights CaseContinue Reading

Together, as we remember the victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, let's unite for human rights, dignity and opportunity for all. Official … Read more: 'Let Us Unite for Human Rights, Dignity, Opportunity for All', Secretary-General Urges, in …Continue Reading

Various armed groups have kidnapped hundreds of people, including 287 schoolchildren, across northern Nigeria in a series of alarming attacks … Read more: Armed Groups Kidnap Hundreds Across Northern Nigeria | Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Replacing greed, militarism, and hypocrisy with solidarity, diplomacy, and human rights. Read more: Bernie Sanders: A Revolution in American Foreign PolicyContinue Reading

What is The Leadership Conference's take on the case? We believe access to abortion and reproductive health care is a civil rights issue. We joined a … Read more: Supreme Court to Rule Again on Abortion: A Primer on FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic MedicineContinue Reading

Ensuring the human rights model of disability was an important step. The delegation of the United Kingdom consisted of representatives from the … Read more: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Holds Follow-Up Dialogue on Inquiry …Continue Reading

Socio-Economic Rights Institute researcher Thato Masiangoako says it's important to acknowledge strides made by South Africa in advancing human … Read more: SA's significant strides in advancing human rights – YouTubeContinue Reading

[World Council of Churches] The World Council of Churches, in a statement before the United Nations Human Rights Council, urged addressing the … Read more: WCC urges UN Human Rights Council to address obstetric injury – Episcopal News ServiceContinue Reading