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Russia is campaigning for a return to the United Nations' Human Rights Council – after being suspended just last year for invading Ukraine. Read more: Russia says it deserves a seat on the UN Human Rights Council. It may have a shot | CNNContinue Reading

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Interactive Dialogue with OHCHR on technical assistance and capacity building for South Sudan. Statement delivered by UK Human Rights Ambassador … Read more: UN Human Rights Council 54: UK Statement on South Sudan – GOV.UKContinue Reading

A member of the United Nations Human Rights Council omitted the Israeli lives lost when calling for a moment of silence to honor those who died in … Read more: Pakistan's UN Human Rights Council member fails to honor Israelis murdered by Hamas in …Continue Reading

Pakistani envoy Zaman Mehdi calls the motion on behalf of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation member states, representing 57 countries. Mehdi's … Read more: UN Human Rights Council marks loss of life in 'Palestinian territory and elsewhere'Continue Reading

“Electing war criminal Vladimir Putin as a UN judge on human rights is like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief,” said Neuer. “When Col. Read more: Oct. 10 vote: Oppose Putin's Bid for U.N. Human Rights Council SeatContinue Reading

"It is unacceptable that the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Award was given to a person who has a final conviction by the judiciary in our country," the … Read more: Türkiye slams CoE for awarding convict with human rights prize | Daily SabahContinue Reading

… human rights advocates say. “Deliberate killings of civilians, hostage-taking, and collective punishment are heinous crimes that have no … Read more: Israel Responds to Hamas Crimes by Ordering Mass War Crimes in Gaza – The InterceptContinue Reading

Our business activities are guided by the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the core standards of the International Labor … Read more: Human rights | Aegon Group Corporate WebsiteContinue Reading

Natan Sharansky, a human rights activist and former political prisoner in the Soviet Union, is chairman of advisory boards of the Combat … Read more: Opinion | Israelis have a human right to self-defense. Now comes the test of who will support them.Continue Reading

Gavi champions universal access to vaccines and health care as a fundamental human right. Join us in our ambition to “leave no one behind” for a … Read more: Health equity and human rights – Gavi, the Vaccine AllianceContinue Reading

FILE – A vote tally to affirm the suspension of the Russian Federation from the United Nations Human Rights Council is displayed during a meeting of … Read more: Russia Seeks to Reclaim Seat on UN Rights Body – VOA NewsContinue Reading

Indeed, the erga omnes partes doctrine has the potential to transform what has long been the Achilles heel of international human rights law – the … Read more: In the Case Against Syria, a New Tool for Enforcing Human Rights – Just SecurityContinue Reading

Robert Wood, the US deputy ambassador to the UN, told the Security Council that Russia could have improved its human rights record since its … Read more: US says Russia 'unfit' to serve on UN human rights body – The NationalContinue Reading