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The UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk expresses that there are "no words to capture the horrors that are unfolding before our eyes in Gaza," … Read more: 'This is Carnage': UN Human Rights Chief Concerns Over Horrors In Gaza – YouTubeContinue Reading

Discover the compelling book co-authored by former Griffith woman Lucy Geddes detailing 50 pivotal Australian human rights cases.. Read more: Human rights lawyer Lucy Geddes co-authors book on landmark cases | The Area NewsContinue Reading

Belarus: Immediately release human rights defenders … March 3, 2024 – One year ago, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, FIDH Vice-President … Read more: Belarus: Immediately release human rights defenders – ARTICLE 19Continue Reading

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk expressed deep concern over Sri Lanka's proposed legislative measures, at the 55th Session of the … Read more: UN human rights chief concerned over Online Safety Act and IGP appointment | Daily MirrorContinue Reading

The vulnerability that inmates witness in prisons contravenes their human dignity and right to an adequate standard of living. Prison renovation and … Read more: Prisoners' precarious conditions and human rights in Nigeria — OpinionContinue Reading

… Human Rights. If the draft law is enacted, Trifi warned, "Tunisia will lose its civil society and all the work it has done". Amnesty International … Read more: Tunisian civil society fears plan to limit foreign funding – France 24Continue Reading

… human rights norms and standards. As previously documented, civil society groups have reported that homosexual, bisexual and transgender people … Read more: Tonga: Parliamentarian suspended from parliament while LGBTQI+ community still lacks protectionContinue Reading

Among them were journalists, opposition politicians, activists and human rights defenders. The ongoing decay of rule of law and democracy in Turkey … Read more: Human Rights in Turkey: 2023 in Review – Stockholm Center for FreedomContinue Reading

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights once again raised grave concerns about the rights situation in the country. “While the Government has … Read more: Poor record on human rights – Daily FTContinue Reading

She designs and delivers innovative human rights-based curriculum projects for children, youth and teachers in schools, refugee settings and … Read more: A Community Café Conversation with Human Rights Education Specialist Elana HavivContinue Reading

News and Press Release in Arabic on Libya and 1 other country about Contributions and Protection and Human Rights; published on 3 Mar 2024 by … Read more: Netherlands, UNDP and UNSMIL join forces to support families of missing persons in Libya [EN/AR]Continue Reading

The Race Discrimination Commissioner is a statutory position within the Australian Human Rights Commission. … What are human rights? Commissioners … Read more: Giridharan Sivaraman commences as Race Discrimination CommissionerContinue Reading

Coltart and Muchineripi, who are affiliated with the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), found themselves under arrest on September 4, 2023, by … Read more: International legal groups applaud dismissal of charges against Zimbabwean human rights lawyersContinue Reading

… human rights and resolve the conflict peacefully. The Sudanese military, while facing accusations of human rights abuses themselves, accuse the … Read more: FFC condemns human rights violations by Sudanese belligerents – Sudan TribuneContinue Reading