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This year saw a 30 percent drop from the five-year annual average in persons sanctioned for their involvement in human rights abuse or corruption; the … Read more: Use of Magnitsky Sanctions by U.S. Government Declines – Human Rights FirstContinue Reading

75 years on, the world is tested and tormented by an agonising array of conflicts in which human rights violations are not secondary outcomes, but … Read more: Still relevant: the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human RightsContinue Reading

The director of English PEN on the erosion of civil liberties, protecting free speech and calling for a ceasefire. Read more: The Policy Ask with Daniel Gorman: “We are in a human rights emergency”Continue Reading

ANKARA. Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday said that Israel's deadly strikes on journalists in Lebanon were an “apparently deliberate attack on … Read more: Israeli strikes on journalists in Lebanon 'apparently deliberate': Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

File photograph Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a statement condemning Sri Lanka's arrest of 9 Tamils in Batticaloa under the Prevention of … Read more: Human Rights Watch condemns arrest of Tamils under PTA during Maaveerar NaalContinue Reading

He's refusing to express confidence in Chief Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt, and while he won't abolish the commission like ACT wants, … Read more: Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith refuses to express confidence in Chief Human Rights … – RNZContinue Reading

Evidence reviewed by Human Rights Watch indicates that the Israeli military knew or should have known that the group of people they were firing on … Read more: Israel: Strikes on Journalists in Lebanon Apparently Deliberate – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Those are the words at the heart of the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. Delegates from around the world defined the rights in the Universal … Read more: Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Human Rights Leaders Before Their MeetingContinue Reading

They endorsed a bill of rights for humanity, in the form of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The handiwork of Eleanor Roosevelt and a … Read more: The UN Declaration of Human Rights at 75: An Unfinished RevolutionContinue Reading

… LGBTQ+ Equality” for the 15th consecutive year on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation's 2023 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The CE. Read more: Human Rights Campaign Gives Squire Patton Boggs Perfect Score for 15th Consecutive Year | 2023Continue Reading

Tulane lecturer Islam Elrabieey was once tortured and imprisoned in Egypt for his human rights activism. Now, he serves as an activist. Read more: Islam Elrabieey on Egyptian imprisonment, human rights activism – The Tulane HullabalooContinue Reading

"Our goal at the Human Rights Campaign Foundation is to work in a spirit of partnership with companies, providing educational resources and leading … Read more: BorgWarner Participates in Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2023-2024 … – PR NewswireContinue Reading

For democracy, secularism, and equality to prevail in Turkey over the next hundred years, civil society must advocate for human rights for all. Read more: The Turkish Republic at 100: Limited room for human rights through shifting paradigmsContinue Reading

How do we ensure that the laws federal Parliament passes are compatible with human rights? In Australia, this responsibility falls on a … Read more: Meet the Commonwealth Parliament's human rights legal adviser – The University of SydneyContinue Reading