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WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the educational arm of the nation's largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer ( … Read more: HRC Foundation Report: Epidemic of Violence Continues; Transgender and Gender …Continue Reading

The Ontario government has been busy lately introducing legislation ostensibly to protect worker's rights. In a bid perhaps to deflect the bad … Read more: Ontario needs to fix 'broken' human rights commission for workers: AdvocateContinue Reading

The Home Office should suspend all evictions from accommodation in which asylum seekers are being housed during the winter months, a human rights … Read more: NI human rights organisation calls for pause on asylum seeker evictions over winter monthsContinue Reading

Looking to continue its work in the human rights realm, Notre Dame Law School has announced that it will launch a Global Human Rights Clinic in … Read more: Notre Dame Law to launch Global Human Rights Clinic in 2024 – The Indiana LawyerContinue Reading

“FIFA's answer to addressing the terrible human rights legacy it left behind in Qatar should have been to provide remedy for migrant deaths and stolen … Read more: FIFA: No Remedy for Qatar Migrant Worker Abuses – Human Rights WatchContinue Reading

Human Rights Watch Program Director Sari Bashi speaks to Michael Holmes about the civilian casualties of the war, the breakdown of Gaza's … Read more: Human Rights Watch speaks about humanitarian crisis around Israel-Hamas War | CNNContinue Reading

Kampala, Uganda | DICTA ASIIMWE | For years, Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) has produced annual reports with various variations of this … Read more: Is Uganda Human Rights Commission rebranding?Continue Reading

Two presidential candidates have expressed their intention to resolve past cases of gross human rights violations and all three have vowed to … Read more: Presidential candidates' human rights manifestos 'unconvincing' – Politics – The Jakarta PostContinue Reading

… rights group released on Monday. The report by The Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights, commonly known by its French … Read more: Waste from Adidas, Walmart, other brands fuelling Cambodia brick kilns – report | ReutersContinue Reading

The UN human rights chief is describing Israeli air strikes in Gaza as horrendous and beyond belief. At least 13000 Palestinians have been killed … Read more: UN human rights chief says Israeli air strikes in Gaza are 'horrendous' – YouTubeContinue Reading

Advancement of human rights of LGBTIQ people · Trust Funds · Economic empowerment · CEDAW & Women's Human Rights · Peace and Security · Governance … Read more: Supporting the women of Afghanistan: New partnership between UN Women and UNODC …Continue Reading

South Korea and the European Union(EU) agreed to swiftly push for the launch of a bilateral consultative body on human rights abuses in North … Read more: S. Korea, EU to Seek Consultative Body on N. Korea's Human Rights – KBS WORLDContinue Reading

Former army lawyer David McBride will soon face trial accused of leaking classified defence information. What does this say about Australia? Read more: Are we a nation that persecutes people who tell the truth? | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

She has claimed Mr Sunak failed to act, angering MPs on the Right of the party. But measures to restrict human rights laws – barring their use in … Read more: Rishi Sunak is considering suspending part of the Human Rights Act to get Rwanda flights …Continue Reading