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Nike is continuing to face scrutiny for its handling of allegations of pay inequity and human rights misconduct, with the sportswear giant's … Read more: Nike investors vote against pay equity and human rights proposals – Fashion UnitedContinue Reading

City of Greensboro Diversity and Inclusion Officer Maria Hicks-Few is the featured speaker at the October 5 meeting of the Greensboro Human Rights … Read more: City DEI Leader to Address October 5 Human Rights Commission Meeting | City NewsContinue Reading

It was a moving ceremony. On June 6, an Indigenous organization from Guatemala—the Xinka Parliament—received the 2023 RFK Human Rights Award for … Read more: Defenders of human and environmental rights deserve protection. – Politics of PovertyContinue Reading

The UN human rights expert for Myanmar on Wednesday called on the United States to further tighten sanctions on the country's military rulers to … Read more: UN human rights expert urges stronger US sanctions on Myanmar military – Al ArabiyaContinue Reading

Rempang riot: Between land acquisition and human rights Amok on street: Protesters throw stones at riot police on Sept. Read more: Rempang riot: Between land acquisition and human rights – Academia – The Jakarta PostContinue Reading

The Human Rights Law Centre is endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient. Donations of $2 or more are tax deductible in Australia. Make a Donation → … Read more: Explainer: Responding to abortion and sex selection claims in WAContinue Reading

A cancer survivor is suing her former bowls club for breaching her human rights … When that failed, she launched the human rights complaint. Close up … Read more: Melbourne lawn bowls player alleges club told her cancer diagnosis made her 'unreliable'Continue Reading

With her solo show at the Watermill Center, Regina José Galindo considers how a universal object — the body — can speak to issues of human rights. Read more: How an Artist Can Embody Human Rights – HyperallergicContinue Reading

DR MICHAEL ARNHEIM (pictured): I have been sounding the alarm on the state of human rights law in Britain since 1988. Read more: DR MICHAEL ARNHEIM: MPs DO have a legal means of breaking the stranglehold human …Continue Reading

GENEVA (Reuters) -More than 200 civil society groups have written to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), host of this year's COP28 U.N. climate summit, … Read more: Human Rights Groups Send COP28 Demands to UAE, Governments – USNews.comContinue Reading

— U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is pressing for a civil rights investigation into alleged mistreatment and abuse of inmates in the Clayton County Jail. Sen. Read more: Human Rights Subcommittee Chairman Ossoff Calls for Civil Rights Investigation into … – Jon OssoffContinue Reading

Article 5 on Human Rights Must be Strengthened. So far, it's looking bleak for human rights. A proposed amendment championed by Uruguay and backed by … Read more: UN's Cybercrime Convention Draft: A Slippery Slope for LGBTQ+ and Gender RightsContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on World and 3 other countries about Peacekeeping and Peacebuilding and Protection and Human Rights; … Read more: Human Rights Council Starts Interactive Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

The Kerala State Human Rights Commission has asked the director of college education to submit a report on pre-marital counselling for students. Read more: Kerala human rights body seeks report on pre-marital counselling for college-goersContinue Reading