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Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of potential violations of the … Read more: HHS Office for Civil Rights Settles with L.A. Care Health Plan Over Potential HIPAA Security …Continue Reading

ShareAction's letter urges the International Sustainability Standards Board to also look at human capital and human rights together when it … Read more: Investor coalition lobbies standard setter to prioritize human and workers' rights – CFO DiveContinue Reading

Expansion of mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has led to forced eviction and grievous human rights abuses. Read more: Forced evictions at industrial cobalt and copper mines in the DRC – Amnesty InternationalContinue Reading

The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 21 February 2017 as a Committee composed of: Krzysztof Wojtyczek, President, Read more: LAGVILAVA v. GEORGIA – HUDOCContinue Reading

It is a privilege to be here to launch an important addition to Australia's legal landscape: the Human Rights Law Centre's new Whistleblower … Read more: The Whistleblower Project launch – Hon. Tony Fitzgerald AC KC | Human Rights Law CentreContinue Reading

Alberta's human rights commission will consider a formal complaint against Norquest College, against allegations the school did not act to protect … Read more: Former dean files human rights complaint against Norquest College | CBC NewsContinue Reading

News and Press Release in English on Afghanistan about Gender and Protection and Human Rights; published on 11 Sep 2023 by UN HRC. Read more: Special Rapporteur to Human Rights Council: the Systematic and Institutionalised … – ReliefWebContinue Reading

Civil rights activists Sirous Abbasi and Azad Abbasi were arrested and subsequently sent to Qorveh Prison after being summoned to the court in … Read more: Slain protester’s family summoned ahead of uprising anniversary – KHRNContinue Reading

Vietnamese human rights defender Nguyen Bac Truyen and his wife Bui Kim Phuong arrived in Germany on the evening of 8 September after he was … Read more: Vietnam: Human rights defender freed from prison | ICN – Independent Catholic NewsContinue Reading

The president and his team often say that prioritizing human rights doesn't mean cutting off ties to abusive actors. Read more: Asia trip reups questions of Biden's human rights approach – POLITICOContinue Reading

To support the prevention of discrimination and harassment through human rights and accessibility education, learning and professional development. Read more: Human Rights Office – York Region District School BoardContinue Reading

'Companies also have a responsibility to respect human rights, including in supply chains and other business relationships,' it continues, adding that … Read more: Focus combined human capital and human rights, NBIM tells ISSB – | Corporate SecretaryContinue Reading

[201] This sense that human rights enforcement is unjustly obstructing policies remains salient. Indeed, immigration reform continues to be at the … Read more: JUSTICE: Rule of law under grave threat in UK; human rights protections for marginalised …Continue Reading

Civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, the right to development and the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment all … Read more: Global Update By Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner For Human Rights To The 54th … – ScoopContinue Reading