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Amnesty International’s annual report warns global human rights under severe attack

Amnesty International warned in its annual report Monday that human rights around the world are under severe attack, creating “a global environment where primitive ferocity could f...

Attacks against national human rights institutes hinder protection of essential rights: UN

Attacks against national human rights institutions (NHRIs) weaken their ability to fulfill their mandates to protect human rights and hinder access to justice and accountability fo...

The Twice-Coerced Zambia and the Synergy Between Human Rights Violations and Prohibited Intervention

Last week, like many other scholars and activists, I was due to participate in RightsCon, the leading conference on human rights in the digital age. This year it was supposed to ta...

EDITORIAL: Human rights compliance

Us and Them: The Curious Case of Rights and Personhood

Rights are seen as moral guarantees that protect individuals from harm and tyranny. The post Us and Them: The Curious Case of Rights and Personhood appeared first on The Good Men P...

International Crimes and Human Rights Violations Against Muslims in BJP-Ruled Indian States Require Urgent Action

The international community must redouble efforts to press Indian authorities for accountability in growing violence and rights abuses against Muslims. The post International Crime...

Zimbabwe: Human Rights Climate 'Deteriorating' in Zimbabwe, Monitoring Report Says

[263Chat] Zimbabwe recorded 145 human rights violations affecting more than 3,600 people in April, with political intimidation, arbitrary arrests and restrictions on freedoms of ex...

European Union: Surveillance Technology Sold to Rights Violators

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Human Rights Violations in Psychiatry

Society turns a blind eye to these human rights violations due to the misinformation and public stigma around psychiatrized people. The post Human Rights Violations in Psychiatry a...

Towards a Human Rights-Based Approach to Organised Crime: The Inter-American Commission’s Resolution

In March 2026, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented Resolution 1/26 providing states in the Americas with 50 recommendations to address organised crime....

World News in Brief: Human rights in Mongolia, surge in sexual violence in Haiti, worsening hunger in Afghanistan

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Monday praised Mongolia’s recent human rights progress during a visit to the country, which recently adopted the region’s first law protecting...

HRW reports rights abuses against civilians by armed group in DRC during occupation of city

Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Thursday that the armed group M23 committed human rights abuses against civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) during its...

Un enfoque de derechos humanos para abordar el crimen organizado: la resolución de la Comisión Interamericana

En marzo de 2026, la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) presentó la Resolución 1/26, que proporciona a los Estados de las Américas cincuenta recomendaciones para ab...

Human rights screening: The Flemish Model and Practice (3/11)

In late 2019, the Flemish Interuniversity Council (VLIR) issued Recommendations for implementing a human rights assessment at the Flemish universities, building on the pioneering w...

Zimbabwe: Over 5,000 People Affected By Human Rights Violations in March As Repression Mars Constitutional Amendment Bil...

[New Zimbabwe] Discover moreHealth community newsLegal advice servicesMobile news app subscriptionAT LEAST 5,013 people were affected by human rights violations in March, with a si...

Natural, Thus Universal, Human Rights

Casey Chalk, The Acton Institute It was admittedly a surprising circumstance for a debate on natural rights. On September 4 of last year, Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) was speaking dur...

Global Failure to Protect Right to Health in Conflict

Click to expand Image A man stands on the debris at the site of a drug rehabilitation ho...

‘When did human rights become a dirty word?’: Readers discuss the state of the world

Readers discuss the US and Iran, bombing for freedom and justice

Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Activists Top List of Perpetrators in April Rights Abuses Report

[New Zimbabwe] The Zimbabwe Peace Project says the country's human rights environment remains under pressure after recording 145 violations affecting 3,675 people in April, with ac...

Rights group claims armed group in DRC committed war crimes and crimes against humanity

Amnesty International stated on Tuesday that fighters from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an armed group active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), committed numero...

European Union: Surveillance Technology Sold to Rights Violators

(Brussels, May 12, 2026) - The European Union has failed to prevent member states from exporting surveillance technology to governments with well-documented histories of using tech...

Human Rights Screening of University Partners: Introduction to the Blog Symposium (1/11)

Israel’s war crimes in Gaza have led to on-campus protests, that questioned the universities’ potential role in enabling or contesting these crimes. While in the US and the UK, suc...

Rights group condemns Kazakhstan conviction of human rights protestors

Amnesty International called the conviction and sentencing of 19 activists participating in a peaceful protest a “travesty of justice,” in a press release on Tuesday. The protest w...

The Right to Early Childhood Care and Education – Part 2

Listen here on Spotify Listen here on Soundcloud   International human rights law should protect and promote every individual’s human rights. But the reality is that international...