Social Media Ideas for Human Rights

‘Human rights are part of our DNA’: UN launches global alliance to counter rising threats

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has launched a Global Alliance for Human Rights, a broad coalition aimed at placing the issue at the heart of decision-making, when conflict leve...

Latest research flags Zimbabwe’s human rights record again

NEW data has flagged Zimbabwe’s human rights record, highlighting gaps in basic rights such as housing, food and emphasising how people do not feel safe from state abuse. The lates...

EDITORIAL: Human rights compliance

Rights defender killings hit record high as UN pushes to shore up humanitarian action

Attacks against human right defenders have reached record levels over the past year, according to a new report issued on Wednesday by the UN human rights office, OHCHR.Read the ful...

Save human rights from the political maelstrom spoliticapolitcalnotcollateral

Rights group calls for release of aid workers detained by Houthi rebels in Yemen

Human Rights Watch on Sunday demanded that Houthi authorities who have systematically detained more than 70 United Nations employees in Yemen over the course of two years release t...

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...

Time for Europe to Recognize the Right to a Healthy Environment

On the eve of World Environment Day, I joined around 400 environmental defenders and policymakers from across Europe in Strasbourg, France, where they gathered at the first Europea...

UN Rights Commissioner: attacks on rights defenders reached alarming levels in 2025

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a report on Wednesday documenting record level attacks against human rights defenders in 2025. The Special Ra...

Are Our Rights Blessed by God, or Begrudged by Government?

In the Western tradition human rights have been said to exist independently of the state because they have been based upon human dignity. Source

Human rights group 'concerned' by law requiring social housing applicants prove legal residency

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has written to Housing Minister James Browne over its concerns regarding new housing legislation.

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...

HRW: Indonesia violating human rights under the guise of security measures

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday called on Indonesia to rescind its newly implemented policies to fight street crime, citing concerns that these measures would result in excess...

Volker Türk, Hoge Commissaris voor de Mensenrechten: ‘Uiteindelijk willen mensen geen wredere wereld, ze willen méér men...

Potential human rights abuses uncovered at Dunedin's Wakari Hospital - ombudsman

Health New Zealand plans to close a Wakari Hospital ward after the chief ombudsman uncovered potential human rights abuses.

US: Democracy at Risk

Click to expand Image Protesters hold US flags and placards during a nationwide "No King...

Parliament urged to keep human rights at centre of democratic governance

Parliament has been urged to continue placing human rights at the heart of its legislative, oversight and representative functions to strengthen Ghana’s democracy and promote inclu...

Make human rights protections stronger | Letters

Prof Philip Leach and Prof BaЕџak Г‡alД± say governments must take action to give teeth to the European convention on human rightsThe repression of free speech in Turkey worsens by...

Rights group condemns Mali armed forces and allied militias for violence against civilians

Human Rights Watch on Monday criticized Islamist armed groups, allied militias, and Malian armed forces who have committed “serious abuses of human rights against civilians” amidst...

Rights group calls for release of civilians held amid ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur

Amnesty International on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of civilians being held by armed groups in India’s Manipur state as negotiations over the fate...

Human rights abuse allegations continue to rise in the mining sector, report finds

Over the last several years, the United States and European Union have intensified efforts to secure the minerals needed for a clean energy transition. Officials have fast-tracked...

Rights groups urge Bangladesh to amend national human rights commission bill

A coalition of human rights groups, including Human Rights Watch (HRW), issued a joint statement on Monday urging the government of Bangladesh to refrain from adopting the current...

Australia: UN Human Rights Recommendations Ignored

Play Video (Sydney) – Australia has refused to commit to reforms for the incarceration of children, offshore detention of a...

Climate pledges will fail without human rights protections, rights group warns

Amnesty International on Friday urged states attending the June Climate Meetings in Bonn, Germany, to turn existing climate commitments into a concrete, rights-centered action plan...