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Human Rights Watch pushes UN leaders to defend international accountability at upcoming General Assembly

Human Rights Watch on Monday called on world leaders attending the UN General Assembly in New York this week to defend international human rights institutions and uphold accountabi...

Human Rights Are Essential to Australia’s Interests

Governments such as Australia’s need to recognize that defending civil society and a free press throughout the region and beyond are not luxuries but central to a democratic resurg...

UN: Commit to Human Rights, Justice for Grave Crimes

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Human rights organizations call on Singapore to drop charges against activists

Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International and the World Alliance for Citizen Participation (CIVICUS) on Thursday urged the Singapore government to drop charges against severa...

Human rights groups criticize uncontested election of 15 countries to top UN human rights body

Human rights groups are sharply criticizing the uncontested election of 15 members of the United Nations' premier human rights body, saying it resulted in countries with poor right...

ZLHR implores govt to respect human rights

Hazel Marimbiza in Bulawayo ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) has called on the government to strengthen constitutional safeguards and account for rights violations. In a st...

Human rights in Myanmar hitting a ‘new low,’ U.N. warns

The U.N. human rights office denounced the "ever-worsening brutal abuse" of the Rohingya minority and the "devastating impact" of illicit economies.

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty urge EU to ban trade with Israeli settlements

Cite worsening Gaza and West Bank conditions, with Palestinian deaths in Gaza nearing 74,000

Burundi: Burundi Set to Win Human Rights Council Seat Despite Abuses - UN

[HRW] New York -- Lack of Competition Virtually Guarantees a Spot on Key Forum

Human rights: Lost in the “S” of ESG?

Human rights are getting diluted or ignored in the oft-neglected “S” (social) of ESG, even though the rules for protecting them have been clear for a decade and a half. The 2011 UN...

Rights groups raise concerns over Houthis prosecuting civil society workers for espionage

Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International on Tuesday issued a joint statement condemning the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen for having sent at least eight people involved...

Cancellation of passports a violation of human rights – Amnesty Intl

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UN Rights Chief condemns global silence and urges solidarity amid worsening Afghan crisis

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned Wednesday that worsening repression, poverty and forced returns were deepening Afghanistan’s crisis, criticizing the intern...

Russia demands rights activists be granted access to Ukraine's 'secret prisons' — diplomat

Rodion Miroshnik emphasized during an unofficial Arria-formula meeting of the UN Security Council that rights advocates should have full knowledge of the atrocities committed at th...

ICJ Judge calls for stronger global commitment to human rights and peace

Tunisia: Call for Action On the Human Rights Crisis in Tunisia At the Human Rights Council

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UN: Burundi Set to Win Human Rights Council Seat Despite Abuses

(New York) - Burundi is set to win re-election to the United Nations Human Rights Council in a vote on October 12, 2026, with no competition, Human Rights Watch said today. Burundi...

UN report warns of reprisals against those who collaborate in defence of human rights

Activists, lawyers and others who cooperate with the United Nations on human rights continue to face intimidation and reprisals, according to a new report issued on Wednesday by th...

'Clear human rights failures' in southern Scotland, report finds

A new study concludes basic human rights - including food, health and housing - are being denied.

HRW expresses concern over Bangladeshi government’s legislative removal of human rights safeguards

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday condemned the Bangladeshi Parliament for its introduction of a new legislation that reverses human rights protections and removes existing legal safeg...

Treatment of miners in the DRC by M23 rebels violates international humanitarian law, Amnesty International says

Amnesty International on Monday condemned the March 23 Movement (M23) over human rights abuses committed in the mines they control in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Commen...

A Divided Vote for the UN’s Human Rights Chief

BRUSSELS, Belgium, August 26 (IPS) - On 24 July, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly reappointed Volker Türk as High Commissioner for Human Rights for a further four years. O...

Burundi set to win UN Human Rights Council re-election amid rights violations, HRW says

Human Rights Watch (HRW) noted in a press release on Monday that Burundi is set to win re-election to the UN Human Rights Council in a vote on October 13, with no competition. Addr...

NHRC Urges Legislatures to Make Human Rights Impact Assessment Mandatory in Lawmaking

Blessing Ibunge in Port Harcourt The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called on Nigeria’s legislative institutions to institutionalise Human Rights Impact Assessment (HR...