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European Union: Surveillance Technology Sold to Rights Violators

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Why we should beware silver-tongued right-wing politicians who want to take away our human rights

Our ancestors fought for the rights and freedoms outlined in the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights – and we must never forget why

Rights organization demands immediate release of arbitrarily detained Angola activist

Amnesty International on Thursday called for the release of Angolan activist Serrote Oliviera, who the rights group said has been arbitrarily detained by local authorities. Olivier...

Nepal: Balen Government Should Bring Human Rights Reforms

Click to expand Image Nepal’s prime minister, Balendra Shah, takes the oath of office, K...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Government minister commits to human rights treaty at Oxford University event

Lord Hermer spoke at an Oxford University event, where he pledged the government would retain the European Convention on Human Rights.

Alignment of national human rights institutions with the Paris principles

The Paris Principles of 1993, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly under Resolution No (A/RES/48/134), are widely recognised as the primary international reference framew...

UN condemns Türkiye for criminalizing human rights lawyers

UN experts urged Türkiye to stop criminalizing members of human rights groups and lawyers in a press release on Tuesday, criticizing misuse of an anti-terrorism law. The special...

Ook van mensen zonder religie staan wereldwijd de rechten onder druk

Rights groups press Nepal government after deadly protests, demand justice and reform

International human rights organizations on Thursday called on Nepal’s newly elected government, led by Prime Minister Balendra Shah, to take immediate steps to strengthen human ri...

UN Watch demands democracies explain election of human rights abusers to UN positions

In UN Watch's press release, the NGO cited the UN's Economic and Social Council's (ECOSOC) recent nomination of Iran to the UN’s Committee for Program and Coordination.

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...

De nieuwe commissaris voor de mensenrechten in Rusland minacht de mensenrechten

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...

Europese landen ruziën over de vraag of er mag worden gemorreld aan de mensenrechten

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...

Academic Freedom over Human Rights? (5/11)

In 2024, universities worldwide witnessed an escalation of pro-Palestinian protests. Against the background of established human rights violations by the Israeli government in Gaza...

The Right to Early Childhood Care and Education – Episode 1

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

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....

Top human rights lawyer backs Zack Polanski over Golders Green arrest row

A TOP human rights lawyer has backed the Green Party leader amid a public war of words with a police chief over the arrest of a man charged with the attempted murder of three men.