Peru’s Indigenous leaders raise concerns over oil and gas projects at a human rights hearing
Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, ...
Law review finds Jersey lacks human rights culture
A law expert has said Jersey lacks the human rights culture that legislation brought in 25 years ago was aimed at developing.
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UN human rights experts criticise 'unneccessary' and 'unlawful' Olympic security
Three human rights experts commissioned by the United Nations on Tuesday issued a report saying some security measures for ...
Transgender Rights Are Human Rights
Readers respond to a guest essay by Jennifer Finney Boylan and an editorial. Also: “Sorry” about America; lying to children.
Thailand acted in accordance with human rights when deporting 40 Uyghurs to China, says PM
Thailand acted in accordance with human rights when it sent 40 Uyghurs back to China last week, Prime Minister Paetongtarn ...
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America’s Human Rights Crisis: Prison Slavery
The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...
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Testimony to the Japanese Nonpartisan Parliamentary Association for Reconsidering Human Rights Diplomacy session on Uyghur returnees
My name is Yalkun Uluyol. Thank you for inviting me to this important session of the cross-party parliamentary league for ...
Women’s rights are under attack 30 years after leaders adopted a blueprint for equality, UN says
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Thirty years after world leaders adopted a historic blueprint to achieve gender equality, a new United ...
Another US funding cut threatens human rights in North Korea - and hands more power to a dictator
Human rights in one of the world’s most egregious authoritarian regimes are set to be diminished even further, thanks to ...
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How Latin American Women Shaped Human Rights
Dubbed “Beijing+30,” the special session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women will evaluate progress implementing the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, a 30-year-old blueprint for ...
UN rights chief laments 'shift in direction' in United States
The U.N. human rights chief has expressed concern about a “fundamental shift in direction” taking place in the United States ...
US Park Service pulls human rights activist Pauli Murray page after Trump’s 2-gender order
"LGBTQ+ stories are part of our shared American inheritance, and these changes to the Park Service web page are nothing short ...