Human Rights Watch (HRW) and 10 human rights organizations, on Thursday, urged the government of the Republic of Maldives to withdraw its plans to end its death penalty moratorium and introduce ...

U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk applauded global reparations efforts, calling them essential to dismantling systemic ...

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, April 15 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday said it was concerned ...

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(Washington, DC) – New laws passed by Ecuador’s National Assembly and signed by President Daniel Noboa include dangerous provisions that threaten the rights of Ecuadorians, Human Rights Watch said ...

The political head of the body that oversees the European Convention on Human Rights has told the BBC that it is "absolutely ready" to discuss reforms amid pressure from the UK and other countries ...

Cancer Rates Are Higher Near Large Livestock Feeding Operations in 3 States, a New Study Finds Meeting Climate Targets Requires Humanity to Reorient Its Relationship With Nature, New Study Says ...

The Nathaniel R. Jones Center for Race, Gender, and Social Justice; the Cornell Law School Gender Justice Clinic, and University of Miami School of Law Human Rights Clinic submit the following ...

While President Donald Trump has gutted agencies tasked with investigating discrimination complaints, the New York City panel charged with enforcing human rights laws across the five boroughs is ...

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Charlotte-Anne Malischewski, Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission, issues the following statement: Today, in its newly published 2025 Annual Report to Parliament, the Canadian ...