Tag: Rights
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UN Commissioner for Human Rights Advocates for "Nature Rights"
In a recent speech at Oxford University, the United Nations' High Commissioner for Human Rights…
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ORAL STATEMENT ITEM 2: INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
At the 59th Session of the Human Rights Council, Amnesty International delivered this oral statement…
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Hong Kong: “The state can lock up people, but not their thinking”: How Hong Kong’s National Security Law undermined human rights in five years
This briefing paper presents research analysing patterns in arrests, bail decisions and prosecutions under the…
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Human Rights Council Members Should Reject Eritrea’s Bid to End Scrutiny
The government of Eritrea has been working the corridors of the United Nations Human Rights…
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Rwanda: Opposition Leader Arrested | Human Rights Watch
(Nairobi) – The Rwandan authorities rearrested Victoire Ingabire, the head of an unregistered political party,…
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South Korea: Human Rights Issues for New Government
(Seoul) – South Korea’s new government should adopt measures to address human rights problems in the…
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UN Human Rights Office Calls for Action on ‘Transnational Repression’
Last week, the United Nations Human Rights Office issued its first ever guidance paper on “transnational…
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Eritrea: Human Rights Council must vote to extend Special Rapporteur’s mandate
Ahead of the 59th session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) which is scheduled to…
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Philippines: Trans Rights Activist Murdered
(Manila) – A hooded gunman in General Santos City in the southern Philippines carried out…
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Human Rights Day | United Nations
Human Rights Day and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Human Rights Day is observed annually…