Syria welcomes UN resolution to investigate human-rights violations
Syria welcomed a United Nations resolution on Friday to investigate violations and improve the country's human-rights record ...
US lobbies UN rights council forsaken by Trump, diplomats say
Two months after President Donald Trump announced a halt to U.S. engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council, ...
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The Status of the Right to a Clean, Healthy and Sustainable Environment Under Customary International Law
On 28 July 2022, the UN General Assembly recognized ‘the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right’. This straightforward formulation was an improvement, as it eliminated ...
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For the Love of Landmines: European States Exit the Ottawa Convention
Paranoia manifests in various ways.  It can eat away individuals in desperate solitude, whittling away sanity and ...
Watchdog pressed to review transgender prisoner policy
Rights group MBM says the SHRC must withdraw its earlier submission backing the SPS transgender policy, claiming it contradicts the ...
Amnesty International Australia1d
UN move to draft a convention on rights of older people ‘a major step forward’
Responding to today’s resolution by the UN Human Rights Council to establish a working group tasked with drafting an ...
RTÉ Ireland1d
Public inquiry into Sean Brown murder needed without delay, NI Court of Appeal says
An independent public inquiry into the murder of GAA official Sean Brown must be established without further delay, the Court ...
HelpAge International1d
A victory for older people everywhere: UN takes significant step toward a global rights convention
The UN has taken a historic step toward a global convention to protect the rights of older people - a major win after years ...
Human Rights Watch1d
States Take Steps Toward Reforming Economic Approaches with Rights
On April 3, the United Nations Human Rights Council adopted by consensus a resolution about “the realization in all countries ...
Scottish Legal News1d
Holyrood hears about detention of people with learning disabilities and autism
The Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has given evidence to Holyrood's Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice ...
AllAfrica1d
Africa: Accountability for Missing Persons Is 'Crucial' - UN Human Rights Chief
He urged States to ratify and implement the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in 2006 and described as the "key global agreement" on the ...
Jurist2d
ECHR Grand Chamber upholds transfer of intercepted data between Netherlands authorities as lawful
Grand Chamber ruled on Monday that the Consumer and Market Authority (CMA) in the Netherlands did not act unlawfully in receiving phone-tap data obtained by ...