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How Europe’s ambition to lead on corporate human rights ran into the sand
Just over a year ago, the European Union approved a directive that sought to usher in a new era of human rights protection ...
Fired B.C. nurse launches human rights complaints, says constitutional advocacy group
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says a nurse, who was sanctioned by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives ...
Facing threats, leading human rights group exits El Salvador
El Salvador's most prominent human rights group says it's been forced into exile, citing threats and harassment from the ...
El Salvador's top human rights group flees President Bukele's ongoing crackdown on dissent
El Salvador’s top human rights organization, Cristosal, says it is leaving the country after harassment and legal threats by ...
Bloodshed in Syria's Sweida left at least 321 people dead, human rights group says
Bloodshed in Sweida left at least 321 people dead, the Syrian Network for Human Rights said on Friday, in a new toll.
Good Trouble: Savannah residents celebrate Lewis legacy, protest attack on human rights
A Savannah gathering commemorated the fifth anniversary of civil rights activist and former Georgia Representative John Lewis ...
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Officers violating human rights will face disciplinary actions – Imo CP
The Imo State Police Commissioner, CP Aboki Danjuma, has warned men and officers of the State Command against violation of ...
The Fight For A Human Right To A Healthy Climate Is Heating Up
The battle for the human right to a healthy climate is raging in courts in the Global North and the Global South, and ...
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Haiti’s human rights crisis deepens as elites, gangs and foreign missteps fuel systemic collapse, report says
NEW YORK —Haiti’s human rights crisis is spiraling out of control, driven by entrenched elite corruption, a fractured ...
Human rights ‘not breached over election interference probe refusal’ – court
The European Court of Human Rights was asked to look at the UK government’s decision not to hold an inquiry into Russian ...
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Human Rights Education Network Launches
The Human Rights Education Network [HuRen] — a non-profit organization dedicated to equipping Bermuda youth with the ...
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Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Georgia 51st Session
Human Rights Watch (HRW) submits the following information ahead of Georgia’s fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Georgia’s human rights record has dramatically deteriorated since its last UPR ...