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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 ...
UN-backed team focusing on human rights in Palestinian areas announces resignations
Three independent experts working for the U.N.’s top human rights body who focus on Israel and the occupied Palestinian ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Human Rights Watch17h
North Korea’s Window on the World Is at Risk of Closing
Congress should renew the North Korean Human Rights Act, but also urgently exert pressure on the State Department to preserve ...
The Vancouver Sun11h
B.C. nurse files human rights complaints against college, employer
The Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms says a nurse who was sanctioned by the B.C. College of Nurses and Midwives has ...
Falling backwards: advocates claim human rights protections in Australia are going in the wrong direction
A coalition of more than 150 First Nations, legal, disability and other organisations say the Albanese Government needs to do ...
Foreign Affairs20h
The Global Threat to LGBTQ Rights
LGBTQ rights endure when they are written into or otherwise grounded in national constitutions; culturally normalized across ...