"Individuals naturally seek freedoms and rights, but those rights can only become real if the state is strong enough to ...

GENEVA/WASHINGTON/BANJUL – A group of UN and regional independent human rights experts today launched the Platform of Independent Experts on Refugee Rights (PIERR), to better coordinate joint advocacy ...

Established in 2013, the World Human Rights Protection Commission (WHRPC) is a non-profit social organisation dedicated to ...

GENEVA, July 1 (Reuters) - Athletes who speak out for equality or denounce abuses in their sport often do so at great personal risk and must be given the same protection as all other defenders of ...

Next week in Ottawa, countries will reconvene to continue negotiations on an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution. A revised draft of the treaty published by the United ...

Discover Singapore's pragmatic, outcomes-focused approach to human rights protection during its Universal Periodic Review.

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has called for the promotion, protection and enforcement of the rights of older persons in the country.The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Dr Tony ...

With the support of Italy, the Council of Europe is launching the Government-Led Coalition on Health Literacy and Human Rights to deliver region-wide, rights-based action on health literacy. The ...

The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has urged stakeholders to provide critical inputs to effectively drive the National Action Plan (NAP) for the promotion and protection of human rights ...

The Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria has condemned the growing wave of xenophobic violence, intimidation, harassment, and vigilante attacks targetin ...

This week, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights reported on its Inquiry into Australia’s Human Rights Framework. By majority, it recommended the federal government introduce an Australian ...