The UN Special Rapporteur for mental and physical health, Ms. Tlaleng Mofokeng, laid out her objectives very clearly on Day 4 of the Human Rights Council 47th session, … Read more →
An expert team of international lawyers has revealed a new legal definition for “ecocide” which they are hoping will be adopted by the International Criminal Court (ICC). … Read more →
23 June 2021: The UN was presented with a report to address the human rights impact of push backs of migrants on land and at sea.
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The International Press Institute, the International Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR) and 14 other rights groups published a joint letter on 23 June 2021 calling on the European Council to strengthen its demands on Turkey to end backsliding on human rights. … Read more →
Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) has stated that the new UK policing bill breaches basic human rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly. MPs have warned that enforcing the bill will increase the risks of peaceful demonstrators in England and Wales being criminalised. … Read more →
22 June 2021: The UN Human Rights Council was presented with the report of the UN Secretary-General on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran. … Read more →
This year, Ambassador Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji is presiding as President of the United Nations Human Rights Council forty-seventh regular session. From 21 June to 13 July 2021 the Palais des Nations in Geneva will be the venue, despite many of the participants having to join virtually due to Covid restrictions. … Read more →
This report examines the impact of the UK government’s coronavirus (COVID-19) response on refugees and migrants. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the inequalities in society and emphasized the gaps in the protection of migrants, including refugees and asylum seekers. … Read more →
Today (18 June), millions of Iranians are voting in a Presidential election that many activists and dissidents say should be the subject of a boycott. … Read more →
In his final briefing to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), the outgoing Special Envoy for Yemen, Martin Griffiths, has lamented a series of “missed and then lost opportunities” during his time mediating efforts to end the nation’s protracted civil war. … Read more →