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  Commenting on the statement, Associate Women’s Rights Director at Human Rights Watch, Heather Barr called out UN hypocrisy over the increasingly dire situation of women and girls saying: This dire human rights news makes it even more baffling that the UN is convening states for talks on Afghanistan in less than a month with a focus on (checks notes) economic development, counter narcotics, and climate—and bending over backwards… [read post]
Just prior to the anniversary, Human Rights Watch denounced China’s suppression tactics and highlighted ongoing arrests and persecution of activists attempting to commemorate the Tiananmen Square protests. [read post]
5 Jun 2024, 4:30 am by Beatrice Yahia
Israel’s “widespread use of white phosphorus in south Lebanon is putting civilians at grave risk,” Human Rights Watch said today. [read post]
There must be a broad commitment to increase advocacy about this issue, alongside a recognition that the time to act is right now. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 10:56 am by Irene
“These efforts include addressing food security, agriculture, health, and education, as well as undertaking programs designed to improve economic conditions and human rights in Afghanistan, particularly the rights of women, girls, and minority communities,” the SIGAR report states. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 9:30 am by Daniele Durkin
Lee stated, covers “new, personalized generative AI cloning models and services that enable human impersonation and allow users to make unauthorized fake works in the image and voice of others. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 6:05 am by Bonnie Docherty
” Destroying Cultural Heritage: Explosive Weapons’ Effects in Armed Conflict and Measures to Strengthen Protection, a recent report that I wrote for Human Rights Watch and Harvard Law School’s International Human Rights Clinic, identifies patterns of harm from explosive weapons to cultural heritage and, by extension, to civilians. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 5:51 am by Melissa Stewart
Public hearings in the request for an advisory opinion from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) began in April 2024 in Barbados and continued at the end of May in Brazil. [read post]
4 Jun 2024, 12:06 am by Josh Richman
The chef, right, is the one who who does the choices and who's the chef matters, right? [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 10:00 pm by Sherica Celine
New York: New York City amends its Human Rights Law to prohibit provisions in employment agreements that shorten the period in which claims and complaints of unlawful discriminatory practices, harassment, or violence may be filed and in which civil actions may be commenced. [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 12:30 pm by Unknown
," European Law Journal, Early View, 21 May 2024 [open access]"Watching the guards: Ensuring compliance with fundamental rights at the external borders," European Law Journal, Early View, 19 May 2024 [open access]What has Parliament done to ensure Frontex respects migrants’ rights? [read post]
3 Jun 2024, 1:48 am by INFORRM
Human Rights Groups coordinated online protests targeting Meta’s annual shareholder meeting to call for the end of systemic censorship of pro-Palestinian content, The Guardian reports. [read post]
The Chinese government is silencing discussion and commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre, according to a statement released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday. [read post]
As Human Rights Watch reports, South Korea still struggles with pervasive and systemic discrimination against LGBTQ+ people. [read post]
Activists have pointed out other violations of Ugandans’ rights in recent years, including Human Rights Watch claiming in November that the country’s surveillance system threatens individuals’ constitutional rights to privacy, expression and association. [read post]