What is the U.N. Human Rights Council, from which Trump has withdrawn?
Trump signed an order withdrawing the U.S. from the UNHRC, a 47-member international institution tasked with improving human ...
UN rights chief seeks $500 million in 2025, warning lives are at risk
The U.N. human rights chief appealed on Thursday for $500 million in funding for 2025 to support its work investigating human ...
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Trump’s Executive Orders Threaten Broad Range of Human Rights
United States President Donald Trump, on his first day in office on January 20, 2025, issued numerous executive orders that threaten to undermine respect for international human rights both in the US ...
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Fundamental rights faced ‘year of reckoning’ worldwide in 2024, Human Rights Watch says in annual report
Human rights faced severe tests worldwide in 2024, with democratic institutions under ... The organization sharply criticized the international response to ongoing conflicts. In Gaza, HRW noted that ...
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Joint Statement by the International Legal and Human Rights Community on the Actions Against the Istanbul Bar Association
The international legal and human rights community ... efforts to safeguard the independence of legal professionals worldwide. We call on the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and the ...
UN Human Rights Council to hold emergency session on Congo
The U.N. Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation in the eastern Congo city of Goma after it ...
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Human rights organisation Amnesty International to close Hong Kong offices, citing national security law
Human rights organisation Amnesty International announced on Monday that it will close its two offices in Hong Kong, saying it can no longer “work freely and without fear of serious reprisal ...