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Human rights lawyer Shoaib M Khan said the ruling was "disappointing" as Shamima Begum is still stuck in a camp in northern Syria, following the news that she would not be able to get British citizenship back

I badly wanted to cast my first presidential ballot for Jimmy Carter in 1976, but I wasn't old enough to vote.

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration will unveil on Thursday a long-awaited overhaul of arms export policy with increased emphasis on human rights, three State Department officials familiar with the new Conventional Arms Transfer (CAT) policy told Reuters.

Editorial: Vladimir Putin is suffocating dissent, but a brave minority keep the flame of truth alive, and they need western support

The Russian invasion of Ukraine shows that identifying mass atrocity risks is not a niche concern. Many who thought it would be irrational for Russia to launch an attack minimised long-standing Russian rhetoric that denied Ukrainian statehood and national identity. If policymakers had used a “mass atrocity lens”, then they…

The Norwegian Nobel Committee says that 305 candidates — 212 individuals and 93 organizations — have been nominated for the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize by the Feb. 1 deadline

UN panel suspends visit to New South Wales and Queensland after access blocked to some sites

Jimmy Carter has secured a legacy as probably the greatest former president in modern American history. The former chief executive — whose one term is generally viewed as an almost unmitigated disaster — has spent his many post-presidential years promoting human rights and building houses for the underprivileged while living…

Legal groups also criticise the push to override the state’s Human Rights Act to create the offence