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Reports of human rights abuses are piling up as the number of people in immigrant detention reaches all-time highs.

South Africa instituted a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague in late December 2023, claiming Israel was violating the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide through its actions in Gaza, and requesting provisional measures. Human rights law scholar…

If you have a 401(k) or IRA, some of your money may be helping to fund Chinese companies the U.S. says threaten national security and are accused of human rights abuses. Congressional investigations and hearings over the past two years reveal that billions of dollars have flowed from American retirement…

The EHRC chairwoman said any interference with protest rights ‘must be lawful and assessed case-by-case’.

A human rights watchdog has warned that rights are at risk over “inaccurate interpretation and implementation” of the Supreme Court’s ruling…

EHRC calls for clearer guidance for officers to avoid a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expression

While the rest of the world pays little attention, the Taliban’s edicts eroding women’s basic rights have only grown in number. Former female inmates of the group’s prisons tell Arpan Rai they are being brutally enforced

Supreme Court finds issuing move on orders to homeless placed them at ‘serious risk of harm from being exposed to the elements’

El Salvador plans to hold around 600 mass trials for the tens of thousands suspected gang members who have been detained without charges in the country since 2022, the Central American country's attorney general said Thursday.

The state departments ‘human rights’ report under Trump differs hugely from those of previous administrations

Exclusive: Racial Justice Centre to file Australian Human Rights Commission complaint against Merivale restaurant Jimmy’s Falafel