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The European Union delegation to Sudan said it is committed to building a partnership with Sudan based on the principles of democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and the principles of equality and solidarity. On the occasion of International Human Rights Day 2022, the…

Violence in South Sudan's Upper Nile state has killed 166 civilians and displaced more than 20,000 since August amid an escalation in clashes between armed groups, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday.

Beijing will soon supplant Washington as a dominant security partner ­– and the Arab world sees a chance for leverage.

Motels used to temporarily house homeless people were found to often be unclean and unsafe

The country’s new laws takes human rights back to the bad old days, activists say, and are ‘oppressive and vague’ and ‘deeply flawed’.

The term "rule of law" has a resonant ring which sounds both familiar and distant. It seems familiar because it is employed frequently by lawyers to analyse the makings of a legal system. Yet, it is distant because it sounds "legalese", harbouring both the thin version and the thick version…

Journalist was outspoken critic of human rights abuses in soccer, sparking fears of foul play

An Amnesty International report published on Monday found that many children in Senegal's Koranic schools continue to face multiple abuses as well as financial exploitation through forced begging. The human rights organisation is calling on the government to enforce existing conventions to better protect children.

Brian Martin, 36 and with an address in Selby, sent the horrific abuse to Southgate after England’s Nations League defeat to Hungary in June. He said that he will appeal the conviction because his "human rights have been breached"