The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Legal first as tribunal hears case of woman alleging menopause discrimination

Maria Rooney’s case is supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission and will be heard at an employment tribunal in Leicester.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Gove and Badenoch back keeping open option of quitting human rights convention

The possibility of leaving the convention was being aired as ministers struggle to meet their promise to ‘stop the boats’.

The Independent UK · Oct 1, 2023

Bolivian ex-president to pay damages to victims of military in landmark US case

Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada and former defence minister agree to pay for 2003 violence in which 60 protesters were killed

The Guardian - US · Oct 1, 2023

Leo Varadkar: I am prepared to take legal action against UK over legacy laws

The Taoiseach acknowledged taking a case to the European Court of Human Rights would have political implications.

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2023

'Harrowing' disability report reveals need for change

A royal commission has made 222 recommendations, including new laws to enshrine rights for those with disabilities.

AAP · Sep 29, 2023

US aid to Egypt under new scrutiny after Menendez indictment - Roll Call

An indictment accuses Sen. Bob Menendez of receiving bribes and using his position from 2018 to 2022 to benefit the Egyptian government.

Roll Call · Sep 28, 2023

Putin’s shameless UN charm offensive - with stolen grain from Ukraine

Russia is on a mission to grab a seat on the UN’s Human Rights Council - and to add insult to injury it’s using crops plundered from its illegal war to curry favour with potential backers, writes Arpan Rai

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023

First Thing: Trump’s rivals accuse him of being ‘missing in action’ at Republican debate

Seven candidates faced off at Ronald Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, with frontrunner Trump again choosing to skip. Plus, how New York is breaking free of Airbnb’s clutches

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

Tory MPs criticise Suella Braverman’s ‘alarmist’ speech on migration

Two MPs distance themselves from home secretary’s talk of ‘existential challenge’ as she called for human rights reform

The Guardian - UK · Sep 28, 2023

4 environmental, human rights activists awarded 'Alternative Nobel' prizes

The Right Livelihood Award — known as the “Alternative Nobel” — has been awarded to two environment activists from Kenya and Cambodia, a human right defender from Ghana and a humanitarian group that rescues migrants in the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK · Sep 28, 2023