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COP15's Global Biodiversity Framework must advance Indigenous-led conservation to halt biodiversity loss by 2030

In the early hours of Dec. 19 — the last day of the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) conference in Montréal — the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted their new post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework.

The Conversation

Sunak refuses to commit to Commons timetable for Bill of Rights

Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab said the legislation to replace the Human Rights Act is ‘ready to go’.

The Independent UK

UN Names Three Women to Probe Iran Protests Crackdown

The United Nations on Tuesday named three women to lead a rights investigation into Iran's violent crackdown on women-led protests that have rocked the country for more than three months. Bangladesh Supreme Court lawyer Sara Hossain, Pakistani law professor Shaheen Sardar Ali and rights activist Viviana Krsticevic from Argentina will…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Rishi Sunak refuses to say UK will respect Scotland's input on human rights laws

RISHI Sunak has refused to say the UK Government will respect its Scottish counterpart’s input on Tory efforts to change human rights laws –…

The National (Scotland)

Biodiversity: one way to help countries stick to their commitments to restore nature

When a hydropower dam in Argentina threatened to wipe out the hooded grebe, a bird found nowhere else on Earth, a local fishing community turned to the law for help.

The Conversation

World Cup mistakes simply cannot happen again if FIFA want football to be everyone's game

At Stonewall we believe that hosting the World Cup is a huge honour and privilege that should only awarded to countries that meet international human rights standards, including respecting minority rights

Daily Mirror

Moscow tries to close one of Russia's oldest human rights groups

Russia's government is trying to shut the Moscow Helsinki Group, one of the country's oldest human rights organisations, according to a notice on a Moscow court website seen on Tuesday.

Reuters

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LGBT+ charity asks FIFA to award 2030 World Cup to 'states that uphold global human rights standards'

Stonewall has sent a letter to FIFA

Liverpool Echo

Gianni Infantino's new secret World Cup plan with FIFA president delighted by Qatar 2022

The Qatar World Cup was heavily criticised due to the Arab country's poor human rights record - but the controversial tournament was still a commercial success for FIFA

Daily Mirror

Modern slavery: UK's focus on 'genuine' victims has failed survivors since the 1800s

The exploitation of tens of thousands of people through modern slavery is a human rights crisis. There are an estimated 130,000 people currently living in modern slavery in the UK alone.

The Conversation

Racial hatred conviction against French far-right politician upheld by ECHR

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that a conviction for incitement to racial hatred and discrimination against far-right French presidential candidate and polemicist Eric Zemmour was not a violation of his freedom of expression.

Reuters

Tory MP apologises after telling human rights campaigner to ‘go back to Bahrain’

A CAMPAIGNER who says he was tortured in Bahrain has made a police complaint after Conservative MP Bob Stewart told him to “go back to…

The National (Scotland)

Beijing human rights activist immobilized by COVID-19 app

Wang Yu has already been arrested, imprisoned and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars and Falun Gong practitioners

The Independent UK

Body of arrested Iran protester ‘showed shocking signs of torture’, say family

Security forces have killed more than 500 protesters, according to human rights campaigners

Evening Standard

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Senator wants review of U.S. security assistance to Nigeria following abortion report

U.S. Senator Jim Risch, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has requested a review of U.S. security assistance and cooperation programs in Nigeria following Reuters reporting on an illegal abortion program and killing of children carried out by the Nigerian military.

The Conversation

Young people around the world can save democracy — but they need our help

A photograph recently circulated on social media purportedly showing two Chinese professors in Shanghai standing between a squad of police officers and students protesting the government’s zero-COVID policies.

The Guardian - UK

Rwanda dream could still become a nightmare for Suella Braverman

High court did not end the home secretary’s plans, but there’s a long way to go before backbenchers are satisfied

The Guardian - UK

Human rights activist complains to Tory party after MP tells him to ‘go back to Bahrain’

Exclusive: In video footage, Bob Stewart MP heard telling Sayed Alwadaei ‘you’re taking money off my country’

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Arab League Rejects European Parliament Resolution on Bahrain

The Arab League expressed on Monday its “full solidarity” with Bahrain and rejection of a European Parliament resolution on human rights in the kingdom. In a statement, the Arab League said its general secretariat has observed over the years the development of the rights situation in Bahrain. It has recorded…

The Guardian - AU

Australia seeks direct resolution of trade dispute with China before WTO ruling

As Penny Wong heads to Beijing for the first such visit in four years, trade minister says he is confident economic issues can be resolved

WEKU

U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

Al Jazeera

UK’s bid to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is ‘lawful’: High Court

Judges say the UK government’s controversial plan to send asylum seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is legal.

Evening Standard

Watch: Plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are lawful, High Court rules

A legal challenge to the government’s controversial plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda has failed after High Court judges concluded the policy is lawful.A bitter battle over the flights to the East African nation has been waged since then-Home Secretary Priti Patel announced the policy in April, when she…

The Guardian - UK

This World Cup should be remembered for its racism. But Qatar is not the victim

The misery of migrant workers involved in staging the tournament is plain to see. No amount of spin can cover up the structural racism involved

Reuters

Indonesia president supports plan to scale back troops in restive Papua

Indonesian President Joko Widodo said on Monday he supports plans to scale back the presence of troops in the eastern region of Papua, where the country's military has been accused of human rights abuses in tackling a long-running independence movement.

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