The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Palestinians have described alleged abuses by Israeli forces and settlers to independent U.N.-backed human rights investigators during hearings on the treatment of detainees during the war in Gaza

Families of victims, human rights groups call for ‘expeditious surrender and transfer of custody’ of Duterte to the ICC.

The trial of two men charged in an alleged Iranian government-sponsored murder-for-hire plot that targeted a prominent Iranian journalist and human rights activist has begun with jury selection

Panama's government has released dozens of migrants who were deported from the United States and held for weeks in a remote detention camp

Health experts have warned Australia is less prepared for the next pandemic as a report details instances of governments ignoring human rights during COVID-19.

THE SCOTTISH Government has been urged to provide details after pledging to review its human rights checks on arms companies getting state support.

In October 2024, the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UNCESCR) issued a landmark decision stating that Finland had violated the rights of the Sámi Indigenous people to their culture and land. This decision, unprecedented in Europe, signals a potential paradigm shift in the protection of Indigenous…

Middle East nations among those to have paid 27 members of Lords for work such as consultancy and legal advice

There are fears military will deploy further violence in run-up to any poll, which is unlikely to be viewed as credible

Foreign criminals and failed asylum seekers are dodging deportation by taking advantage of “vaguely worded” human rights laws.

Human rights commissioner calls for investigation into ‘extremely disturbing’ attacks in Latakia province