The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Lithuania on Thursday quit an international convention banning cluster bombs, citing security concerns over neighbouring Russia in a move that has drawn criticism from human rights groups.

Boycotts are back. With people worried about everything from labour practices and human rights to tariffs and equal opportunity initiatives, collective consumer resistance has been rising globally.

At the end of last year, the Investigatory Powers Tribunal (an independent judiciary body) made a shocking landmark judgement. The tribunal found that the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) and the Metropolitan Police had unlawfully conducted surveillance into two investigative journalists.

Indigenous leaders from the Peruvian Amazon have urged the government to halt oil and gas projects that threaten their lands, presenting their case before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

Human rights groups denounce trials as further evidence of a crackdown on opposition by President Kais Saied.

One of the fossil fuel giants behind the controversial Rosebank development is being investigated over human rights concerns in Palestine...

Rights groups blame ‘state agents’ for abductions of more than 80 people since June 2024, with dozens still missing.

India has slammed UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk's "unfounded and baseless. A must read on Dynamite News:

Human rights campaigner still faces threat of death penalty if found guilty of further charges

This week, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in North Korea issued an appeal to the international community. She expressed concern about the future of civil society work on North Korean human rights.

Volker Türk alarmed at growing power of ‘unelected tech oligarchs’ and warns gender equality is being rolled back