DOHA: The National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) welcomed the issuanceby His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani of Law No. 22 of 2025 on persons with disabilities. The new law would ...

A public consultation on the EU strategy for the rights of persons with disabilities was held at Europe House in Valletta on Wednesday evening with MEP Peter Agius, shadow rapporteur for the opinions ...

Accra, Sept 24, GNA – Despite commendable progress in disability legislation and institutional development, Ghana continues to grapple with challenges, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ...

One year ago, on 25 September 2024, Australia, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands announced their intention to hold Afghanistan accountable for violations of women’s and girls’ rights under CEDAW.

How often do migrants successfully fight their removal from Britain on the basis of their human rights? The clamour from the right for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland has formally adopted the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for Guyana, bringing the country’s Fourth ...

Keir Starmer literally wrote the textbook on human rights law. His European Human Rights Law: The Human Rights Act 1998 and the European Convention on Human Rights was published in 1999. Twenty-six ...

Momentum is mounting toward a new global treaty to strengthen every child’s right to free education. From September 1 to 3, governments gathered at the United Nations in Geneva to consider an optional ...

Athens, Greece – Greece has drawn criticism and concern from rights groups and a United Nations office after passing what it considers to be the European Union’s strictest refugee deportation policy ...

During a UN meeting on the rights of LGBTIQ persons, Prime Minister Robert Abela reaffirmed Malta’s commitment to equality, with an emphasis on the challenges faced by LGBTIQ youths. He stressed that ...

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