human-rights

Georgia is undergoing one of the most serious erosions of human rights since independence, as the ruling party increasingly resorts to authoritarian practices to preserve its grip on power amid growing public discontent over its approach to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Georgia’s relationship with the European Union, Amnesty International said today. A new […] The post Georgia: Auth…

Charities are right to be concerned about the supreme court’s decision to lessen oversight of care settings The UK supreme court has ended a system of safeguards around the human rights of disabled people that has been in place for over a decade, in its recent ruling on a legal question brought to it by the attorney general of Northern Ireland. In doing so, the judges have alarmed charities and d…

Kanishk Soni, New Law College, BVDU, PUNE ABSTRACT The Uniform Civil Code (UCC) remains one of India's most debated constitutional and socio-legal questions. It refers to the possibility of creating a common framework for civil matters such as marriage, divorce, adoption, maintenance, guardianship, succession and inheritance, irrespective of a citizen's religious identity. The constitutional foun…

Prakhar Prabhat Srivastav, NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad CHAPTER-1 INTRODUCTION "Give the people the torch of education to put the nation on the track of prosperity," was George Bernard Shaw's wise advice. Thus, the focus should be on optimizing the use of the educational infrastructure, augmenting funding, reconsidering the entire teaching and learning process, and modernizing the outdated…

More than 100 UK lawmakers urge government to cancel London event, warning it is linked to land ‘stolen from Palestinians’ More than 100 UK lawmakers have called for the cancellation of an Israeli real estate event scheduled to take place in London on Sunday, which had appeared to advertise the sale of land in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. In a letter sent to the foreign secretar…

Vishakha Mishra, SOLJ&G, Gautam Buddha University, Greater Noida, U.P) Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women. - Maya Angelou ABSTRACT Women are one of the vulnerable groups in society due to historical, economic, social and cultural differences. They are at a disadvantage due to discrimination faced in all sphere…

Remya R, Research Scholar, Government Law College, Thiruvananthapuram. ABSTRACT The domestic realm has traditionally been understood as a private space protected from legal scrutiny and defined largely by patriarchal rules. Women have historically faced prejudice in marriage with respect to physical autonomy, reproductive choice, property rights, maintenance, domestic labour, domicile and protect…

Dr. Inderjit Kumar, Associate Professor, CT Institute of Law, Jalandhar, Punjab Ms. Mehak Ahuja, LL.M. (UGC), Director – HR & Legal, Vienna IT Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Mohali, Punjab ABSTRACT Automated Decision-Making (ADM) systems—ranging from welfare- distribution algorithms and predictive-policing tools to credit-scoring models— have become central to contemporary governance, reshaping interac…

Paris meeting draws up proposals and calls for urgent diplomacy towards two-state solution at summit next week Palestinian and Israeli civil society groups meeting in Paris on Friday have urged G7 leaders to act at their summit in the French spa town of Évian-les-Bains next week to save the narrowing chances of a two-state solution. The groups called for specific action on enforcing a ceasefire, …

With more than 177,000 people forcibly disappeared since 2011, short doc Maybe Tomorrow captures ‘the violence of waiting’ experienced by family When Wafa Mustafa was a child, she remembers her father playing the music of Umm Kulthum non-stop at home in Syria, humming along to the legendary Egyptian singer’s melodic tones. One day, in an effort to encourage his daughter to appreciate music, he as…

Guardian reporters Fabiola Cineas and Adria Walker held a Reddit Q&A about Louisiana v Callais – here’s a rundown In April, the supreme court’s decision in Louisiana v Callais struck a massive blow to the Voting Rights Act, eliminating a key provision that gave minority voters representation in Congress. Within days of the decision, Republican-led states in the south moved to redraw congressional…

Russia is also included on the UN’s blacklist – and it faces enormous pressure from sanctions. The same consequences must apply to Israel • Janine di Giovanni is executive director of The Reckoning Project, a war crimes reporting unit in Ukraine, Sudan and Palestine Yousef, a Palestinian journalist, and I stood on a beach in Gaza during the first intifada – the uprising that began in 1987, define…

Nearly 40 women detained at Delaney Hall join striking men and outline demands ‘rooted in basic human rights’ Dozens of women detained inside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility in New Jersey announced their participation in a hunger and labor strike, advocates announced on Thursday. The women, detained in unit 1 of the contentious privately run facility, also released a new list of d…

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“The most meaningful work I did while at Caltech was with the Caltech Y [a student-driven organization that focuses on community service, leadership, and outdoor activities]. I’m the chair of the Caltech Y’s Student Activism Speaker Series. The series brings people from the community around us to speak to students about issues of science policy, human rights, climate change, and more. It’s import…

In the context of the opening of the FIFA World Cup 2026, and following the events that took place last night during the mobilization of relatives of disappeared people, Amnesty International calls on Mexico City and federal authorities to fully guarantee the right of collectives and families of disappeared people to protest peacefully. “Authorities have […] The post Mexico: Authorities must guar…

Author: Tasreba Chowdury June 11, 2026 While HRRC does not endorse the death penalty, we do commend the prompt delivery of justice in the rape and murder trial of eight-year-old Ramisa Akter. We encourage further enforcement of efficient and high-quality future investigations as well as proceedings in similar cases. We also urge increased protection involving both legal and societal safeguards fo…

From the Canary Islands, an epicenter of the European migration debate, Pope Leo issued an impassioned plea to recognize the dignity of migrants.

In November 2025, one of the first climate-related asylum appeals was reviewed in the UK, by the UK's First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) and approved on human rights grounds. In FA v Secretary of State for the Home Department (SSHD), the appellant (FA) argued that climate-related hardship, poor mental health relating to the loss of his house to a typhoon, and family (partner) se…

Author: Raisa Hamlin June 11, 2026 HRRC welcomes the dismissal of charges against Gergely Karsácsony and Géza Buzás-Hábel while continuing to call for the repeal of laws that restrict LGBTQ+ rights, freedom of expression, and peaceful assembly in Hungary. Thousands attend the Budapest Pride parade in 2025 despite bans [Image credit: Attila KisbenedekI/AFP] On June 4, Hungarian prosecutors announc…