Human Rights Law 
Forced Migration Review: Islam, human rights and displacement – Revised edition, June 2012 – Reliefweb.int
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and subsequent instruments of international human rights law and international humanitarian law play a vital role in providing protection for refugees and internally displaced peoples. Yet the claim to …
Mexicans Willing to Exchange Human Rights for Safety, Experts Say – FOX News
Gustavo De La Rosa Hickerson, the Juárez Ombudsman for the Human Rights Commission for the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, said that since 2008, the rule of law has virtually ceased to exist. Homes, vehicles, and people are randomly searched …
Top brass sensitized on human rights – Times of India
were screened to sensitize the top officials over human rights, which also involve implementation of the laws to stop manual scavenging and human trafficking, Justice Jha told mediapersons. Communication with senior administrative and police …
Protecting human rights – Saudi Gazette
94 percent of Saudi citizens do not have any knowledge of human rights laws and 50 percent believe that the spread of the culture of human rights is very weak in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, another study has shown that 40 … Continue reading
Teen goes to conference on human rights, genocide – Sun Sentinel
“It gives me the opportunity and responsibility to model ways to learn and act on issues,” she said … She’s passionate about human rights, and she’s driven and hard-working,” Fallick said. Djamal said she was instilled with a commitment …
Iran: End Abuse of Imprisoned Journalists – Human Rights Watch
“Denying him even temporary leave to see his seriously ill son is an unnecessarily callous act by Iranian authorities.” Kaboudvand himself suffers from ill health, including a serious heart condition. His wife told Human Rights Watch that …
UN rights office hails Malaysia’s intention to repeal colonial-era Sedition Act – UN News Centre
The United Nations human rights office today welcomed the announcement by the Malaysian Government that it will repeal a 1948 law that curbed free speech and freedom of expression in the South-east Asian nation. “We call on the Government to … Continue reading
Russia speeds law on rights groups, snubbing U.S – CNBC
“The law is harmful to the process of developing a civil society. It does not support the opening up of our country,” Yelena Zhemkova, a director at Russian human rights group Memorial, told Reuters. “Put simply, this law has just … Continue reading
Citizenship and human rights education – Today’s Zaman
Human rights are not simply laws passed by national government about how to treat its citizens but must include the issue of how we — you and I — relate to our fellow citizens and how we should treat them … Continue reading
Not one human rights violator arrested or jailed—CHR chief – Global Nation
Another is the failure of Congress to pass a measure that would compensate the 9,539 human rights victims of martial law that include Rosales herself. When President Benigno Aquino III faced the nation in July 2011, he made a push … Continue reading
