Homosexuality is criminalised in Morocco, and LGBTI people struggle to imagine a life of visibility and freedom.
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Morocco’s law combines with a strongly conservative society to create a real sense of danger among LGBTIQ people.
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The UN has repeatedly criticised Ireland’s laws. It’s time to change the Constitution.
Conflict-affected Yemenis wait to receive charity-provided food rations in Sana'a in April 2018.
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Those tasked with sustaining peace must address economic, social and cultural rights to stand any chance of succeeding.
Photos and history of Holocaust victims frame the ceiling of the Hall of Names at Yad Vashem, the Holocaust Museum in Jerusalem.
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Foundational to the work of Holocaust educators and many teachers have been the survivors. Given there are fewer survivors who are alive today, how do educators inform future generations?
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The data you create when using the internet can actually be used to discriminate against you.
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The Home Office threw away landing documents that are now vital to people trying to prove their right to stay in the UK.
The UK government has blurred the line by failing to adequately safeguard human rights with its investigatory powers law.
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The government’s Snoopers’ Charter didn’t permit blanket indiscriminate data retention, the Court of Appeal recently ruled. I strongly disagree.
At the moment, at least 21,919 people are known to be facing death sentences around the world.
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A new report from Amnesty International reveals that while the number of countries that impose the death penalty is shrinking, there is still a long way to go before it is abolished altogetehr.
Does this man understand how his company can be a responsible member of society?
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Facebook is realizing it has broad obligations to society. Here’s how it could start meeting them.
Indonesia’s revised criminal code is set to be passed this year despite criticisms and concerns.
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The revised Indonesian criminal code will affect everyone. It needs to consider all aspects, not just legal ones, to avoid doing more harm than good.
Despite the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it remains difficult to monitor governments’ performance because there are no comprehensive human rights measures.
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Despite the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it remains difficult to measure governments’ performance. A new data tool gives countries a scorecard on how well, or badly, they are doing.
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More and more radical scholars and activists in the West are rejecting human rights. Is this right?
Facebook’s actions – or inactions – facilitated breaches of privacy and human rights associated with democratic governance.
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Human rights abuses might be embedded in the business model that has evolved for social media companies in their second decade.
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN Security Council.
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Despite its reputation, Russia has contributed much more to international law than it’s sometimes given credit for.
A family crosses a flooded street in Pakistan.
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To address environmental degradation, including climate change, it is essential to take into account human rights and migration. Hybrid international law and regional thinking are both essential.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shakes hands with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Honeylet Avancena as he arrives at the 50th Anniversary celebration of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Manila in November 2017.
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The Canadian deal to sell helicopters to the Philippines has finally been killed. What took so long, and why was it the Philippines, not Canada, that ultimately scrubbed the deal?
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After a long run of devastating typhoons, one country is holding the world’s biggest corporations to account on climate change.
US-Mexico border fence that separates Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego, Calif.
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A scholar documented the risks a migrant faced after deportation, including his becoming involved in smuggling people across the border.
Australia is one of very few countries that does not recognise the right to a healthy environment.
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Should Australia join the majority of the world and provide legal recognition of the human right to a healthy environment?
A Guatemalan woman searches for the portrait of her disappeared niece on the International Day of the Disappeared.
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In an age of increased scrutiny, violent and repressive states are turning to subtler methods of removing dissidents and opponents.