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On 5 June, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) announced to launch a statutory inquiry into racial inequalities, which have been exposed amidst a surge of COVID-19 cases in the UK. The human rights watchdog's investigation was to provide evidence-based information, compelled from government departments and organizations.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [a] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. [3] The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. [4] The headquarters of the Council are at the United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland.
Sustainable Development Goal #2: Zero hunger, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), World Food Programme. Gender equality. Women's rights, global feminism. Commission on the Status of Women, Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Health. maternal health, extreme poverty. Millennium Development Goals. Human rights.
The U.N. team concluded that the use of torture in Venezuela is systematic. Of 122 individuals arrested by the DGCIM, the U.N. team found that 77 were subjected to torture, sexual violence or ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States found five units of Israel's security forces responsible for gross violations of human rights, the first time Washington has reached such a conclusion about ...
There have been several criticisms and controversies of perceived human rights violations related to the organisation and hosting of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. [1][2][3] There have long been concerns for the state of human rights in Qatar, with the state accused of sportswashing in hosting the World Cup. [1][2][3][4]
Nicaragua has increased human rights violations and persecution of the opposition as it ratchets up its efforts to stifle dissent, a United Nations group of experts monitoring the country said ...
Sources: Amnesty International [5] Human Rights Watch. Following the September 11 attacks, the CIA engaged in the torture of detainees at CIA-run black sites [6][7][8] and sent detainees to be tortured by friendly governments in a manner contravening both US and international law. [9][10][11][12] The existence of black sites was first published ...