Tag: rights
After the conviction – Sweden’s climate policy can be judged to violate human rights
2,000 pensioners sued the Swiss state as they believed that their lack of action on climate issues violated their human rights. The European Court of Justice ruled in the pensioners’…
Historic policy from the European Court of Human Rights: slipping from emission targets violates some human rights | News in brief
The European Court of Human Rights issued three decisions on Tuesday. One of them states that governments violate some human rights when they miss emission targets. On Tuesday, the European…
“A big step forward for trans people’s human rights”
Six out of eight Riksdag parties in the social committee decided on Thursday to send the proposal for a new gender identity law to a vote in the chamber. –…
UN Human Rights Council may call for arms embargo on Israel
It is a symbolic text which could further isolate Israel a little more on the international scene. The United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council must say this Friday, April 5,…
France condemned for welcoming harkis by the European Court of Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) condemned France this Thursday April 4 for the living conditions “ not compatible with respect for human dignity » harkis in the camps…
Bernardo Caal Xol, on tour in Europe, fights for the rights of his q’eqchi people
In northern Guatemala, since the 2010s, the lives of the Mayan Q’eqchi people have been disrupted by the construction of hydroelectric power stations on the Cahabón River. The water diverted…
The attack in Moscow started mass deportations of undocumented people from St. Petersburg in full planes, says the Russian human rights organization | Foreign countries
According to the organization, the two planes that left yesterday Friday were full of migrants. The terrorist attack in Moscow a week ago has tightened anti-immigrant attitudes in Russia. The…
Saudi Arabia, which is trampling on women’s rights, was elected chairman of the UN Commission on Women’s Rights | Foreign countries
Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the UN Abdulaziz Alwasi was elected on Wednesday as the chairman of the UN Commission for Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, says the British newspaper…
Amnesty International warns of persistent threats to human rights
Human rights violations will “ continue “, or even get worse, in El Salvador with the new mandate of President Nayib Bukele if the state of emergency is maintained to…
the annual report of the rights defender made public
The annual report of the rights defender in France was made public this Tuesday morning. This independent authority, which is responsible for defending the rights of citizens against the administration,…