Category: Human Rights

The 4th Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights

January 24, 2015

Date: 16-18 November 2015 Location: Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland Registration: Registration will open on this webpage during the first half of 2015 (date to be confirmed) Programme: The programme will be announced on these pages in due course. An invitation to stakeholders to propose parallel events will be posted on this page during the … More The 4th Annual United Nations Forum on Business and Human Rights

Human Rights Watch Says China Draft Terrorism Law a ‘License to Commit Abuses’

January 23, 2015

Originally posted on Reuters.com on January 20, 2015— “U.S. advocacy group Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged China to revise draft legislation aimed at combating terrorism, saying it was little more than “a license to commit human rights abuses”. The law, which was made public for consultation last November, would establish a new counter-terrorism body … More Human Rights Watch Says China Draft Terrorism Law a ‘License to Commit Abuses’

UN Deputy Chief Says Uprooting Seeds of Racism, Hatred Vital to Prevent Genocide

January 20, 2015

Originally posted on UN News Centre on January 17, 2015— “During a memorial service in honour of victims of the Holocaust at the Park East Synagogue in New York today, Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson said that preventing genocide required efforts to understand the forces behind it. “The Holocaust did not start with Auschwitz,” said Mr. Eliasson … More UN Deputy Chief Says Uprooting Seeds of Racism, Hatred Vital to Prevent Genocide

Burundi: UN Expert Urges Defence of Human Rights Activists to Promote Transparency

November 28, 2014

Originally posted on UN News Centre on November 25, 2014— “The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders expressed regret today that defenders in Burundi are deemed to be political opponents, saying that in reality they are activists working to promote and protect human rights and civil liberties. In a press … More Burundi: UN Expert Urges Defence of Human Rights Activists to Promote Transparency

Women in Mauritius Making ‘Geminist’ T-shirts Earning Less than the ‘Living Wage’ Set by the Government

November 28, 2014

By BEN ELLERY AND NICK CRAVEN FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY on November 8, 2014— “The women paid 62p an hour in Mauritius making £45 ‘feminist’ T-shirts earn less than the ‘living wage’ set by the government of the Indian Ocean island. After our revelations last week about the ‘sweatshop’ conditions endured by workers producing the … More Women in Mauritius Making ‘Geminist’ T-shirts Earning Less than the ‘Living Wage’ Set by the Government

IRAN: Blasted on Human Rights Ahead of UN Hearing

November 3, 2014

By Jonathan Wachtel for FoxNews.com on October 31, 2014 “On the eve of Iran’s defense of its human rights record Friday before a key United Nations panel, a lawyer for the woman executed in the Islamic Republic over the weekend for allegedly killing her attempted rapist accused the regime of widespread torture and murder. A … More IRAN: Blasted on Human Rights Ahead of UN Hearing

HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY Counters Author John Grisham’s View of Child Pornography

October 16, 2014

Written by Human Right Society’s Asia-Pacific Ambassador Steph-Mai Lowe on October 16, 2014 in response to an article by The Telegraph entitled, “John Grisham: Men Who Watch Child Porn Are Not All Paedophiles”— Is there a better way to fire up the debate regarding child pornography than with a celebrity tripping over his words and upsetting human rights organizations? … More HUMAN RIGHTS SOCIETY Counters Author John Grisham’s View of Child Pornography