Search results for ‘human rights’
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Home Office told human rights lawyers that it could ignore Brook House inquiry
It was a landmark public inquiry that exposed inhumane and degrading treatment, frequent misuse of force and explicit racism towards vulnerable asylum seekers in immigration detention centres. A year on from the Brook House inquiry, the government has only implemented one of the 33 recommendations made by its chair Kate Eves. While she’s now accusing…
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Lebanon explosions ‘almost certainly criminal’, says human rights lawyer
How do these unprecedented attacks fit in with the rules of war?
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UK dropping challenge to ICC Netanyahu arrest warrant ‘not just morally right but legally right’, says human rights lawyer
Labour has dropped the Conservative government’s plan to object to the International Criminal Court’s application for an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Failure to tackle climate change is breach of human rights, says top European court
Today began with concerning climate news – the world just experienced its hottest March on record, according to new data from the EU.
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Rwandan government tried to silence opponents, Human rights watch report claims
Critics of the Government’s plans to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda say the country’s record on human rights shows it isn’t a safe place to send people.
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‘South Africa has a very compelling case’ at ICJ, says human rights law expert
We’re joined by William Schabas, a human rights law expert who chaired the UN Commission of Inquiry into the 2014 Israel-Gaza war.
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‘I’m the victim of human rights violations in Rwanda,’ says Rwanda opposition figure
The internal fighting in the Conservative party has somewhat overshadowed the debate around Rwanda’s ability to safely welcome asylum seekers – if the UK government ever succeeds in sending them there. We spoke to Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza and started by asking whether – from her perspective within Rwanda – the country is safe.
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Human rights investigators raise new questions on Gaza hospital explosion
Along with the very real and violent war on the ground – there is also a fierce information war. Like Tuesday’s explosion at the Gaza hospital which Hamas says killed hundreds of people. Israel says it was a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket, which they deny. Hamas says it was an Israeli airstrike, which they deny.
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DRC violence: ‘trail of war crimes’ left by rebels say human rights groups
Murders, rapes, kidnappings – human rights groups say M23 rebels have left a trail of war crimes behind them as they sweep through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
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‘There are families that are surviving on eating leaves’, says UN expert on human rights in Sudan
We spoke to Radhouane Nouicer, the UN’s designated expert on human rights in Sudan
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‘Eyewitnesses established the RSF were actively participating in the killing’, says Human Rights Watch researcher on Sudan massacre
We spoke to Mohamed Osman, the author of a Human Rights Watch report on killings that took place in the Western Darfur town of Misterei. We put it to him that the Rapid Support Forces had issued a statement saying none of this ever happened – and asked him if their denial was credible?
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Supreme court ruling on affirmative action ‘setback’ for US civil rights, human rights lawyer warns
Professor Justin Hansford from the Thurgood Marshall Civil rights department at Howard University’s law school in Washington
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Equality and Human Rights Commission says it has ‘paused’ independent investigation into chair Baroness Falkner
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has announced it has “paused” an independent investigation into its Chair Baroness Kishwer Falkner. On Tuesday, this programme revealed that Baroness Falkner was under investigation by an external barrister after allegations about her conduct from a number of staff. Our report also examined claims of a toxic culture at…
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Revealed: Claims of toxic culture at Equality and Human Rights Commission
The chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission, Baroness Falkner, is under investigation after complaints about her conduct.
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Sudan conflict ‘dire situation’, says founder of Sudan’s Doctors For Human Rights
We spoke to Dr Husam El-Mugamar, founder of Sudan’s Doctors For Human Rights.
