The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

Council of Europe commissioner voices concerns after April’s supreme court ruling on legal definition of a woman

Counter-terror laws must not place unnecessary limits on ‘fundamental rights’, Michael O’Flaherty tells Shabana Mahmood

Observers and opposition says prosecution of Riek Machar for crimes in relation to attack by rebel militia puts peace deal at risk

UK and French organisations file legal challenge against July agreement to swap asylum seekers

"Technical" discussions on migration have been ongoing for years between the European Commission and de facto representatives of eastern Libya, including General Khalifa Haftar's military staff. Recently, Brussels has started engaging with eastern Libya at a more political level.

The Government has brought a challenge to the UK’s highest court on aspects of the last Conservative government’s contentious Legacy Act.

Baroness Lawlor suggested foreign students who go to university and then ‘abuse’ their visa to seek asylum should have their claim struck down.

Two Venezuelan exiles living in Colombia, political consultant Luis Peche Arteaga and human rights activist Yendri Velásquez, were shot and wounded Monday afternoon in northern Bogotá.

José Daniel Ferrer, one of Cuba's most prominent opposition leaders, has been released from prison and exiled to the United States after months of detention and international concern over his safety.

Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur for human rights defenders, accuses US, UK and other governments of paying lip service to climate goals while criminalizing activists

Interior Minister Dobrindt and the CDU/CSU are pushing for deportation centres - according to the AfD, the SPD is blocking them. The Greens and the Left warn of human rights violations, while the SPD remains divided.