The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

A decades-old tradition of reciting a prayer before getting down to business has been scrapped by a Melbourne council over concerns it breaches human rights.

Parents say their children’s human rights are being breached at King Edward VI Academy

RISHI Sunak and senior Labour figures have been accused of “failing” to hold Israel to account for “clear” breaches of international law…

Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has written to the High Court & Home Dept. to address the falling rate of conviction in child abuse cases. KSHRC's report, submitted by the ADGP, lists factors such as altered statements, settlements, delays, evidence lapses, etc. as reasons. Recommendations include recording statements under…

The Koli-Kabbaliga Samanvaya Samiti would lodge a complaint with the State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) against the police inaction against the culprits who harassed Devanand Koraba of Madbool and forced him to die by suicide.

The Hindu explains the writ petition in the Supreme Court alleging that India’s arrest and detention of the Rohingya refugees is illegal and unconstitutional.

Some Argentinians carry a heavy family secret. Under the country’s military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983, their fathers were police or military officers. As such, they were responsible for the disappearance of up to 30,000 people, according to human rights groups. These men have since been accused – and sometimes…

The conflict between Israel and Hamas has led to accusations of war crimes on both sides, as combatants are bound by international humanitarian law to minimize the impact on civilians.

In the wake of the same-sex marriage verdict, The Hindu decodes what the top court has previously said about the fundamental right to marry and whether international human rights covenants recognise such a right.