The Latest Breaking News from Human Rights

In tonight's edition: Human rights investigators accuse M23 rebels operating in eastern DR Congo of terrorising communities with summary executions. Also, the UN slams Mali's expulsion of the MINUSMA mission's human rights chief in the country. Finally, even though female genital mutilation has been banned in Ivory Coast since 1998,…

PM told he would be in ‘inglorious company’ of dictator by pulling out of post-World War II convention

It follows reports suggesting the PM is ‘willing to reconsider’ being part of the human rights convention should European judges oppose his proposals.

Conservative Jackie Doyle-Price insisted the Prime Minister should tackle the number of people crossing the Channel in small boats by getting the Home Office into shape rather than trying to pick a fight with the courts

Dominic Raab, who is facing a bullying probe, reportedly tried to get his fellow Tory Sir Robert Buckland fired last August after Sir Robert publicly attacking his plans to tear up human rights legislation

As human rights organisations report an escalation in the brutal treatment of detainees, we speak to some of those who claim to have suffered at the hands of state security forces

The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the U.N. peacekeeping mission's human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he had been declared persona non grata.

Reports say Rishi Sunak is considering proposal, backed by several ministers, to allow crackdown on migration

PM said to be keen to ‘push boundaries of what is legally possible’ in removing migrants