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Covid-19 pandemic and human rights

WebGovernments across the world have taken exceptional measures in response to the covid-19 pandemic. Human rights organisations have expressed concerns over the nature, …

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A safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is …

WebFIDH believes that a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is essential to the fulfilment of the right to life, food, health, water, housing. Similarly, the …

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WebThe Congress is composed of FIDH member organisations, which numbered 188 at the end of the FIDH Congress in Paris, France in 2022. It meets every three years. The …

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Obligations of states under the main UN Human Rights …

WebEach Member State Party to an instrument assumes the general obligation to respect, protect and fulfil the rights and freedoms concerned: In deciding to subscribe to …

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Human rights and environmental rights

WebFIDH believes that a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment is essential to the fulfilment of the right to life, food, health, water, housing. Similarly, the introduction of …

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States Obligations to Respect and Protect Human …

Web1. States carry a legal duty under international human rights law to respect human rights abroad. The draft is silent on existing legal obligations to human rights when a state is …

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The global situation of the right to abortion in 2022

WebMore on the situation in Poland. In Hungary, since 15 September 2022, women wishing to terminate their pregnancy have been forced to listen to the beating of the foetal heart …

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India: Deteriorating health of G. N. Saibaba in Nagpur Central Jail

WebSeven human rights organizations expressed concerns about the deteriorating health of activist and Delhi University professor Gokarakonda Naga …

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ILVA scandal: following the ECtHR decision, Italy must take …

WebIn April 2018 FIDH, its member organization Unione Forense Per La Tutela Dei Diritti Umani (UFTDU) and partner organisations Peacelink and HRIC published "The Environmental …

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Annual prison report highlights sub-standard conditions …

WebFIDH’s and UCL’s annual prison report is the only independent and comprehensive assessment of prison conditions in Thailand. The 2022 report covers …

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Guinea: Oumar Sylla's health deteriorates in detention

WebNew information GIN 002 / 0420 / OBS 039.6 Deterioration of health / Arbitrary detention / Judicial harassment / Republic of Guinea 10 August 2021. The …

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Racial Discrimination in Nigeria : a UN Committee denounces the …

WebThe Committee noted with concern the inadequacies of the system of protection against racial discrimination as it currently exists. The Nigerian legal system does not provide for …

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Women's Rights in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

WebArticle 29 of the Constitution guarantees all UAE citizens, men and women, freedom of movement and residence within the limits of the law. However, women must have the …

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Women’s rights in Uganda: gaps betWeen policy and practice

WebWomen’s rights in Uganda: gaps between policy and practice / 5 Inadequate access to education and health services There remain serious obstacles to access to education …

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SOUTH AFRICA: The killing of Somkhele environmental activist, …

WebTragically, grandmother Fikile Ntshangase’s words became a reality when she was gunned down in her home at Ophondweni, near Mtubatuba, on the evening of …

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Bangladesh: Government must act to address rule of law crisis

WebParis, 22 December 2021 - A new report published by FIDH paints a grim picture of the rule of law in Bangladesh and calls upon the government to address the dire situation by …

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Burundi conflict: A timeline of how the country reached crisis point

WebA chronology of key events in Burundi. April 26 marks one year since violence erupted over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third term. Since April …

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