The state of the world’s human rights 2024
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
This report documents human rights concerns during 2023 in 155 countries, connecting issues at global and regional levels and looking forward to the implications for the future. States and armed groups
Rights panel submits recommendations to government THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has urged the State government to distribute the uncultivated land in the custody of the Plantation Corporation of Kerala (PCK) to the families of the individuals affected by Endosulfan toxicity in Kasaragod district. The commission also recommended the closure of the corporation's
Manual scavenging is manual removal of excreta (night soil) from “dry toilets”, i.e., toilets without the modern flush system. Manual scavenging involves the removal of human excreta using brooms and tin
Javed Iqbal IN Chhattisgarh, the only criminal appears to be the law.
Human rights activist Binayak Sen spent two years in jail before being granted bail. Charged with sedition, waging war against the Indian state, as well as being a Maoist supporter, both under normal laws and under the Chhattisgarh Special Public Security Act and the Unlawful Activities Act, the evidence has been full of discrepancies and contradictions on material points.
Jaipur: On the sixth day of a dharna being staged by group of alleged asbestosis victims at the Jhadole block of Udaipur, instead of being given a patient ear, the subdivisional magistrate
Responsible Aluminium Scoping Phase Main Report, Track Record, that summarises the industry’s environmental, social and governance sustainability-related risks and opportunities. The report also underscores the need for a transparent global multi-stakeholder approach that would complement existing sustainability programmes throughout the aluminium industry.
Manual scavenging persists, but community and political mobilisation of workers has initiated change. (Editorial)
The Meghalaya government has sent a report to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights under the National Human Rights Commission stating that proper rehabilitation packages would be worked out to protect the children working in coal mines in Jaintia Hills. The government reply comes in the wake of the direction of the commission on August 13 asking it to reply within three months
<p>It is axiomatic that the climate impacts documented by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are likely to undermine the realization of a range of protected human rights. Yet it is only in the recent past that an explicit human rights approach has been
This paper sets out the relevance of international human rights obligations in light of the multiple constraints climate change poses to the sustainable development of developing countries. These legally binding obligations have been agreed upon by states since the creation of the United Nations and are incorporated in widely ratified human rights treaties.