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Research & Commentary: New Report Details Environmental and Human Rights Problems of ‘Green’ Energy and Electric Vehicles

A new report from the American Consumer Institute (ACI) details, for all their touting as “green” sources of energy, wind and solar powered electricity generation is much more environmentally harmful ...

Human Rights Chair issues statement on MLK Day celebration cancellation

The funding cuts are part of a broader budget realignment.
Human Rights Watch

Germany and Human Rights

A general election in Germany is expected in February 2025. In December 2024, Human Rights Watch wrote to political parties in Germany sharing an election briefing that sets out key priorities and ...

Indonesia chairs UN human rights council for first time: Milestone or empty symbol?

Indonesia will chair the UN Human Rights Council in 2026, hailed by officials as recognition of its international standing, ...
The Diplomat

Harris, Human Rights, and a Problem for Modi

Trump won’t bother about India’s human rights record. Harris might. That’s a worry for the Modi administration. Which U.S. presidential candidate — Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump — ...
Reuters

How AI is helping companies zero in on human rights risks

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. AI can flag high-risk supply chain links based on location or sector Altana uses procurement data to map global supply ...
CNN

State Department human rights report scaled back, omits details on abuses in politically allied countries

The US State Department on Tuesday released a pared-down version of its annual report meant to catalogue human rights concerns in countries around the world. The report covers the 2024 calendar year – ...
Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Treaty Bodies and Tax

*This brief has been updated to reflect new Concluding Observations made by UN Treaty Bodies as of July 8, 2025. Tax policy is inextricably bound up with governments’ human rights obligations. Under ...
Reuters

How forced labour and land grabs remain sticky issues for palm oil

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Sector long plagued by allegations of forced-labour and land-rights abuses RSPO"s Nov 2024 standard toughens rules on ...
Jurist

Geneva dispatch: UN Human Rights Committee session on Pakistan encourages collaboration on problems, but does not guarantee remedies

Last Thursday, October 17, the 142nd session of the UN Human Rights Committee was held in Geneva, to review the human rights record of Pakistan. A handful of students at the Geneva Academy, including ...
The Diplomat

North Korea Human Rights Advocacy in Turmoil

2025 is shaping up to be an annus horribilis for the dedicated community of North Korean human rights activists. The past two months have seen U.S. funding sources and programs decimated in the wake ...
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N’Central tops list as NHRC records 3.7m human rights violations complaints in 2025

From Godwin Tsa AbujaNational Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recorded 3,724,822 million human rights violations complaints across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in ...