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Press Release – UN High Commissioner for Human Rights GENEVA (23 July 2021) The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on the Iranian authorities to concentrate on taking urgent action to address the chronic water shortage in the province of Khuzestan, rather than using … GENEVA (23 July 2021) – The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Friday called on the Iranian authorities to concentrate on taking urgent action to address the ch...

23 Treatment refusal can occur in the presence or absence of decision-making capacity. 24 The core elements of capacity are the ability to understand the information relevant to the decision, the ability to use or weigh that information as part of the decision-making process, and to communicate the decision. 25 Common law establishes that an adult is presumed to have the capacity to consent to or refuse medical treatment unless that presumption is rebutted. 26 However, capacity may be affected ...

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Five days of national hearings on the Children’s Amendment Bill painted a bleak picture of the state of South Africa’s vulnerable children and the government’s role in the crisis. The bill provides the long-awaited solution to foster care, but if it’s also intended to protect children a...

Beyond the looming humanitarian and moral catastrophe of COVID-19, lie opportunities for mobilizing international human rights law to compel states to take action, not merely in their own jurisdictions, but also globally.

Why the International Law Angle Is Missing From Cases on Same-Sex Marriages There is an inconclusiveness of international law obligations vis-à-vis same-sex marriages. Photo: Ave Calvar/Unsplash LGBTQIA+12 hours ago As the Delhi high court gears up to broach the issue of legalising same-sex marriages under Indian law, one might wonder what role international law concerns have played elsewhere, for legal discourse inside court chambers. Unlike cases that seek to decriminalise sexual intercour...

Morocco/Western Sahara, Sultana Khaya, Amnesty International UK, Urgent Action

Dear H.E. Johnny G. Plate, Minister of Communication and Information Technology Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Indonesia We, the...

The Thai Lawyers for Human Rights has reported that at least 41 children have been charged for peacefully exercising their rights to freedom of expression and assembly since the youth-led pro-democracy rallies started in July 2020.

, University of the Western Cape. Ebenezer Durojaye is the Head of the Socio-Economic Rights Project at the Dullah Omar Institute, University of the Western Cape. The devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, saw food insecurity rates rise, with more than 40% of the population in April 2020 classified as food insecure. As the nation makes a gradual recovery to what is to become the “new normal”, inflation and the attendant rising costs of purchasing food still make regular food access f...