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Astana, Dec 7 (EFE) – The Kazakh Senate approved on Thursday the law on ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, signed by this Central Asian country in February this year. “This is a new step for Kazakhstan to guarantee the rights of the child,” said Senator Talgat …

The International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) condemn the abduction, torture and killing (...)

Fiji's  Human Rights and Anti-Discrimination Commission (HRADC), in collaboration with the Association for the Prevention of Torture (APT), and Asia Pacific

“The Philippines is one of the States parties who are significantly overdue in establishing a national mechanism for torture prevention under the Optional

A TOTAL of 153 opposition party supporters need urgent relocation and safe housing following post-election persecution, the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has ...

The European Union’s detailed assessments of Central Asian countries benefiting from preferential access to the EU market reveal major gaps in their fulfilment of human rights obligations.

The laws are applicable to the horrors being inflicted on Palestinians.

A Senior Supreme Court Justice has stressed the importance of children shaping Samoa's future and pointed out that the Samoan culture of using violence to discipline children is abuse. Vui Clarence Nelson attended a conference convened at the Taumeasina Island Resort on Monday as part of a follow...

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The Uzbekistan government should urgently act on recommendations made on November 8, 2023 during its fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of its human rights record at the UN Human Rights Council.