As human rights violations continue unabated across the world, a ray of hope from Mexico where the Supreme Court deemed criminal penalties for terminating pregnancies to be unconstitutional, paving way for the decriminalization of abortion across the country.
While the proliferation of #OnlineHarms is a major concern, adopting overarching measures to tackle them by impinging on #DigitalRights is always a counterproductive approach.
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Read about Brazil's draft Marco Temporal and Plan for Special Education; Eritrea's human rights violations in Tigray; Zambia's new hope for the resurrection of human rights, and more in #thisweeshumanrightsupdate!
The past week has been quite tumultuous, with the #Taliban regaining control over #Afghanistan; #ethnic Tigrayans being targeted in #Ethiopia; the Manipur HRC recommending the state to remove the statewide “disturbed area” status. Read this and more in #thisweeshumanrightsupdate!
As Kyrgyzstan passes a new law to crack down on fake news, what ramifications can it have on #freespeech? Read #thisweekshumanrightsnews!
Human Rights Weekly Roundup is a collation of the week's most important Human Rights News, Internationally.
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From fears of social imbalance due to the Taliban's impending rule to a German court charged a Syrian doctor with crimes against humanity in the first case of universal jurisdiction, read #thisweekshumanrightsnews!
Human Rights Weekly Roundup is a collation of the week's most important Human Rights News, Internationally.
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From #Argentina recognising non-binary identities in its National ID to #Mauritius’ National ID program been flagged as a violation of privacy rights, have you been keeping up with #thisweekshumanrightsnews?
📲 WATCH | In celebration of the #NelsonMandelaDay, CHRI shares its role in fighting the #COVID19 Pandemic in Prisons of India.
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📢 Watch this space for more on: How CHRI is trying to make the Nelson Mandela Rules a reality in India.
The e-Committee of the Hon'ble #SupremeCourtofIndia had recently notified the Draft Model Rules for Live-Streaming and Recording of Court Proceedings for public comments and feedback.
Our team at Contego Humanitas Foundation comprising of Ms @shruti_shreya13, Mr @BhavyaBirla, Mr @NipunDave1 & Mr @pranavbtiwari shared our comments, primarily from a human rights perspective with the Committee.
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