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Supply chain ethics: Promoting human rights and social responsibility on the margins of EU corporate sustainability due diligence directive conference
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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June 27, 2025
The OSCE and the Greek labour inspectorate joined forces to host a conference focused on human rights due diligence for more than 120 public officials, business and civil society representatives on 25 June 2025, in Athens. The event, hosted by the...
EU EXTERNAL PARTNERS: European Parliament committee probes human rights in EU-Southern Neighbourhood deals ― EU approves €4 billion aid to Egypt ― Sudanese refugees fleeing Egypt ― Italian NGOs demand end to Italy-Libya co-operation ― EU allocates €202…
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
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June 26, 2025
The European Parliament (EP) Subcommittee on Human Rights has organised a public hearing on the human rights implications of the EU’s memoranda of understanding (MoU) with its partners in the Southern Neighbourhood. The EP has approved €4 billion...
A New Recipe: Why Agriculture Ministers in Europe and Africa Must Choose People, Not Profits
Oxfam
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June 26, 2025
On June 27, African and European agriculture ministers will gather in Rome for the 6th AU-EU Agriculture Ministerial Conference. This comes against a backdrop of a worsening climate crisis, soaring inequalities, and rising hunger. Nearly one in...
Oxfam reaction: 2025 Bonn climate negotiations
Oxfam
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June 26, 2025
In response to the outcome of the 2025 UN Bonn climate meetings, Oxfam Climate Policy Lead Nafkote Dabi said: “The Bonn climate talks once again exposed the deep divide over who should bear the cost of climate harms, adaptation, and the shift to...
World leaders rebuke “narrow unilateralism” and call for nations to urgently join forces to combat inequality
Oxfam
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June 26, 2025
40 former Heads of State and Government are calling for “a new economic coalition of the willing” to urgently tackle inequality and “remake our world in response” to “era-defining disruption”. In a joint letter released ahead of the Fourth...
Refugee protection is both a shared responsibility and a legal obligation, OSCE human rights head says
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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June 20, 2025
WARSAW, 20 June 2025 – Greater joint efforts and international co-operation are crucial to safeguard the protection of refugees guaranteed in international law, with the challenges displacement and migration pose both unique and fundamental to our...
Former Haitian Mayor and Human Rights Violator Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison for Lying about Past Involvement in Political Violence
The U.S. Attorney's Office District of Puerto Rico
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June 20, 2025
Note: See indictment here. Jean Morose Viliena, the former Mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, was sentenced today to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release by Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV for the District of Massachusetts...
59th session of the Human Rights Council on gender equality and the rights of women and girls
Government of Slovenia
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June 16, 2025
SLOVENIA, June 16 - This year's session of the UN Human Rights Council will focus on gender equality and the prevention of discrimination and violence against women and girls. The Council will also address a number of other key issues, including...
TGTE Human Rights Minister Sent an Open Letter to Canadian Prime Minister
EIN Presswire
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June 12, 2025
To congratulate the appointment of the Honorable Gary Anandasangaree as Minister of Public Safety COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, June 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Transnational Government of Tamil Eelam's Minister for Human Rights Mrs. Thushani...
Autistic Canadian Youth Leader Sparks Global Movement for Unity, Climate Action, and Human Rights Reform
EIN Presswire
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June 12, 2025
Tanner Bergsma, a rising global autistic youth activist, expands advocacy beyond Canada to lead a unifying voice for justice across continents. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, June 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- From city halls across Canada to global...
Announcing GROWING COSTS OF U.S. HEALTH CARE Corporate Power vs. Human Rights, Is Reform Finally Within Reach?
EIN Presswire
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June 12, 2025
The exorbitant cost of U.S. Health Care continues as a major problem. This book highlights the solution: Medicare for All with National Health Insurance. FRIDAY HARBOR, WA, WA, UNITED STATES, June 12, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The high costs of...
New York State Department of Veterans’ Services to Host 2025 Human Rights Conference at Fordham Law School on June 25
EIN Presswire
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June 9, 2025
Focus on “Double Consciousness” in the Veteran Experience Reflects a Timely National Conversation on Rights and Recognition ALBANY, NY, UNITED STATES, June 9, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a time when the national dialogue around civil liberties...
The Expert in Human Rights Programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Celebrates the end of its Training Lessons
UN International Training and Research Center
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June 5, 2025
Launched in November 2024, the programme brought together participants from government entities, civil society, the public sector, and academia. Over the course of seven months, participants engaged in a comprehensive training experience combining...
Mondelēz International Scales Up Due Diligence and Sector Collaboration to Promote Human Rights; Releases Annual 2024 Progress Report
GlobeNewswire, Inc.
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June 4, 2025
Continued to scale human rights due diligence across global operations and supply chains, with ~96% of owned plants and ~98% of prioritized supplier sites audited in the last three years.1 Trained more than 50,000 colleagues since launching Human...
President Julius Maada Bio Bolsters Africa’s UN Reform Effort with Appointment of Leading Human Rights Lawyer
EIN Presswire
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June 3, 2025
President Bio appoints French human rights lawyer Maître Jean Alex Buchinger to support Africa’s call for UN Security Council reform and representation. OXFORD, OXFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM, June 3, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Following his...
AMMWEC to Honor Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett at Women Changemakers Conference in Washington, D.C.
EIN Presswire
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June 27, 2025
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, June 27, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The American Muslim and Multifaith Women’s Empowerment Council (AMMWEC) is proud to recognize Dr. Katrina Lantos Swett, President of the Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and...
The Expert in Human Rights Programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Celebrates Its Completion
UN International Training and Research Center
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June 2, 2025
Launched in November 2024, the programme brought together participants from government entities, civil society, the public sector, and academia. Over the course of seven months, participants engaged in a comprehensive training experience combining...
China: establishment of the university alliance to promote international humanitarian law
International Committee of the Red Cross
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June 26, 2025
International humanitarian law (IHL) is a set of rules that seeks, for humanitarian reasons, to limit the effects of armed conflict. It protects persons who are not, or are no longer, directly or actively participating in hostilities, and imposes...
Moldovan police strengthen capabilities in intelligence‑led policing through OSCE training
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
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June 27, 2025
Senior managers and crime analysts from the Moldovan General Police Inspectorate took part in OSCE training courses from 23 to 27 June in Chisinau to equip them with the tools to implement intelligence-led policing, a proactive and...
Job Announcement: Chief Legal Counsel and Policy Administrator - HHS
State of North Dakota Courts
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June 27, 2025
Chief Legal Counsel and Policy Administrator Job ID 3030567 Status Full-Time Starting Salary $7,618-10,157/mo Application Deadline: 11:59pm, Sunday, July 6,2025 Location: North Dakota Child Support – Remote within the US – Chief Legal Counsel and...