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Read moreInternational Human Rights Day: Recover Better—Stand up for Human Rights
Human Rights Day marks the day in 1948 the UN adopted the UDHR. This year’s theme centres on respecting human rights amidst pandemic recovery.
Read moreImpact of COVID-19 on the rights of labourers and workers in India
During the unprecedented global crisis resulting from the coronavirus pandemic, the Indian government has failed to safeguard the rights of labourers and workers who receive daily wages.
Read moreShamima Begum: The UK’s Racialised Approach to Citizenship
The UK government's treatment of Shamima Begum exemplifies an attack on the rule of law, and exposes the racial bias inherent in the British citizenship process.
Read moreWorld Genocide Commemoration Day: Raphäel Lemkin
9 December marks World Genocide Commemoration Day. A Holocaust-surviving Polish lawyer made it his life’s work to see genocide formally criminalised.
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