Despite RBG’s dying wish, ultra-conservative Trump-appointee to SCOTUS, Amy Coney Barrett, is likely to fill the late Justice’s high court seat.
Read moreBigger Alliance, Less Freedoms: Why the Mooted Expansion of Five Eyes Spells Bad News for Our Rights
The ascension of Yoshihide Suga from Chief Cabinet Secretary to the premiership of Japan could be the catalyst which sees the country becoming the sixth element of the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
Read moreClosing the Gap on Business and Human Rights
Rio Tinto’s destruction of the Juukan Gorge rock shelters, is one of many recent controversies in Australia that illustrate the urgency for more effective regulation of the human rights impacts of business.
Read moreCharities and NGOs banned from delivering basic services to migrants
The French authorities, with judicial support, prohibited charities from distributing food and water to migrants in the Calais city centre, raising serious human rights concerns.
Read moreThe Netherlands seeks to hold Syria to account for human rights violations
On 18 September 2020, the Netherlands took the first steps to hold Syria accountable for gross human rights violations.
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