The ICCPR restricts in article 2 (3) the right to an effective remedy at law to a redress only of the rights and freedoms recognised by the Covenant ... religion, political or other opinion ...

The principal international human rights documents clearly protect the human rights of prisoners. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Convention Against ...

Under Article 25 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), for example, every citizen has the right to vote and that right may not be subject to discrimination on the ...

HRCP Secretary-General Harris Khalique emphasised that the law not only violates Articles 8 and 16 of Pakistans Constitution ...

The U.N. Human Rights Committee, which monitors the legally-binding 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and was asked to consider a complaint by a group of refugees, found that ...

Recent statements by US officials asserting a "biblical right" to certain territories are concerning, as they risk ...

ACCESS to the internet has become indispensable in modern life, intertwining with rights like freedom of expression. However, ...

The Norwegian Transparency Act, a broad law mandating that covered companies conduct human rights-related due diligence for their operations and supply chains, went into effect in July 2022.

The United Nations Human Rights Committee has decided that native title law had run roughshod over First Nations rights in deciding against the Wunna Nyiyaparli people. Paul Gregoire reports.