human rights

The Untouchables I woke up the other day and looked in the newspaper to search for updates on the incident that had taken place a few […]

No Honor In Honor Killings “A man remains a man no matter how poor his conduct. A woman, even if she were to deviate for one […]

Government Non-Compliance With Minimum Standards Against Human Trafficking According to UN Office on Drugs and Crime’s Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2013, 55-60% of all […]

Law Society Of England & Wales Joint Seminar With French National Bar Council The Law Society of England & Wales and the French National Bar Council […]

Sindh Assembly Approves Hindu Marriage Bill For the first time in the country’s history, marriage laws for millions of Hindus living in Sindh have been codified […]

Myanmar Asked To Repeal Or Amend Presidential Immunity Law Amnesty International called on the government of Myanmar to either repeal or amend a law that could […]

Human Rights Open Mic Held By The Network For International Law Students The Human Rights Open Mic, held at Books n Beans last Friday, was a pioneer effort […]

Call For Papers: University College Lahore & American Bar Association’s Human Rights Review University College Lahore and The American Bar Association-Rule of Law Initiative’s annual collaborative […]

Egyptian Parliament Gets an Issued Statement From NGOs On Enforcement of Constitutional and Human Rights Last week, thirteen non-government organizations issued a joint statement to the […]

Is The Use Of Torture Under Any Circumstances Justified? ‘Torture anywhere is an affront to human dignity everywhere’ – George Bush in 2003. In the present era […]

Foundation for Fundamental Rights (FFR) and Reprieve have launched a Report on the issue of compensation for the victims of US drone strikes in Pakistan   […]

High Court in Dominican Republic Brings Back Total Abortion Ban A court in Dominican Republic has blocked a new law that would have decriminalized abortion in […]

Restrictive Abortion Laws Violate Human Rights, According to Northern Ireland Court The High Court in Belfast ruled that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws, which only allow abortion when […]

Law Council Australia Hosts Business & Human Rights Symposium Law Council Of Australia Media Release MR #1554 1 December 2015 Recognising the critical need for industry […]

Myopia The attack on Paris casts a very large shadow over the world. A tragedy manufactured in the refinery of the entity known as ISIS. The […]

UK Supreme Court To Rule On Libya Rendition Case UK Supreme Court began hearing a lawsuit brought by Abdul-Hakim Belhaj, alleging the involvement of UK government in […]

 The Concept Of Good Governance In Modern World And Governance By Caliphs Of Islam – Part II Good Governance and Human Rights Only good governance can […]