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Cross-party group of MPs back new UN Convention on protection of journalists
The EDM is in response to the 'apparent impunity enjoyed by state forces'
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UK government is ‘violating international law’ over poverty levels, says UN official
“The policies in place are not working or not protecting people in poverty, and much more needs to be done for these people to be protected.”
Further austerity could breach human rights obligations, says UN envoy
‘Not aligning social benefits or minimum wages with increased costs of living is a retrogressive measure so the government would be violating its international human rights obligations.’
Open letter urges UN Human Rights Council to make climate change a higher priority
“Violence against the planet is also violence against people,” says climate campaigner Isabella Shraiman.
The Tories’ shameful silence over human rights abuses in Sri Lanka
As a former colonial power, the UK has a duty to act to protect the people of Sri Lanka.
How new DWP chief Amber Rudd is in denial over Britain’s poverty crisis
Why was the new Work and Pensions boss' first Parliamentary statement to reject the United Nation's findings on poverty?