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June 4, 2024
North Korea—The Forgotten Human Rights Crisis
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June 4, 2024
Iraqis with Disabilities Excluded from Jobs
Persistent Failure to Ensure Right to Work; Quotas Unfilled
![Bab Al-Agha Bakery, Baghdad, Iraq, March 7, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/06/202406mena_iraq_Bab_Al-Agha_Bakery_interior.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=4QxhLN3L)
June 3, 2024
What Does the EU Due Diligence Directive Mean for Bangladesh?
It Paves the Way for Progressive Reforms
![Police confront garment industry workers on the streets as they protest for a wage increase, Mirpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh, November 12, 2023.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2023/11/202311asia_bangladesh_garmet_workers_protest.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=obCu5P0s)
June 2, 2024
China: Closing Off Memory of Tiananmen Massacre
35 Years On, Commemorators Imprisoned, Victims’ Families Denied Redress
![Thousands of pro-democracy demonstrators protest in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, China, May 17, 1989.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405asia_china_Tiananmen_square.jpg?h=3542c8f9&itok=6l7y-_Bw)
June 2, 2024
Australia Needs a Human Rights Act
Parliamentary Committee Joins Growing Call for National Rights Legislation
![Parliament House of Australia in Canberra, March 20, 2024.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405asia_australia_parliament_house.jpg?h=5a670001&itok=0BI6SKFO)
June 1, 2024
A Proud Record Tackling the Scourge of Landmines
![The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Jody Williams bows in front of Cambodian Tun Channereth, who holds the International Campaign to Ban Landmines diploma and medal, on her way to receive the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo City Hall, December 10, 1997.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/multimedia_images_2017/201709europe_norway_nobel_landmine_jody_williams.jpg?itok=aMZTRrTc)
May 31, 2024
US Imposes Sanctions on Ex-Ugandan Military Commander
Uganda Should Investigate 2016 Massacre by Security Forces
![Then-Brig. Gen. Peter Elwelu of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces gives an interview at Mbarara military base, Uganda, on February 7, 2014.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405afr_uganda_Peter_Elwelu.jpg?h=d53150d8&itok=39GX10YI)
May 31, 2024
UN Body Recommends New Treaty on Older People’s Rights
Human Rights Council Can Now Consider Content of Proposed Convention
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May 31, 2024
Hong Kong: Quash Baseless Convictions of Activists
Mass Trial Shows Beijing’s Aggressive Assault on Democracy Movement
![On January 6, 2021, Hong Kong police arrested 53 pro-democracy politicians for “subversion” because they had organized or participated in a unofficial? public opinion poll in July 2020 to coordinate pro-democracy candidates for the then-upcoming LegCo elections.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2021/06/202105hongkong_national_security_law_tam_tak_politicians.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=ul5HY8xr)
May 31, 2024
Focus on Rights in Pre-COP29 Climate Talks
Ensure Fossil Fuel Phase-Out, Civil Society Participation
![Protesters rally in support of climate activist Deanna "Violet" Coco, who was sentenced to jail for helping to block the Sydney Harbour Bridge, outside the Downing Centre court building in Sydney, Australia, December 13, 2022.](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/04/202404ehr_australia_climate_protest.jpg?h=d6ba6ca9&itok=y-3PcsLW)
May 31, 2024
EU: Include Civil Society in Anti-Deforestation Task Force
Environmental Groups, Indigenous Communities Should be at Malaysia, Indonesia Meetings
![Indigenous groups protest deforestation of their ancestral rainforests in Miri, Sarawak, October 2020. © 2020 The Borneo Project](/sites/default/files/styles/square/public/media_2024/05/202405asia_malaysia_forest.jpeg?h=2fd8615c&itok=7F08JcUN)