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 ...

We, the undersigned organizations, committed to the promotion and defense of human rights, sexual rights, and reproductive ...

Building on the achievements of the UDHR, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights entered into force in 1976.

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

A U.N. committee found that Australia violated a human rights treaty by detaining a group of asylum seekers, including minors, on the remote Pacific island of Nauru even after they were granted ...

UN rights committee holds Australia responsible for arbitrary detention of asylum seekers in Nauru's offshore facilities ...

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

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.