human rights

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The team will look at possible human rights violations committed by all sides since the start of March, and is expected to present its findings at the end of July.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Celia is a master's candidate at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY, where she studies business and data reporting, and an alumna of Barnard College, where she studied anthropology and human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Goldman didn’t, arguing the U.S. already had legislation to condition arms sales on respect for human rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

China is a key economic and political partner of North Korea, which faces sweeping international sanctions as a result of its nuclear weapons programme and alleged human rights violations.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws, and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari