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Next public consultations to prepare the National Plan for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders defined

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O Plano Nacional de Proteção a Defensores de Direitos Humanos segue em desenvolvimento e com ampla participação social. O Grupo de Trabalho Técnico (GTT) Sales Pimenta tem realizado ações de escuta, reuniões e audiências públicas com a sociedade civil e outros ministérios. As datas das próximas atividades foram marcadas para acontecer durante todo o mês

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Protecting Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Dismissing Online Safety

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Complaints , Home About News opinions Protecting Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Dismissing Online Safety Protecting Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Dismissing Online Safety , Technology and Human Rights Monday 29 April, 2024 , This opinion piece by Human Rights Commissioner, Lorraine Finlay, appeared in The Australian on Monday 29 April 2024. When President Roosevelt gave the 

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Home Office makes equality improvements after EHRC intervention

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An agreement to help improve the UK Government’s treatment of people from ethnic minorities has concluded after the Home Office made improvements required by Britain’s equality regulator. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) put the legally-binding agreement in place after the Home Office failed to comply with the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) when

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Canada must address harms of environmental racism

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Today on Earth Day, the Canadian Human Rights Commission is calling for the swift passage of the National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice Act (Bill C-226). Environmental racism is a form of systemic racism that results in the disproportionate proximity and greater exposure of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities to polluting industries

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