Secretary Anna Paula Feminella opens Municipal Conference on the Rights of People with Disabilities in Araraquara

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A secretária nacional dos Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência, Anna Paula Feminella, participou da abertura da 2ª Conferência Municipal dos Direitos da Pessoa com Deficiência, nessa quinta-feira (26), realizada pela Prefeitura Municipal de Araraquara, em São Paulo. Com o tema “Cenário atual e futuro na implementação dos direitos da pessoa com deficiência - Construindo um

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Urgent changes needed to DWP consultation, warns equality watchdog

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Urgent changes needed to DWP consultation, warns equality watchdog, A spokesperson for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, said: “We have written to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions expressing our concerns about his Department’s consultation on changes to the activities and descriptions in the Work Capability Assessment. “The EHRC is specifically concerned

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USCCR to Hold Public Briefing on Racial Disparities in Violent Crime Victimization in the United States

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Visit our COVID-19 page for the latest updates on the pandemic response. ,,October 26, 2023 ,The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a briefing on, Friday, November 17, 2023, on racial and ethnic disparities in violent crime victimization in the United States. The Commission’s investigation seeks to examine the federal government’s role in collecting

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Historic milestone in landmark human rights case

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The Canadian Human Rights Commission applauds this week’s Federal Court ruling in a years-long legal process that began as a human rights complaint on behalf of First Nations children and their families. This ruling means that the Federal Court joins the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal in approving an unprecedented settlement of $23.4 billion dollars for

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History: public event with the presence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights marks compliance with Brazil’s first sentence of rights violation

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Após mais de uma década e meia da condenação, a Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos reconheceu o cumprimento da sentença internacional sofrida pelo Brasil no caso Damião Ximenes Lopes. A decisão, emitida em 25 de setembro deste ano, foi palco para ato público organizado pelos ministérios das Relações Exteriores (MRE) e dos Direitos Humanos e

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