News about Human Rights
Council of Europe
The Committee on Bioethics of the Council of Europe over the last years has been preparing a new legal instrument on the use of coercion in psychiatry. The instrument is…
Human Rights
Falun Gong demonstrating in front of the Chinese embassy in Washington DC. - William Neuheisel, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Andy Vermaut hopes that organcide can especially raise awareness…
America
President Biden “a Good Catholic” Says Pope Francis; Buddhist Reality and Freedom From Illusion; Ásatrú, Viking Religion on Rise in Iceland; Religious Exemption to Vaccine Mandates Rejected by Supreme Court;…
Council of Europe
Human rights according to the United Nations, are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings – they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are…
Council of Europe
The European Convention on Human Rights was drafted by groups and experts within the forming Council of Europe in 1949-1950, based on an earlier draft produced by the European Movement.…
America
US President Joe Biden had an unusually long meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 29, Reuters reported. The agency notes that it took place against the backdrop…
Council of Europe
The European Convention of Human Rights, lists out basic rights and freedoms which can never be breached by the States, that have ratified the Convention. These include such rights as:…
Council of Europe
The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is widely recognized as an important and effective international treaty for human rights protection. It has had an important role in the development…
Council of Europe
Members of the European Parliament Disability Intergroup and the Coalition for Mental Health and Wellbeing this week addressed the Committee of Bioethics of the Council of Europe with a new…
Human Rights
Since September 30, at least 17 Egyptian Coptic Christians have gone missing in Libya, International Christian Concern (ICC) said.
