Indonesia has begun enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Whole Foods Market today announced its new Seafood Code of Conduct, reinforcing the company’s commitment to safeguard the human rights and welfare of workers throughout ...

Over the past decade, concerns have deepened over the increasing prospect of weapons systems that, once activated, would select and attack targets without further human intervention. The Campaign to ...

“Instead of seizing the opportunity to introduce much-needed protections and safeguards for detainees’ and defendants’ human rights, and end arbitrary detention, Egyptian legislators are intent on ...

JAKARTA: Civil groups have warned the newly effective Criminal Code (KUHP) and Criminal Law Procedures Code (KUHAP) can ...

Remembering the humanity of Indigenous peoples on International Human Rights Day Dennis Zotigh On December 10, 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted and announced the proclamation of the ...

HAVANA, May 15 (Reuters) - Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on foreign funding may be used to ...

Rights groups express concerns to EC over the downgrading of fundamental rights, child sexual abuse material, and non-consensual intimate image abuse risks in the third draft of the EU Code of ...

The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders on Tuesday urged Togo authorities to release Togolese-Irish citizen and human rights defender Abdoul Aziz Goma from prison on the ...

Activists hold up posters during a rally against Indonesia’s new criminal law in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The United Nations has expressed its concern about the threats to basic ...

Indonesia enforced its new penal code on Friday, according to local media, replacing colonial-era laws that had governed the country for over a century. Coordinating Minister for Legal, Human ...

Indigenous peoples in Cambodia have traditionally stewarded — and relied on — millions of hectares of forestland for their sustenance. Now, these communities are concerned about the long-term ...