equality before the law, freedom of expression, the rights to work, social security and education. Together with the UDHR, the Covenants comprise the International Bill of Human Rights.

States Parties reaffirm that persons with disabilities have the right ... before the law. 2. States Parties shall recognize that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis ...

After months of legal and political wrangling, an amendment to Iraq's Personal Status Law that entered into force on February ...

The Faculty of Law at the University of Helsinki and the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights were involved in the project Access to Justice in Central Asia. The overall ...

Asking people to wait till the year 2158 for basic equality is ridiculous. The theme for this year’s International Women’s ...

They deserve rights. They deserve equality. They deserve empowerment ... and the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, called for the recognition ...

Equality is when each person is seen as equal in the eyes of the law. A government that protects human rights makes one set of laws for everyone, not different laws for different people.

Amendments to Iraq's Personal Status Law that came into effect on February 17, 2025, fail to adequately protect women's right to equality before the law and leave them vulnerable to abuse and ...

“It appears that people exercising their fundamental rights are [intentionally] being intimidated ... the importance of respecting the principles of the rule of law. “Equality before the law, ...

Women's rights NGO Equality Now reported on Friday that despite some progress towards legal equality, there has been an 'alarming rollback' of fundamental human rights relating to 'women's rights, ...

“[this] assault on the rule of law fails to advance any conceivable American national interest, which lies in a worldwide system founded on principles of human rights, the non-use of force, ...