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.

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...

“Globally, women’s human rights are under attack,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. “Instead of mainstreaming equal rights, we’re seeing the mainstreaming of ...

“[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, ...

“Globally, women’s human rights are under attack,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. “Instead of mainstreaming equal rights, we’re seeing the mainstreaming of ...

“Globally, women’s human rights are under attack,” U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement. “Instead of mainstreaming equal rights, we’re seeing the mainstreaming of ...