Russia: UN General Assembly should suspend Russia’s membership of UN Human Rights Council

Russia: UN General Assembly should suspend Russia’s membership of UN Human Rights Council

Likewise, in its Resolution 49/1 adopted on 4 March 2022, the Human Rights Council ‘condemned in the strongest possible terms the human rights violations and abuses and violations of international humanitarian law resulting from the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine’. The Council expressed ‘grave concern at the documented harm to the enjoyment of many human rights, including the rights to life, education, and the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, caused by Russian shelling and bombing in populated areas’. Further, Council resolution 49/1 expressed grave concern at reports of ‘gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights’, thereby invoking the explicit language of GA Resolution 60/251 in so far as concerns the threshold
for suspension

Over 20 NGOs against the re-introduction of the anti-conversion law in Sri Lanka

Over 20 NGOs against the re-introduction of the anti-conversion law in Sri Lanka

We recognize the value of each individual’s freedom to follow their conscience, which is why we are concerned about Your Excellency’s statements on introducing anti-conversion laws into the country and plans to restructure the constitution of Sri Lanka to accommodate a law that would strip individuals of their freedom of speech and conscience. We raise our concerns now because of a recent report that the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs is currently drafting a legal framework for the implementation of anti-conversion laws.

Letter to President Elect Biden IRF Roundtable

Letter to President Elect Biden IRF Roundtable

The Honorable Joe Biden                                                                                         President-Elect of the United States Dear Mr. President-Elect: We write as an informal group of organizations and individuals, who are scholars, religious...
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