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As an Essex council cut a poverty hardship fund and cancelled a new medical centre, Michael Gove gave it money to pursue an ...

States have the obligation to cooperate in reducing emissions and protecting the environment to counteract climate change, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR) said in an advisory opinion ...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has dealt a sharp blow to Cypriot authorities and deputy attorney-general Savvas ...

Eleven activists had filed an appeal with Europe's top human rights court, arguing France had impeded their right to freedom ...

Europe's top human rights court on Thursday ruled France was within its rights to hand suspended fines to climate activists ...

Here is the text of a joint letter from 11 jailed Russian dissidents, issued to international leaders via Reuters. The ...

Two new citizenship policies threaten to push the country to a place where horrific human rights violations would become, ...

Osman Kavala, the respected Turkish human rights defender, has been behind bars in Istanbul’s Silivri high security jail for ...

The responsibility to protect is more than a principle — it is a moral imperative, rooted in our shared humanity and the U.N.

Severe heat waves in Europe closed the top of the Eiffel Tower to visitors as it swept across France and the rest of Europe.