Human Rights Watch

Participants at the United Nations' COP28 climate talks on Sunday found themselves greeted by the rarest sights in the United Arab Emirates — public protests.

Canada is throwing its hat in the ring for a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, pledging to advance issues from online speech to access to abortion.

Human Rights Watch says more than two dozen First Nations remain under long-term drinking water advisories, despite Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to bring that number down to zero. 

Carrie Serwetnyk, the first woman inducted into the Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame and an advocate for equal rights in sports, is in Qatar for the 2022 World Cup and says the event is "still trying to find its joy."

Elizabeth May confirms she is gunning for Green Party co-leadership alongside 32-year-old human rights expert Jonathan Pedneault, who she says should be the “new face” of the federal party.

An advocate with Human Rights Watch says he hopes British Columbia's decision to end its immigration detention arrangement with Canada Border Services Agency will create a "domino effect" across the country.

As a lawyer, 32-year-old Christie McLeod believes her profession has an ethical obligation to advise clients to advance climate justice. 

The international watchdog is taking Canada to task in a new report over what it says are serious domestic and foreign policy challenges on human rights.

The British Columbia government's inadequate support during an extreme heat wave this summer "compounded risks" for people with disabilities and those who are older, says an independent international human rights group.

The federal government has been accused of violating its international human rights obligations by refusing to help dozens of Canadian men, women and children detained in squalid camps in Syria because of their suspected links to the Islamic State.

Canada is being urged to help plug a US$1-million funding shortfall that would allow the Special Criminal Court for war-ravaged Central African Republic to keep operating.

Human Rights Watch, the United Nations, and Amnesty International are among the organizations keeping tabs on Canada's inquiry into missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.

National Observer has obtained court documents accusing Toronto-based Barrick Gold Corporation of firing a senior engineer to avoid his damning health, safety, and environmental report.