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Marcela Coen Moraga, Minister Counsellor, presents the statement on corporal punishment to the Human Rights Council on behalf of the Costa Rican Government and 39 other countries on 12 March 2025

Society The World

27. April 2025

Forty-one Countries Put Forth a Significant Urge to Protect Children’s Rights

Forty countries have made the first-ever joint statement addressing children’s fundamental right to be protected against all forms of violence and pleading for all delinquent States to uphold children’s protection by taking action.

Society

Society Finland

16. June 2024

Human Rights Day: Youth Take Center Stage

Finland held the Annual Council of Europe Human Rights Day for the second time in its history, and this time around, the Scandinavian country focused on youth engagement.

Society

Society Germany

12. June 2024

A Promise to Improve Labour Rights Globally

As Europe’s largest economy and importer of clothing, Germany could become an actor of change in labor law due to its new law enforcing companies to actively prevent, minimize, and eliminate human rights violations across the workforce in Pakistan and worldwide.

Society

Society Canada

8. April 2024

National Victory for Migrant and Refugee Rights

Newfoundland and Labrador becomes the tenth and last province in Canada committed to ending immigration detention in its local jails as the practice violates international human rights standards.

Society

Cobalt mining under poor conditions in Democratic Republic of Congo

Society European Union

5. April 2024

New Labor Law to Protect Humans and the Environment Globally

European Union member states have agreed on a new law that is intended to better protect human rights in supply chains.

Society

Belgium, Brussels, European Commission, European flags at Berlaymont building

Society European Union

29. February 2024

This Continent Wants to Be the First to “Eradicate” Violence Against Women

The European Union is set to extend its protections for women in a new law that will encompass gender-based violence, female genital mutilation, forced marriages, and online harassment.

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Society The World

3. November 2023

Low-Income Countries Boost Education for the Sake of Everyone’s Future

In lower-income countries, there has been an increase in government spending on education at the height of the coronavirus pandemic, helping children have access to their fundamental human rights.

Society

Society Ghana

21. September 2023

Another Country Bids Farewell to the Death Penalty

Ghana has joined the ever-growing list of nations – in Africa and worldwide – to abolish the death penalty, trading capital punishment for life imprisonment according to the population's will.

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Society The World

5. March 2023

What a Time for Everyone to Be in Love!

Over the last two centuries, hard-won progress made in the love department has given hope that human rights and equality will reach new heights, by increasingly accepting and celebrating all forms of love.

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Society United Kingdom

26. February 2023

Gender-Neutral Restrooms, for a More Inclusive Future

England’s capital London is home to the busiest train station in the United Kingdom where gender-neutral toilets will soon be offered to the clientele, in an effort to improve and promote inclusivity.