Dr. Michael O' Flaherty was elected by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in January 2024. He is the fifth Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe. The Commissioner's ...

The “toxic environment” within the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) in the Western Cape emanates from staff being opposed to the appointment of Zena Nair as the institution’s ...

International Human Rights Day is marked every year on 10 December with activities led by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner ... the attainment of democracy in South Africa. The South ...

Three full-time Commissioners were appointed to the new organisation – a Human Rights Commissioner, Race Discrimination Commissioner and Sex Discrimination Commissioner – along with a part-time ...

The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka has recently been beset by divisions and internal battles between Human Rights Commissioner Prathiba Mahanama and the Commission Chairman and former judge, ...