LGBTQ seniors are experiencing an isolation “triple whammy” under the coronavirus lockdown. Tim Teeman hears how they’re staying happy and healthy: “Think about life, not death.”
Guatemala: Fighting to exist
US: Trump’s taxes, birth control and ‘faithless electors’ headline Supreme Court’s historic phone arguments
During historic telephonic arguments this week and next, the U.S. Supreme Court will take up major challenges involving access to President Donald Trump’s financial records, birth control health insurance, “faithless electors” in presidential elections and the constitutionality of the federal ban on robocalls, among others.
Canada: Some sex workers’ income has ‘completely dissolved’ due to COVID-19. Here’s how they’re surviving
Nigeria: Lawyers Alert Releases Data on Human Rights Abuse Associated with Petty Offences
Data on human rights abuse associated with petty offences in Nigeria covering the period October 2019 and March 2020 have been released by Lawyers Alert. The Data detailing the analysis of human rights violations based on types of petty offences is with a view to serving as useful tool for advocacy towards decriminalization of petty offences in the country.
US: Groups Express Grave Concern about the Commission on Unalienable Rights
Call for submissions to the UN on rape as a grave and systematic human rights violation and gender-based violence against women
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Dubravka Šimonović, in her thematic report to be presented to the UN General Assembly in September 2020 will address States’ responsibility to criminalize and prosecute rape as a grave and systematic human rights violation and gender based violence against women, in line with international human rights standards.