Content by tag : human rights
Belgium will provide assistance to Qatar in the form of training for labour inspectors, hoping to combat the mistreatment of workers in the country.
An increasing number of Belgian municipalities have cancelled plans to show this winter's football World Cup matches on big screens - citing both ethical concerns and the soaring cost of energy.
In the run-up to the international day against female genital mutilation (FGM) on Sunday 6 February, a giant clitoris dominated the Place de la Monnaie in Brussels for several hours on Friday.
Five women who were taken from their mothers as children, raised in a missionary post in the Belgian Congo and eventually brought to Belgium are filing a complaint against the state.
Deputy prime minister and foreign minister Sophie Wilmès attended the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Wednesday, representing Belgium at the UN’s assessment
Amnesty International has released its 2020 annual report on the state of human rights around the world, and while the organisation praised the global public’s response to the coronavirus pandemic
Belgium is number 19 in a ranking of 100 countries based on women’s achievements and opportunities.
A doctor and visiting professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) being held in prison in Iran has been placed in isolation and is facing imminent execution.
