Doha Social Summit: Businesses, civil society walk side by side for fairer futures
Civil society networks and private sector leaders crossed paths in the buzzing corridors of the…
Category: Human Rights
Sudan crisis: UN agencies race to aid civilians as violence engulfs El Fasher
UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in…
Not just dreams, but rights: Social justice in focus at Doha summit
The push to put social justice at the heart of global policymaking took centre stage…
Mind over machine: UN urges ethical guardrails for brain tech revolution
As wearable devices begin to tap into our mental states, UN experts warn that without…
UN agencies on hand as deadly new quake hits northern Afghanistan
UN teams rushed to northern Afghanistan on Monday after a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck…
Guterres voices alarm over post-election violence in Tanzania
The UN is calling for restraint in Tanzania, amid deadly protests following the 29 October…
Iran: Human rights investigators alarmed by ‘surge in repression’ and spike in executions following Israeli airstrikes
The Independent UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating alleged rights abuses in Iran says there has been…
US strikes in Caribbean and Pacific breach international law, says UN rights chief
Airstrikes carried out by the United States against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean…
‘Normalising’ Taliban rule would betray Afghan women, warns UN expert
Governments moving to restore ties with the Taliban risk legitimising oppression and deepening Afghanistan’s crisis,…
World News in Brief: Ukraine energy targeted, nuclear test warning, rights violations in Nicaragua
Russian armed forces conducted another large-scale combined attack across Ukraine in the early hours of…
Myanmar at a crossroads: A choice between impunity and justice
Myanmar stands at a crossroads between impunity and humanitarian crisis, as escalating military airstrikes, widespread…
South Sudan at risk of return to war, UN investigators warn
South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken,…
Israel responsible for four genocidal acts in Gaza, inquiry chair tells General Assembly
The chair of an independent commission investigating alleged human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian…
Russia using ‘rule of fear’ to silence anti-war dissent, says UN independent human rights expert
Russia’s abuse of national security and public safety laws to silence opposition to the war…
World News in Brief: Funding cuts curb development, human rights in Belarus update, Ebola and mpox in Africa
Sharp declines in global aid are undermining decades of human rights and development progress, the…
Russian army committing murder in Ukraine: Independent rights commission
Drones operated by Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian civilians, causing deaths, injuries and large-scale…
Risk of large-scale atrocities in Sudan’s El Fasher grows ‘by the day’
Grave atrocities, including summary executions are reportedly being carried out in the Darfuri regional capital…
UN rights office sounds alarm over ‘skyrocketing’ Israeli settler violence during olive harvest
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has warned of an…
What happens when Afghan women and girls go offline?
Nearly 70,000 women in Afghanistan tune in to Radio Femme – an all-female-run online and…
UN rights chief hails Bangladesh prosecutions over enforced disappearances
Bangladesh has begun legal proceedings against security officials accused of sanctioning enforced disappearances and torture…
UN rights chief underlines need for a permanent ceasefire and accountability in Gaza
Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human…
Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to…
UN rights chief underlines need for a permanent ceasefire and accountability in Gaza
Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human…
Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to…
Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says
The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the…
Sudan: Türk ‘appalled’ by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued…
Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says
The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision…
Sudan: Türk ‘appalled’ by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued…
Middle East LIVE: Israel-Hamas deal paves way for ceasefire, hostage release
As people celebrated across Gaza and Israel at the news of an agreement that could…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision…
Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached…
In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing…
‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves
Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The…
Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed…
‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work…
‘My husband died in my arms’: Russian drone attacks on Ukrainians amount to crimes against humanity, UN investigators report
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity…
UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid…
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic collapse deepen
Myanmar’s spiralling human rights crisis – fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic…
UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attacks
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the…
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on…
UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of…
UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South…
Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted
Long-awaited food supplies have been looted in Gaza overnight while being transported to desperate communities…
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms,…
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel…
‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling…
Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure…
World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), called on Monday for…
UN’s Türk criticises ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political…