Category: Culture And Education

At least 30 Palestinians have been killed in the occupied West Bank in the week…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Wednesday described antisemitism as an ongoing plague…

The human rights situation in Nicaragua has “seriously deteriorated” over the past year, following arbitrary…

Six United Nations personnel who’ve been held on “spurious” accusations in Yemen for three months…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, reiterated deep concerns on Tuesday over the continuing “climate…

When Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife, Coretta Scott King, visited UN Headquarters…

The United Nations will continue engaging with all stakeholders in Afghanistan, advocating for human rights…

The devastating lack of adequate care for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in Sudan,…

A UN independent human rights expert on Friday condemned recent terrorist attacks in Burkina Faso,…

The UN Secretary-General has called for global action to “vanquish racism and discrimination” towards people…

A new morality law enacted by the Taliban in Afghanistan, cements policies that “completely erase”…

China still has “many problematic laws and policies” regarding the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region two…

Seven years since the forced mass displacement of Rohingya and other communities from Myanmar’s Rakhine State, the…

The United Kingdom must take action to curb racist hate speech and xenophobic rhetoric, a…

The adoption of new transitional justice legislation in Nepal marks an important step in the nation’s…

The first food supplies destined for desperate communities in Sudan’s Darfur region have crossed the…

The UN Secretary-General has paid tribute to victims and survivors of terrorism just ahead of…

Protecting the land and resource rights of indigenous peoples will not only provide security for…

Deciding upon complaints filed by Mohamed Nasheed, the ex-President of Maldives, a United Nations human…

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday urged the world to reflect on the suffering…

United Nations experts have urged Viet Nam not to crackdown on civil society or stifle…

Armed groups in Libya are holding thousands of people in detention where they are being…

As the world officially remembers the genocidal murder of 800,000 Rwandans in 1994, United Nations…

Activists, ambassadors and actors gathered at the United Nations on Thursday to underline their commitment…

The UN humanitarian coordination office, OCHA, said on Friday that ongoing hostilities and daily exchanges…

A UN Human Rights Council-appointed independent expert called for an end to systemic racism in…

The political transition underway in Bangladesh represents an historic opportunity to ensure governance is anchored…

Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over…

The de facto authorities in Afghanistan “have almost wiped out two decades of steady progress…

Conflict in Myanmar between the military junta and opposition forces is increasingly brutal, with both…

The UN human rights chief has strongly condemned the recent storming of his team’s headquarters…

The UN on Monday condemned the ongoing escalation of violence in Myanmar that has led…

The Venezuelan Government must immediately end escalating repression that has come in the wake of…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Friday for the Israeli authorities to monitor…

The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is marked annually on 9 August. This year’s…

Escalating hostilities in Deir-ez-Zor in eastern Syria is impacting civilians and the infrastructure they rely…

Despite obstacles, Cameroon maintains immense potential to foster social change and promote civic engagement in…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Thursday that a decision of…

The resignation and departure of the Bangladeshi Prime Minister after weeks of bloody protests has…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has expressed horror at the escalating pattern of Israeli…

The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide is urging States hosting fugitives to prosecute…

Government-led crackdowns on protesters in Iran have had a disproportionate impact on the country’s ethnic…

Reports of alleged torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison represent “the tip…

The United Nations is following the situation in Bangladesh very closely after Prime Minister Sheikh…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for an urgent de-escalation in…

The UN’s top human rights official on Sunday called for an immediate stop to the…

Ten years after Dae’sh/ISIL attacked the Yazidi people of Sinjar, Iraq, killing, displacing and capturing…

At least 32 children were killed and many more injured and detained during student protests…