Category: Culture And Education

As the world celebrates the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples on Wednesday, the theme…

The Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar (IIMM) on Tuesday revealed compelling evidence of the country’s…

Persistent violence in Haiti remains a significant concern for the safety and welfare of its…

Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed has said that the United Nations will support Brazil’s indigenous peoples…

As United Nations-led talks on nuclear disarmament continued in Geneva, New York and Vienna, UN…

The new sentence imposed on jailed Russian politician Alexei Navalny on Friday raises renewed serious…

The UN human rights office in Uganda will cease operations on Sunday after the Government…

The lead-up to, and the results of, the recent elections in Cambodia are “extremely disconcerting”,…

Conflict in Sudan has forced nearly four million people to flee their homes in a…

Global crises, conflicts, and the climate emergency are escalating trafficking risks, the UN warned on…

The continuing battle for control of Sudan between rival militaries has had a destabilizing effect…

The Assistant High Commissioner for Protection with the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, Gillian Triggs, concluded…

Five prisoners were executed in Kuwait and two in Singapore this week, including the first…

An independent UN human rights expert on Friday appealed for Russia to immediately release detained…

The UN human rights chief issued a statement on Thursday calling on “those in power”…

Half of all children in Europe and Central Asia, 92 million, are exposed to high…

The UN human rights chief on Wednesday lamented the severe electoral clampdown by the Cambodian…

Nearly a year after at least 50 Ukrainian prisoners of war (POWs) were killed in…

After 100 days of fighting in Sudan, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on Monday that…

A UN-appointed independent expert expressed deep concern on Friday over the distressing treatment of children…

The President of the General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi on Thursday announced the winners of the prestigious…

A group of UN independent experts on Thursday expressed grave concern over a discriminatory policy…

A group of UN independent experts on Tuesday expressed concern over Tunisia’s alleged discriminatory treatment…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for action to build a better world in his message…

The United Kingdom parliament has passed a bill inconsistent with the country’s obligations under international…

The dangers associated with the heatwave that’s engulfing the northern hemisphere aren’t over yet, the…

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund UNICEF, reveal signs…

Indigenous Peoples have the ancestral wisdom to guide humanity towards a more sustainable use of…

The journalist Evan Gershkovich should be immediately released following his arrest by Russian authorities on…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday said it was very concerned over reports of…

A considerable increase in salt levels in drinking water in Uruguay is affecting over 60…

A group of UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Thursday voiced “grave concern” over hostile…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called for a swift…

United Nations-appointed independent human rights experts on Wednesday condemned the forced eviction and displacement of…

As many as 783 million people faced hunger worldwide in 2022 in the wake of…

UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Tuesday called for the Government of Bangladesh to end…

The pointe shoes were a testament to unfulfilled hopes. They belonged to a young ballet…

The UN’s top human rights official urged respect for religious tolerance on Tuesday as Member…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has urged authorities in Honduras to reinforce the “internal and…

A group of independent UN-appointed human rights experts said on Friday they were appalled by…

The UN deplored the horrendous civilian cost of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which reached…

The Myanmar regime’s brutal violence against civilians and its denial of life-saving humanitarian aid, reflect…

The UN Office on Genocide Prevention and the Responsibility to Protect launched a new policy…

Funding constraints mean that the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has been forced to limit…