Category: Culture And Education

Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday called for Singapore to impose…

In a landmark resolution, the UN Security Council on Thursday condemned the de facto rulers…

A new UK law affecting people’s rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association,…

So-called “labour transfer” and “vocational training” programmes in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China, threaten…

Around 90 per cent of adolescent girls and young women do not use the internet in low-income countries, while their male peers…

Secretary-General António Guterres led tributes from across the UN on Tuesday to the legendary singer,…

The Spokesperson for UN human rights office OHCHR, on Tuesday urged the Government of Singapore…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has called on authorities in Russia and Ukraine to…

Authorities in Burkina Faso must conduct a full and independent investigation into the recent killing…

On Mother Earth Day, marked annually on 22 April, Naw Ei Ei Min, a member…

  Decisions made at the UN can push governments to improve the rights of indigenous…

In April 1994, a sinister call was broadcast over radio stations across Rwanda, triggering the…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Tuesday called for an immediate…

In his address marking the opening of the 2023 session of the UN Permanent Forum…

The age-old knowledge of indigenous peoples has a key role to play in the battle…

Immaculée Songa survived the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda, but her husband and…

Hate speech is an alarm bell – the louder it rings, the greater the threat…

As a major exchange of prisoners linked to Yemen’s longstanding war began on Friday, UN…

The international community must take immediate action to stop Israel’s forced evictions and displacement of…

The United Nations has denounced deadly airstrikes carried out by the Myanmar Armed Forces which…

As part of his “solidarity visit” to Somalia on Tuesday in the midst of the…

The United Kingdom must ensure that all children seeking asylum are properly protected and put…

There is just one LGBTI+ community and health centre in El Salvador, and it has…

As the world marks the grim anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in…

The Vatican’s rejection of the 500-year-old Catholic decree used to justify the seizure of indigenous…

The UN on Thursday condemned the multiple rockets fired into Israel from across its northern…

Legal reforms in Serbia must be accompanied by the effective implementation of laws to counter…

A Taliban decision banning women from working for the UN inside Afghanistan, will have devastating…

Judges investigating the deadly August 2020 explosion at the port in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, must…

A Taliban edict banning Afghan women from working for the UN mission and agencies inside…

Independent human rights experts expressed their solidarity with the people of Malawi on Tuesday, following…

Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have issued an order banning women nationals who are UN staff…

Tunisia must take swift action to curb racist rhetoric and halt ongoing rights violations of…

It is estimated that up to one million people in Iraq have disappeared over the…

The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution on Tuesday calling for the appointment of an independent…

New tools must be deployed to keep the global spotlight on ongoing gross violations and…

Tackling impunity will be critical to end pervasive violence and horrific human rights violations and…

A periodic exhibit at the Seoul Art Centre in the Republic of Korea features dozens…

On the occasion of World Autism Awareness Day, the UN chief called for renewed resolve…

The landscape and emotions of the Ukrainian people may be scarred and raw, but they…

Independent UN-appointed human rights experts on Friday called for the urgent repatriation of children from…

The international community must take firm and principled action to protect the human rights and…

Retaliation continues against officials who spearheaded the fight against corruption in Guatemala, the UN High…

Making homosexuality punishable by death is an egregious violation of human rights, independent UN Human…

The de facto Taliban authorities in Afghanistan must immediately release activists detained for advocating for…

Top UN officials called for creating a new institution to help locate tens of thousands…

The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday called for a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the…