Category: Culture And Education

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Tuesday expressed concern over mass detentions and other…

“Tragic” accounts of State-sponsored abductions and enforced disappearances in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…

UN-appointed independent human rights investigators on Monday said there are grounds to believe that Libyan…

Honouring the millions of Africans sold into slavery helps to restore dignity to people who…

The human rights situation in Ukraine as Russia continues its military campaign following last year’s…

India must immediately halt its crackdown on Kashmiri activists, the independent UN Special Rapporteur on…

Celebrated by millions of Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time “to come together,…

Marking the most significant global conference on water in five decades, the World Health Organization…

With the converging Ramadan, Easter and Passover holidays now beginning, Israelis and Palestinians must urgently…

The adoption by Uganda’s parliament of new legislation targeting lesbian, gay and bisexual people is…

With xenophobia, prejudice, and hate speech on the rise, the UN community gathered in the…

A specialized force must be deployed to urgently help Haitian authorities tackle a tsunami of…

Raising alarms that the situation on the Korean Peninsula is heading in the “wrong direction”,…

“The most serious human rights violations in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the past…

Violence against civilians in South Sudan rose by two per cent during 2022, according to the…

The UN rights chief on Friday urged Belarus to end the systematic repression of perceived…

Violence resulting from the brutal military coup is continuing inside Myanmar on an “alarming scale”…

Russian forces in Ukraine faced fresh accusations of war crimes on Thursday as UN-appointed independent…

Officials in many countries “vilify and target” human rights defenders instead of recognizing the crucial…

States must be “primary responders” in torture cases, to end impunity and bring justice on…

Eight UN agencies on Tuesday published a new report aimed at helping countries address chronic…

Some countries and private companies are using “counter-terrorism and security rhetoric” to justify a major…

South Africa must swiftly set up a watchdog mechanism to examine prisons, detention centres, and…

Top rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council on Monday delivered a highly critical…

To Myanmar, where UN-appointed independent rights experts have urged social media companies to do more…

A “new philosophy” and broader approaches can transform services for persons with disabilities, a UN-appointed…

Despite suffering more than 100 bone fractures stemming from a life-long illness, 29-year-old Nicole Mesén…

UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday said they were “deeply disturbed” by reports of…

A UN independent human rights expert criticized the United States for using extraterritorial jurisdiction to…

The Syrian conflict will only be resolved if all parties involved in it are prepared…

The Philippines violated the rights of women victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military…

Draft migrant legislation proposed by the United Kingdom Government would result in a de facto…

Tackling current complex challenges requires fresh thinking and bolder political leadership to address abuses and…

Impunity is a major driver of the human rights and humanitarian crises in South Sudan,…

The Myanmar military has continuously used arbitrary lethal violence against its own people amid an…

Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have expressed concern over reports of increased…

The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for…

Continuing violence against political protesters in Peru must stop, UN-appointed independent experts insisted on Monday,…

A grain of rice, a golden collar, and a three-metre-long heavy wooden brace to trap…

The UN child rights committee on Friday commended Switzerland for swiftly granting asylum to four…

As violence mounts between Israelis and Palestinians, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk…

A UN body investigating discrimination complaints lodged by Qatar against the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…

More than a dozen people have been killed or wounded by traffickers as they attempted…

The United Nations has called on Nicaragua to allow access to the Organization’s human rights…

Authorities in Mexico are being urged to act to end what the United Nations High Commissioner…

Four United Nations human rights experts are calling for greater protection for Kenyan activists who…