Category: Culture And Education

Hundreds of political prisoners in Myanmar were granted amnesty this week, the UN human rights…

The trial of Belarusian rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski is “simply…

The decision by Zambia to abolish the death penalty is “a historic milestone’, the UN…

A UN Security Council Resolution that ensures millions of people in northwest Syria receive lifesaving…

Arbitrary detention must end “once and for all”, UN human rights chief Volker Türk said…

The UN chief paid tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict on Saturday, who has died, aged 95, after…

Days after the latest sea rescue of Rohingya refugees by Indonesian fishing crews, UN human…

Top UN agency officials and civil society organization heads joined forces on Thursday to urge Afghanistan’s de facto authorities…

The UN rights chief, Volker Türk, called on Tuesday for the Taliban de facto authorities to revoke…

Some 190 desperate people are on the verge of perishing at sea, adrift somewhere between…

In response to the adoption of the Security Council’s first resolution on Myanmar since the…

The UN family and the entire humanitarian community in Afghanistan condemned the Taliban’s decision to…

Large numbers of children working on tobacco farms in Malawi are missing school, 13 UN-appointed…

US sanctions on Iran are resulting in harm to the country’s environment and preventing everyone…

Demonising victims of trafficking and modern slavery, turns the public against them and legal methods…

More than 280 million people have left their countries to pursue “opportunity, dignity, freedom, and…

A top UN-appointed independent human rights expert has urged the Scottish Government to pass a new law…

No one should have to surrender their human right to migrate in order to find…

The resumption of public floggings and executions in Afghanistan must stop immediately, a group of…

The “climate of oppression” in Nicaragua has only intensified in recent months, UN High Commissioner…

The United Kingdom should rewrite proposed legislation covering the 30-year conflict in Northern Ireland, known…

Perpetrators behind deadly violence in South Sudan’s Upper Nile state must be brought to justice,…

Today’s “trying times” highlight the need for a recommitment to human rights, which are central…

Just ahead of Human Rights Day on Saturday 9 December, the UN’s High Commissioner for…

Although the Philippines has made gains in combatting the sale and sexual exploitation of children,…

More than a dozen UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Thursday condemned the execution of a…

What is believed to be the first public execution in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized…

The suffering being experienced by millions of civilians across Ukraine must not become the new…

What exactly is hate speech, how does it undermine human rights, and who is responsible…

Providing justice for the communities impacted by the ISIL terror network in Iraq remains the…

Senior UN officials have welcomed an agreement signed on Monday between military and civilian leaders…

More than one in five people employed – almost 23 per cent – have experienced…

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been described as a crisis for women and girls, with…

Marking this year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which falls on Saturday, António Guterres,…

Since last year’s military coup in Myanmar, military courts have sentenced more than 130 people…

A top UN Human Rights Council-appointed probe into potential rights abuses linked to Russia’s invasion…

The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade “reverberates to this day”, just as modern-day enslavement…

Thirteen independent UN human rights experts raised concerns on Thursday over the planned execution by…

Amidst recent allegations of war prisoners being summarily executed in Ukraine, UN High Commissioner for…

The latest actions by Taliban de facto authorities targeting women and girls “should be investigated…

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is not only one of the worst forms of…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk urged the Human Rights Council on Thursday to set…

Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family…

More than 40 people have been killed in Iran during the past week, including two…