Category: Culture And Education

Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of…

Indigenous women and girls face grave, systematic, and continuous acts of violence that permeate every…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, is urging Iran to call off plans to amputate…

The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, reinforcing concerns already…

A shocking new UN report released on Tuesday indicates that the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children requiring…

Civic space is shrinking, together with a rise in human rights violations during peaceful protests…

In Colombia, decades of violence and armed conflict created significant obstacles to human development and…

After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia is on the road towards democracy and respect…

Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and “threatens the common values and…

A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the United Kingdom to halt its controversial policy…

Sexual violence has become a brutal tactic of warfare and repression that “terrorizes populations, destroys…

The human rights situation in Nicaragua has continued to decline over the past three months,…

The Afghanistan people are experiencing some of “the darkest moments” in a generation the UN…

UN independent human rights experts have deplored the recent violent crackdown on civil society in…

The reported use of live ammunition by security forces in Tanzania, against ethnic Maasai herders,…

Every year, one in six people aged 60 years and older experience some form of…

The UN’s top rights official expressed her concern on Wednesday at reports that Ukrainian children…

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that the International Health…

We have the tools to end the “systemic marginalization” of persons with disabilities, the UN…

Still suffering from the devastating consequences of the February 2021 military coup, the UN rights…

War in Ukraine continues to cause mayhem and “destroy the lives of many”, and it…

The UN issued a statement on Saturday calling for attacks on civilians by multiple armed groups in…

Dozens of independent UN human rights experts on Friday urged the Chinese Government to “cooperate…

The international community must increase pressure on Myanmar ‘s military rulers in the wake of…

Migrants who risk their lives to cross the Mediterranean to Europe on flimsy boats often…

To end AIDS, beat COVID-19 and “stop the pandemics of the future”, the world needs…

Authorities in Brazil must step up efforts to find a British journalist and an indigenous…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the death sentence handed down to…

Ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory, and discrimination against Palestinians, is essential to stopping…

The UN chief has called for military authorities in Sudan and civilian representatives and political…

Israel must halt plans to demolish a Bedouin village in the Naqab desert that will…

A UN report issued on Thursday, describes “limited progress” towards justice for human rights violations…

UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Tuesday for Saudi Arabia to immediately release Abdullah…

It’s been five decades since Sweden hosted the world’s first conference to make the environment…

At the end of her official visit to China, the first such trip in 17…

The head of the UN agency leading the fight against HIV/AIDS, welcomed on Friday a…

Zambia’s plan to abolish the death penalty adds to the growing global chorus against the…

Afghanistan is at a crossroads and the de facto authorities, the Taliban, must pursue a…

The UN Syria Commission of Inquiry said on Thursday that not extending current cross-border aid…

On day three of her official mission to China, top UN rights official Michelle Bachelet described having a “valuable…

Authorities in Nepal must thoroughly investigate the February 2004 torture, rape and execution of a…

The severe economic crisis in Sri Lanka shows no signs of ending any time soon,…

Marking the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) on Tuesday, leaders from across…

The news that more than 100,000 people in Mexico are now officially registered as “disappeared”…

The UN migration agency, IOM, is running migrant centres across six provinces in Turkey as part of…