Respect and protect basic human rights in Sri Lanka, UN experts urge
Following this week’s crackdown on non-violent demonstrations in Sri Lanka, independent UN human rights experts…
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Rights chief highlights urgent need for action over thousands missing in Syria
Twelve years into the war in Syria, thousands of families “remain in the dark” when…
‘Decisive steps’ needed to keep boys in school – UNESCO report
Although girls have more difficulty accessing education and make up most out-of-school children at the…
28 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, ‘stain of shame endures’
The UN paid tribute on Thursday to the one million people who were murdered in…
Roma rights advocates warn of rising hate speech: Many ‘don’t even know’ they’re being racist
International Roma Day on 8 April is a key date to mark Romani culture, made…
UN chief welcomes new Somali mission, lauds work of African Union
The UN chief issued a statement on Wednesday welcoming the transition to a new African…
Mali: UN expert calls for independent probe into Moura massacre
A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called for a full and independent investigation into…
El Salvador: Response to the rise in gang killings ‘cruel and inhuman’
The introduction of a series of measures in El Salvador in response to a rise…
Sri Lanka: Mishandling of economic crisis triggers alarm over rights violations
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday urged authorities in Sri Lanka to defuse…
Ukraine: UN’s Guterres joins call for Bucha probe
UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday added his voice to the growing international calls for a…
Bucha killings raise ‘serious’ questions about possible war crimes: Bachelet
Senior UN officials have echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the killing…
Interview: Slave trade reparations ‘essential’, 1619 Project founder tells UN News
New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, best know for the 1619 Project, which frames slavery…
UN’s rights council adopts ‘fake news’ resolution, States urged to take tackle hate speech
At the UN Human Rights Council on Friday, Member States adopted a plan of action to tackle…
UN chief calls for unity to ‘build a peaceful world’, ahead of Ramadan
Highlighting it as a period of compassion and empathy, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday…
Syria: Rights experts call for humanitarian access to detained children
Humanitarians must have full and unimpeded access to children arbitrarily held in detention centres in…
‘Unbox Me’ campaign gives visibility to lives of transgender children
A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and…
Ukraine: UNESCO’s response to children’s education needs
Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled…
‘Staggering number’ of unintended pregnancies reveals failure to uphold women’s rights
Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to…
COVID-19: Education risks becoming ‘greatest divider’
Now entering its third year, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to hold back some 405…
UN highlights human cost of transatlantic slave trade
The United Nations on Tuesday remembered the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and its continued…
UN’s Bachelet hails ‘millions of voices’ tackling racial discrimination
More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (PoA)…
Libya detention centres remain places of violations and abuse: experts
Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may…
Human rights crackdowns in Libya having ‘a seriously chilling effect’
A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN…
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Israel’s occupation of Palestinian Territory is ‘apartheid’: UN rights expert
Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report,…
UN alarm over mounting Ukraine casualties, amid desperate scenes in Mariupol
Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling,…
Learn from the past, ‘stand united against racism’ – UN chief
“Let us stand united against racism and together build societies based on dignity, equality and…
UN rights experts voice alarm over Northern Ireland professor’s safety after ‘vicious’ online attacks
What independent UN human rights experts are describing as an ongoing smear campaign against a…
Mistreatment in childbirth, a human rights and healthcare problem, new study warns
Women across the world face unacceptable mistreatment during childbirth, according to a new study from…
Taliban’s backtracking on girls’ education, ‘deeply damaging’
Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human…
Human rights in Myanmar face ‘profound crisis’ – Bachelet
The UN’s top rights official said on Monday that amidst a “profound crisis” facing access to…
South Sudan: ‘hellish existence’ for women and girls, new UN report reveals
Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity,…
DPR Korea’s grip on population has tightened since COVID
In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, human…
UNHCR chief condemns ‘discrimination, violence and racism’ against some fleeing Ukraine
The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke out on Monday against the “ugly reality”…
First Person: From Gaza to the Red Planet
Loay Elbasyouni is a Palestinian electrical engineer on the NASA team that designed Ingenuity, an…
For equality, respect and dignity we must ‘speak as one’ against racism: Guterres
Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures, and everyday life across all societies, the UN…
UK border reform bill treats vulnerable newcomers like criminals: Bachelet
The UN’s top rights official urged the United Kingdom on Friday to reconsider proposed changes…
Syria: Children ‘live in fear of violence’, scarred by 11 years of war
Nearly five million children born in Syria since March 2011 have known nothing but conflict….
Myanmar: ‘Appalling’ violations demand ‘unified and resolute international response’
Security forces in Myanmar have killed at least 1,600 people and detained more than 12,500,…
UN rights chief decries mass execution of 81 people in Saudi Arabia
The UN human rights chief has condemned the beheading of 81 people by Saudi Arabia…
To attack babies is ‘an act of unconscionable cruelty’: UN top officials urge end to attacks on health care in Ukraine
Since Russia invaded Ukraine, 31 attacks on health care have been documented by the World…
UN rights experts raise alarm over Russia’s ‘choking’ media clampdown at home
The recent adoption by Russia of a punitive “fake war news” law is an alarming…
Women must be given space to lead if Afghanistan is to find peace: Bachelet
Whether as peacebuilders, humanitarians or pivotal actors courageously pushing their communities forward, Afghan women must…
Social media poses ‘existential threat’ to traditional, trustworthy news: UNESCO
The business model of the news media is ‘broken’ and with it, our fundamental right…
Fears grow for Syria amid rising violence, deepening humanitarian crisis
Top UN-appointed rights investigators on Wednesday urged renewed efforts for a political solution to Syria’s…
Belarus: UN report reveals extent of violations in human rights crackdown
The Belarusian Government’s continuing crackdown on political opponents, civil society, journalists and lawyers has seen…
Securing evidence: The key to convicting human traffickers
“Slave” tattoos, electric shock devices, and plastic bracelets. These are examples of the kinds of…
Human Rights Council to establish Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine
In a resolution adopted on Friday, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva agreed to…
Canada urged to amend transgenerational discriminatory Indian Act
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) called on Thursday, for…
Bachelet leads calls for ceasefire in Ukraine during urgent debate at UN rights council
Russia’s military attack on Ukraine has “opened a new and dangerous chapter in world history,”…
Protect the defenders of the planet, UN rights chief urges
The world must be made a safer place for people working to protect the planet,…