Category: Culture And Education

Survivors of terrorism joined UN officials in hosting a virtual high-level event marking the fourth…

The global initiative to save the planet’s biodiversity on land and water must not be…

Amidst an “alarming rise in hateful discourse” against transgender people globally, the UN High Commissioner…

UN Human Rights Council-appointed experts expressed deep concern on Friday over Israeli military interference in…

Expressing alarm over “rampant police brutality against peaceful protesters worldwide”, more than 40 UN-appointed human…

A group of UN-appointed experts on Thursday called for a moratorium on the sale of…

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concern on Wednesday over a new policy by the United States, using public health orders linked to COVID-19, to expel some asylum-seekers and…

Israel must safeguard human rights activists in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and within its borders,…

Two independent experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Tuesday expressed serious concern…

Although some countries have begun to rectify their “heinous legacy” of discrimination against indigenous people,…

Rapidly spreading violence in Mali is threatening the State’s very survival, the UN independent expert on the human rights situation in the country said on Friday.  Read…

An “alarming” 80 per cent increase in sexual violence in Somalia, as documented in two…

 Although laws in Iraq criminalize torture and set out procedural safeguards to prevent it, a new report…

Capping years of deliberations, the UN General Assembly on Monday established a new platform to improve the…

It’s been six months since the military coup in Myanmar where there’s grave concern over…

The continued recruitment and presence of mercenaries in Libya is impeding “progress in the peace…

People being plunged into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic has led to an increase in…

It has never been more urgent to recommit to the spirit and fundamental principles of…

The UN independent expert on the human rights situation in Myanmar on Tuesday called for a “COVID…

Landmark elections in the Occupied Palestinian territory must be rescheduled soon and include East Jerusalem,…

Independent UN rights experts on Wednesday warned that hundreds of Venezuelan cancer patients could die because they…

Celebrating what would have been Nelson Mandela’s 102nd birthday on Wednesday, the UN deputy chief hailed the man who led the struggle that ended the racist apartheid…

Survivors of a massacre of mainly Muslims in the former Yugoslavia, and people associated with…

The UN human rights chief on Monday said the apparent widespread use of Pegasus spy software to…

Attacks against so-called slaves in Mali are on the rise and authorities must do more…

Human rights defenders in Myanmar are being targeted under a “brute force terror campaign” by…

Nelson Mandela International Day is an opportunity to reflect on the life and legacy of “a…

One in three prisoners around the world is being held without having stood trial or been found guilty by any court, according to a…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday called for the prompt release of protestors and journalists detained…

A UN-appointed independent rights expert has spoken out following the death in custody of a renowned…

Surging COVID-19 cases as the Delta variant spreads, a collapsed health system, and “deep mistrust”…

Releasing two companion reports on Monday, the UN health agency has provided the first global recommendations for DNA-altering technology, known as human genome…

A new study released on Thursday by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the…

What began as a coup by the Myanmar military has ‘rapidly morphed’ into an all-out…

The eruption of violence in the Kingdom of Eswatini in recent days is “deeply concerning”,…

Belarus has witnessed an unprecedented human rights crisis over the past year, the independent expert…

With the chief of the UN’s gender empowerment agency declaring that women are still “sitting in the corridors when men are inside at the…

Although the COVID-19 pandemic had triggered the roll-out of an “unprecedented number” of new and…

The practice of shutting down internet and mobile phone access to stifle dissent has become…

In a bid to put gender equality at the heart of COVID recovery, UN Women…

Extreme overcrowding and lack of access to food, water and health, are among the ‘inhumane…

Rampant impunity for human rights violations in Mali is posing serious risks for the protection…