‘Tidal wave of emotion’ secures win for young Turkish writer in UN competition
Fifteen-year-old Reyyan Demiriz from Türkiye has been awarded first prize in a UN young writers’…
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‘Tidal wave of emotion’ secures win for young Turkish writer in UN competition
Fifteen-year-old Reyyan Demiriz from Türkiye has been awarded first prize in a UN young writers’…
Sudan: As children continue to suffer, school remains a distant hope
Aid agencies working in war-torn Sudan issued an alert on Friday over the particular harm…
Sudan: As children continue to suffer, school remains a distant hope
Aid agencies working in war-torn Sudan issued an alert on Friday over the particular harm…
Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44…
Attacks on schools surge by ‘staggering’ 44 per cent over the past year
Attacks on schools in conflict zones around the world have increased by a “staggering 44…
The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media
Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 per cent of…
The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media
Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 per cent of…
Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters
“Instead of studying in school, we’re living in it,” said Diana, summing up the conditions…
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Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters
“Instead of studying in school, we’re living in it,” said Diana, summing up the conditions…
Funding cuts could push 6 million more children out of school, warns UNICEF
Global education funding is facing sharp reductions that could leave an extra six million children…
UN rights chief underlines need for a permanent ceasefire and accountability in Gaza
Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human…
Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to…
UN rights chief underlines need for a permanent ceasefire and accountability in Gaza
Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human…
Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to…
Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says
The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the…
Sudan: Türk ‘appalled’ by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued…
Political crisis and corruption fuelling violence in South Sudan, UN rights body says
The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision…
Sudan: Türk ‘appalled’ by continued killing of civilians in El Fasher
UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued…
Middle East LIVE: Israel-Hamas deal paves way for ceasefire, hostage release
As people celebrated across Gaza and Israel at the news of an agreement that could…
Nobel Peace Prize winner Machado’s values represent best hopes of Venezuelans: UN rights office
The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision…
Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached…
Stigmatised for being deaf: Zénabou’s story
In the Central African Republic, disability carries a deep-rooted stigma, and persons with disabilities often find…
In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing…
‘Our worst held fears are being confirmed’: Dozens of bodies discovered in Libya mass graves
Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The…
Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed…
Songs of hope rise from Gaza’s ruins
In Al-Jundi Al-Majhool Square – once the bustling heart of Gaza City – music now…
‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism
Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work…
‘My husband died in my arms’: Russian drone attacks on Ukrainians amount to crimes against humanity, UN investigators report
Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity…
UN aid teams plead for access amid reports Gazans shot collecting food
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid…
UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ human rights crisis in Myanmar as violence and economic collapse deepen
Myanmar’s spiralling human rights crisis – fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic…
UN rights chief calls for end to daily killings in Ukraine after deadly weekend attacks
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the…
Gazans’ suffering goes on amid intensifying Israeli strikes
After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on…
UN rights mission deplores deadly Russian strikes in Ukraine
The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of…
UN rights chief calls on South Sudan’s warring parties to end renewed fighting
The UN on Friday warned of further deterioration in the human rights situation in South…
Aid teams highlight growing anxiety in Gaza after food is looted
Long-awaited food supplies have been looted in Gaza overnight while being transported to desperate communities…
Scam centres are a ‘human rights crisis’, independent experts warn
Southeast Asian nations should do more to protect people from being reeled into scam farms,…
Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel…
‘Silence is complicity,’ warns activist who fled DPR Korea
When human rights activist Eunju Kim was 11, her mother and older sister left, telling…
Drone strikes on civilian infrastructure in Port Sudan must end: UN expert
Repeated drone strikes over the past two weeks in Port Sudan have damaged key infrastructure…
World News in Brief: Terror-crime link alarm, child detention in Australia, judiciary in Maldives, Protection of Civilians Week
The head of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), called on Monday for…
UN’s Türk criticises ‘draconian’ decree limiting dissent in Mali
The military authorities in Mali have dissolved all political parties and repealed laws protecting political…
End senseless killings in the West Bank: UN rights office
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) called on Friday for an end to senseless killings…
‘We are still waiting for our loved ones’: Families of the abducted speak out
Two families – one still waiting for answers 75 years after a father was taken…
8 million teens in world’s wealthiest countries functionally illiterate: UNICEF
Children in many of the world’s wealthiest countries saw marked declines in their academic performance,…
‘Politically unacceptable, morally repugnant’: UN chief calls for global ban on lethal weapons beyond human control
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for a global ban on lethal autonomous…
US deportations raise serious human rights concerns
The UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk has voiced concern over the recent deportation…
World News in Brief: South Sudan urged to avoid slide to war, Türk calls on EU not to weaken landmark law, Ukraine and Mali updates
The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) together with the African Union mission there,…
UN rights body rules Guatemala failed displaced Mayan Peoples
The UN Human Rights Committee has found that Guatemala did not follow through on promises…