Human development backslides, education at global levels ‘not seen since the 1980s’
School closures, to stem the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, have left some 60 per…
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Coronavirus impact on world’s indigenous, goes well beyond health threat
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world’s indigenous peoples that stretches…
Unite against hate and violence targeting LGBTI people: UN officials
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for people everywhere to support the right to live…
Coronavirus lockdowns in Central America, exploited by criminal gangs
Chronic violence, insecurity and now COVID-related restrictions have put tens of thousands of Central Americans…
UN rights chief warns against mishandling the lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns
The UN Human Rights High Commissioner on Thursday warned of potential risks as more countries…
Hong Kong urged to drop prosecutions of leading activists, not to silence peaceful protest
Independent UN human rights experts urged Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday to immediately drop the…
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UN officials call for release of detained Palestinian children amid pandemic
Three senior United Nations officials in the Middle East are calling for the release of…
UN rights office concerned over migrant boat pushbacks in the Mediterranean
Restrictions against humanitarians who rescue migrant boats in the central Mediterranean are putting lives at…
Syria violence ‘a ticking time-bomb that must not be ignored’: UN human rights chief
As civilian casualties mount across Syria and human rights violations continue unabated, the UN rights…
Corruption, political blockages, threaten international efforts to help Bosnia and Herzegovina weather coronavirus
Bosnia and Herzegovina is weathering the COVID-19 outbreak better than some other nations, but there’s…
Venezuelans ‘teetering on the brink of survival’ warn UN human rights experts
United Nations independent experts demanded on Wednesday that the Venezuelan Government take concrete actions to…
Attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests, top list of abuses in Libya: ICC Prosecutor
Unabated violence, particularly in and around the Libyan capital, has now been raging for more…
‘Rights and dignity’ of older people must be respected during COVID-19 and beyond
The COVID-19 fatality rate for people over 80-years-old, is five times the global average, the…
Lift Cuba embargo or risk many lives lost to COVID-19, UN rights experts warn US
The United States must urgently lift its blockade on Cuba to save lives amid the…
UN committed to a ‘brighter future’ for Haiti, as independent rights experts call for more action on behalf of cholera victims
A group of 13 independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on the UN chief, António Guterres, to…
Coronavirus and human rights: New guidance highlights support for persons with disabilities
New guidance issued on Thursday sets out key actions, to counter what the UN High…
Greece: COVID-19 pandemic a further risk to refugee child education
UN agencies in Greece have expressed concern at the effect that the COVID-19 pandemic is…
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal
In the first quarter of 2020, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by…
‘Toxic lockdown culture’ of repressive coronavirus measures hits most vulnerable
Disturbing details have emerged from dozens of countries that a “toxic lockdown culture” against the…
Human rights ‘uplift everyone’; must guide COVID-19 recovery response, says UN chief
The coronavirus pandemic is not only a critical public health danger, it is also a human, economic and social emergency that is “fast becoming a human rights crisis”, the UN chief…
UN rights chief rejects killings acknowledged by Cameroon, and Iran’s execution of child offenders
The UN’s human rights chief has been weighing in on recent killings committed by State…
Tough times for tourism, but UN travel organization predicts holiday traffic will return
Tourism may have been brought to a near-standstill by COVID-19, but the industry – which…
COVID-19: Rights experts highlight LGBTI discrimination, antisemitism
New guidance from the UN human rights office, issued on Friday, sets out key actions…
COVID-19 environmental roll back ‘irrational’ and irresponsible’: rights expert
Countries must not use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to weaken environmental protection and…
Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting COVID-19 – UNICEF chief
Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of…
Living apart, ‘we must stand together’ to battle coronavirus pandemic – UN rights chief
The COVID-19 pandemic is a “colossal test of leadership”, the top UN rights official said…
Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in 2017 attacks, UN watchdog finds
The Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in three separate attacks in March 2017…
‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, marking 26 years since genocide in Rwanda
Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days,…
Lady Gaga curating global event to boost healthcare workers on coronavirus front line
The World Health Organization (WHO) has teamed up with international advocacy organization Global Citizen, to…
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a…
Rights experts warn against discrimination in COVID-19 response
Fearing a needless increase in COVID-19 deaths due to discrimination, UN independent human rights experts…
Political prisoners should be among first released in pandemic response, says UN rights chief
The decision by many Governments to release prisoners to slow the transmission of new coronavirus, was welcomed on Friday by the…
India: Migrant workers’ plight prompts UN call for ‘domestic solidarity’ in coronavirus battle
Pervasive challenges remain for hundreds-of-thousands of migrant workers in India whose lives were upended by…
Economic sanctions should be lifted to prevent hunger crises in countries hit by COVID-19 – UN rights expert
As the world exhibits new bonds of solidarity in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it…
Release inmates in Yemen to avert nationwide COVID-19 outbreak, experts urge
An international panel of human rights experts called today for the immediate release of political…
COVID-19 stoking xenophobia, hate and exclusion, minority rights expert warns
Combatting the COVID-19 pandemic must also include stamping out what one independent human rights expert…
Human rights must be maintained in beating back the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘without exception’ – UN experts
Dozens of independent UN human rights experts stressed on Thursday that in addition to public…
FROM THE FIELD: Threatened Brazilian activist fights for slavery descendants’ rights
A Brazilian activist who regularly receives threats of violence says he will continue fighting for…
UN rights chief urges quick action by governments to prevent devastating impact of COVID-19 in places of detention
COVID-19 has begun to strike in prisons, jails and immigration detention centres, UN High Commissioner…
Moving forward requires confronting slavery’s ‘racist legacy’: UN chief
In his message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and…
Ease sanctions against countries fighting COVID-19: UN human rights chief
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an easing…
UN expert raises alarm over migrant, asylum seeker ‘pushbacks’ at Turkey-Greece border
Greece must take immediate action to end the violence against migrants and asylum seekers at…
UN rights chief urges South Sudan authorities to address inter-communal violence
Authorities in South Sudan must address intercommunal violence if the nation is to achieve lasting…
Preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in COVID-19 response
Unless Governments and communities take action, discrimination against people with disabilities could increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert with the…
Talking to your children about coronavirus: Let them know you’re listening, remind them you care
As many adults are overwhelmed and anxious about the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations shined…
UN human rights chief: racism and xenophobia are ‘contagious killers’ too
The coronavirus outbreak may have forced millions around the world already into “social distancing”, keeping…
Iran: BBC and other broadcast journalists harassed; families threatened – UN experts
Threats, unlawful surveillance and harassment by the authorities, are just some of the concerns facing…
Educate children in their mother tongue, urges UN rights expert
Children from linguistic minorities should be taught in their own mother tongue, said the UN…
Democracy is sliding away in Myanmar, warns top rights investigator
Daily fighting in Myanmar, widespread internet blackouts and reporting restrictions, indicate that the shift to…
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UN programme to help spare millions from child marriage, extended to 2024
Millions of girls have been able to avoid “an unwanted marriage and an unwelcome end…