Category: Culture And Education

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday expressed grave concerns over escalating violence in…

Intensifying hostilities on the outskirts of Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and…

Marking the International Day of Education, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has emphasized learning as a basic…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken an historic step towards addressing the “unacceptable” systemic…

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) issued an alert on Tuesday…

A UN independent human rights expert on Tuesday called for an end to Russia’s severe…

As the United States marks Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, observed annually around the…

The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights expressed solidarity with the people of Lebanon and…

The UN human rights chief Volker Türk has described the unbearable suffering of former detainees…

The UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls has welcomed a ruling by…

Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday expressed grave concern over the Iranian Supreme Court’s…

Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel’s harrowing tale of surviving a deadly shipwreck brought the horrors…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk highlighted the critical role of human…

Top independent human rights experts urged the Palestinian authorities on Monday to end its widely…

The world is entering a new era of crisis for children; climate change, inequality and…

Three experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council on Friday urged the United States…

A team from the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria concluded a first visit to…

Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia city in Ukraine on Wednesday caused the highest number of civilian…

UN independent human rights experts have called for the immediate release of Zayn al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn,…

Russian forces continue to subject Ukraine’s people to “relentless attacks” by aerial glide bombs, long-range…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has urged restraint in Syria, amid reports that some…

At least 5,601 people were killed in gang violence in Haiti last year, the UN…

The UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti on Friday condemned “intentional” attacks on…

Governments must do more to address the root causes of mass migration, UN Children’s Fund…

The head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA again underlined the need for a ceasefire…

A new report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) highlights persistent…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has expressed deep alarm over Afghanistan’s…

The decision by members of congress in Colombia to abolish a law allowing marriages from…

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday expressed his deep sadness at the passing of…

In a landmark mission to Syria, the UN probe into the most serious rights violations…

UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Tuesday welcomed the proclamation of the Second International Decade…

The historic shift of power in Syria and the possibility of finally accessing evidence of…

Senior UN officials remain in Syria on Tuesday where they have been meeting representatives of…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday reiterated the need for accountability for…

Iranian women and girls now face prison terms of up to 15 years and possible…

For the second consecutive year, conflict zones have proven dangerous for journalists and media workers,…

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights has paved the way forward when it was adopted…

A new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the…

Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, will focus on the theme Our Rights,…

Barely 48 hours since opposition forces including Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) swept into Damascus and…

At least 184 people, including 127 elderly men and women, were killed in Haiti’s Wharf…

As Human Rights Day dawns on 10 December, it serves as a reminder of the ongoing…

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk delivered his annual statement on Monday, urging…

After 14 years of brutal war and the fall of the dictatorial regime, today the…

The historic shift of power in Syria at the weekend has added yet another layer…

As reports continued to emerge from Damascus where opposition forces declared victory on State television…