Category: Human Rights

Some of the world’s leading tech companies have signed a ground-breaking agreement with the UN…

Judges in the United States must be free to speak about important issues that threaten…

UN independent human rights experts on Friday expressed profound concern over multiple reports detailing arbitrary…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk expressed his shock on Thursday at credible reports alleging…

Ongoing military operations by Israel in Gaza have made it the deadliest and most dangerous…

Children in Gaza will likely lose at least a year of education, with the school…

Escalating armed violence in Haiti has triggered a profound humanitarian crisis, the UN Children’s Fund,…

Secretary-General António Guterres underscored on Wednesday the critical role of the UN committee on the…

Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council unequivocally condemned the recent execution of an…

Three years after the military deposed the elected Government in Myanmar, the ever-deteriorating human rights…

In remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a call…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Friday declared that Palestinians had a right to…

Mass evacuation orders issued by the Israeli military to the people of Gaza continue to…

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is due to issue an emergency measures order on…

UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday urged the Government of Bangladesh to undertake key…

The United Nations on Tuesday underlined its condemnation of capital punishment following Iran’s execution of…

The human rights expert appointed by the UN High Commissioner to monitor Sudan, Radhoune Noucier, told…

Hundreds of Afghan women were forced to quit their jobs or have been arrested and…

A group of independent UN human rights experts on Monday called on the authorities in…

UN independent human rights experts on Friday emphasized no-one is above the law, following the…

France must take urgent action to protect children from incest and all forms of sexual…

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday said he was “deeply concerned” over tit for tat…

More than 450,000 children are living in residential care homes across Europe and Central Asia,…

The imminent execution of an American prisoner by a new and untested method – suffocation…

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the killing of a Cameroonian peacekeeper on Monday who was…

Recent weeks have seen a steep increase in civilian casualties in Ukraine following an intensification…

Globally in 2024, children are likely to see increased exposure to violence and war, and…

The public health risk from COVID-19 remains high, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned…

As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than…

Israel strongly rejected accusations by South Africa of genocidal intent against Palestinians on Friday at…

The UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said on Thursday that it is “deeply concerned” over…

South Africa addressed the UN’s highest court on Thursday in a bid to end the…

The UN remains concerned about the fate of personnel travelling on one of its helicopters…

Global unemployment is expected to rise this year, with growing inequality and stagnant productivity also…

The UN human rights chief on Monday called on the newly elected Government of Bangladesh…

Shiraz, a 23-year-old trans woman from Alexandria, Egypt, attempted suicide when she was not accepted…

Music legend Stevie Wonder had a strong and powerful message marking the 10th anniversary of the…

Critical food aid support is to be stepped up for many hundreds of thousands of…

Major aerial attacks causing widespread death and destruction of homes and civilian infrastructure have rained…

The top United Nations human rights official has voiced “deep alarm” over the series of…

The UN human rights office on Thursday urged the Ethiopian Government to ensure that ongoing…

Following the Second World War, acclaimed actor Audrey Hepburn survived on aid supplies from the United…

The UN Human Rights Council in Geneva was briefed by High Commissioner Volker Türk on…

With more than 900 air attacks across Ukraine in just one week, the intensifying Russian…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday called on citizens everywhere to draw inspiration from the…

While some of the world’s poorest countries are welcoming refugees “with great hospitality”, the international…

World leaders gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration…

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called on world leaders to rely on the Universal…

As conflicts, climate emergencies and collapsing economies continue to wreak havoc on communities worldwide, the…

The American diplomat, activist and former First Lady of the United States, who is widely…