Category: Human Rights

The UN General Assembly on Tuesday elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human…

In Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories, all parties must stop targeting civilians and Hamas…

A UN independent human rights expert on Monday called for urgent structural reforms in Cambodia…

Three in four people suffering from a mental health condition receive inadequate treatment – or…

The Nobel Committee’s decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned Iranian human rights…

Senior UN officials on Thursday reiterated the call for protection of children and ensuring their…

Civilians continue to pay a horrendous price in the war in Ukraine, with nearly 10,000…

Continuing violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread, persistent and devastating…

Independent UN human rights experts are warning that there is “an overwhelming risk” atrocity crimes…

The head of the UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has hit out against ‘unilateral and competing…

With people on the move globally at “unprecedented” levels, the UN’s new migration agency chief…

Mexico has made significant progress in combatting arbitrary detention in recent years, but the battle…

For Faustina Torres, from the Bribri indigenous community in Costa Rica, feeling invisible to others…

Protecting the dignity and human rights of older persons, and addressing the challenges they face…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Friday expressed grave concern at the spate of…

Over 220 individuals and 25 organisations across the world faced threats and retaliation for cooperating…

Police and criminal justice systems in the United States require urgent reform to eradicate “systemic…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Thursday called for a multinational…

More than 50,000 refugees have arrived in Armenia from the Karabakh region of Azerbaijan and…

The UN-appointed expert on freedom of opinion and expression has called for governments to strengthen…

A UN-appointed independent human rights expert on Wednesday called on Azerbaijan to “guarantee the rights…

The United States must end “the prolonged pre-trial detention” of Alex Nain Saab Morán, a…

Anxiety, emotional distress and even child suicide are among the damaging consequences of cyberbullying, and…

Forced separations and language policies for Uyghur and other minority Muslim children at State-run boarding…

The UN human rights chief on Tuesday presented another grim assessment of the situation in…

The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) raised concerns on Tuesday over the movement of a large number…

In Mali, one million children under five are at risk of malnutrition amid polio and…

Attacks on civic and democratic space in Venezuela are increasing through policies aimed at silencing…

Russian forces in Ukraine faced new allegations of war crimes on Monday as UN-appointed independent rights…

Palestinian authorities must strengthen fundamental legal safeguards against torture and ill-treatment, especially from the first…

“We are not going anywhere” is the message coming from UN nuclear safety watchdog IAEA…

The consequences of poor chemicals and waste management worldwide are fuelling an “unprecedented global toxic…

In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), increasing armed violence, forced displacement and devastating…

The human rights situation within Russia has significantly deteriorated since the invasion of Ukraine last…

Communities in Yemen ravaged by nearly nine years of a relentless war are still grappling…

Afghanistan’s de facto authorities have been using torture as a tool to extract confessions from…

Iran has escalated its crackdown on protests, to prevent public commemoration of Jina Mahsa Amini’s…

It is high time countries made reparatory justice a priority to address the legacy of…

In Ethiopia, war crimes have continued unabated almost a year after a ceasefire was agreed…

Unilateral sanctions and over-compliance are threatening the health and well-being of people across the world,…

Saudi Arabia must immediately revoke the death sentence handed down to Mohammed Al Ghamdi for…

One year since the nationwide protests in the aftermath of death in custody of Mahsa…

The UN system is providing aid to areas in eastern Libya impacted by the weekend…

A string of Russian attacks on port and grain facilities in Ukraine which began over…

Hundreds have died in ethnically motivated attacks by Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and…

The “dire needs” of Syrians have been systematically ignored during more than 12 years of…

The “shocking” and “cruel” oppression of Afghan women and girls by the Taliban against the…

Political and democratic reforms have not materialized in Sri Lanka despite popular protests last year…

UN-appointed independent human rights investigators told the Human Rights Council on Monday that Myanmar’s people…

To advance development, States must reject authoritarianism and protect civic space and fundamental rights, UN…