Category: Human Rights

The UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday he was “deeply alarmed” at the continuing…

On the International Day for Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres demanded accountability…

Countering hate speech is a key component of atrocity prevention, UN General Assembly President Csaba…

A lack of strong cooperation with the international human rights system leaves States “adrift”, UN…

The plight of women and girls in Afghanistan featured prominently at the Human Rights Council…

With hate spreading lightning fast on social media and “mega spreaders” using divisive rhetoric to…

The UN refugee and migration agencies are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent…

Nearly three million children, the highest number on record, need humanitarian support in Haiti, where…

As donors gathered in Brussels at an international pledging conference for Syria organized by the…

An activist who wants to highlight the challenges and opportunities for people living with Down…

Urgent action is needed to end gender-based bias in public and political life against women…

The full-scale war in Ukraine, alongside other conflict and climate-driven upheaval, meant more people than…

A “cascade of crises” is putting global progress towards ensuring the rights of persons with…

Wider inclusion of persons with albinism can go a long way towards ensuring they live…

The UN Office of the Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide (OSAPG) on Monday,…

Around the world, some 160 million children work to earn a living, instead of going…

Fleeing armed conflict is frightening, forcing people to escape violent clashes and leave behind their…

The UN on Friday announced that following serious allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse, an…

The UN rights office (OHCHR) sounded the alarm on Friday over the detention in Yemen’s…

Warring parties in Sudan must do more to protect civilians caught up in the conflict,…

The humanitarian situation following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is still a…

Proposed legislation in New York state, in the northeast United States, could provide effective and…

Bangladesh must “immediately suspend” a pilot repatriation project for Rohingya refugees to return to Myanmar,…

The UN expressed deep sadness as another deadly earthquake claimed the lives of at least…

The full realization of human rights for all is a “work in progress”, and the…

For Valdecir Nascimento, 63, the Black movement in Brazil was a “turning point” for her…

A staggering 315,000 grave violations against children in conflict took place between 2005 and 2022,…

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered spyware and disinformation is on the rise, and regulation of the space…

The UN in Bangladesh on Thursday condemned a second cut in food rations for Rohingya…

With Ukraine’s Children’s Day celebrations on Thursday marred by the death of a girl alongside…

The UN chief on Wednesday commended the work of the judges and staff of the…

Soaring debt levels compounded by high inflation and rising interest rates have dashed job-seekers’ hopes…

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday urged the UN Security…

Action on the ground must match diplomacy’s steadily advancing gains towards ending the 12-year-old war…

A total of 4.9 million people in Haiti – nearly half of the country’s population…

Global warming’s devastating effects on the world’s sea ice, icebergs and glaciers – part of…

For the first time since fighting broke out in Sudan on 15 April, humanitarians have…

Hunger is likely to increase in 18 “hotspots” worldwide, including Sudan, where fighting is putting…

The UN convened the first ever global meeting with education ministers from around the world…

With hunger spreading worldwide and tobacco responsible for eight million deaths each year, countries should…

The UN and humanitarian partners are mobilizing to reach as many people as possible while…

UN Special Representative, Pramila Patten, expressed her ‘deep concern’ on Thursday over increasing allegations of…

The UN’s 87,000-plus peacekeepers worldwide are “a beacon of hope and protection” for vulnerable civilians,…

The “senseless” fighting in Sudan must stop now, and the warring generals have to insist…

Children in the Horn of Africa are living through an unprecedented large-scale crisis of hunger, displacement, water scarcity, and insecurity, the…

The decision by El Salvador to extend a state of emergency aimed at cracking down…

The UN Human Rights Council-appointed panel of independent experts examining the Iranian Government’s response to…

As heavy fighting continues in Sudan, UN humanitarians warned on Friday that more than one…

Nearly 15 months after Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, civilians are forced to…

The Myanmar military has imported at least $1 billion in arms and raw materials to…