Category: Human Rights

The UN Secretary-General is shocked by reports of violence and excessive use of force by…

The UN-mandated independent human rights fact-finding mission on Iran has urged authorities to immediately restore…

Despite reductions in the overall number of conflict-related incidents in South Sudan, a rise in…

The UN human rights chief has called for an independent and transparent investigation into reports…

An independent human rights expert has urged the international community to reject the electoral process…

The UN Human Rights Council – the world’s principal defender of vulnerable people worldwide –…

A sweeping UN human rights report released on Wednesday concludes that in the occupied West…

Responding to the seizure of Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro by the United States, UN human…

As protests in the Iranian capital, Tehran – sparked by increasing economic hardship and a…

The UN’s top human rights official on Friday called on Israeli authorities to abandon plans…

Sexual violence against children has become entrenched, systemic and increasingly widespread across the Democratic Republic…

As Myanmar approaches elections scheduled for 28 December, the UN’s top human rights official has…

The United Nations has urged calm in Bangladesh after the killing of a prominent youth…

Harrowing new details emerged on Thursday in a UN report detailing targeted sexual violence and…

The UN’s top human rights official warned on Tuesday that repression is tightening its grip…

The UN human rights chief said on Monday the antisemitic attack on the Jewish community…

In Sudan, deep concerns persist for the many tens of thousands of people believed to…

Venezuela’s Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) has been implicated in a decade-long pattern of killings, arbitrary…

To commemorate this year’s Human Rights Day, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) invited members…

Afghanistan’s worsening humanitarian crisis is being driven by the accelerating erosion of fundamental rights –…

A social media ban for children under 16 came into effect in Australia on Wednesday,…

In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human…

From a walk in the woods, to spending time with family in the comfort of…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk has voiced concern over reports that “draconian security laws”…

Mothers who’ve been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature…

Civilians in Ukraine are facing almost daily attacks and growing hardship as Russia’s full-scale invasion…

A year after the fall of the Assad regime opened the door to political and…

As Sudan’s civil war intensified on Monday, top UN officials condemned the killing of dozens…

The UN Secretary-General has marked the first anniversary of the collapse of Bashar al-Assad’s regime,…

Talking to journalists earlier this week on his final day as the first UN Global Advocate…

Summary executions and other violations continue in Syria nearly a year after the fall of…

As the world prepares to mark Human Rights Day on 10 December,  the UN is warning…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday warned that Sudan risks “another El Fasher”…

The number of people facing acute food insecurity has tripled since 2016 to nearly 300…

Discussions around promoting greater inclusion of people with disabilities in society topped the agenda at…

The deadly legacy of conflicts old and new – from Gaza to Sudan and beyond…

For the first time in the country’s history, Syrians are preparing to publicly mark Human…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has condemned an Israeli raid on the Union of…

The President of the UN General Assembly called on Tuesday for greater action to uphold…

Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left behind in access to early…

Myanmar’s planned late-December elections are unfolding in what UN rights officials describe as an atmosphere…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR said on Friday that it was “appalled” by the…

Soaring inflation, fragile job markets and shrinking access to healthcare and education are pushing millions…

The humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher remains dire as mass displacement accelerates and aid…

Cartoons have long been used to provoke thought, raise questions and challenge power, but for…

More than one in four children globally – around 610 million – live with mothers…

For over two years, tens of thousands of people have been killed in Gaza. The…

Authorities in Nigeria are being urged to investigate the wave of abductions in the West…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, says major companies and fast-moving technologies…

Scolded for wanting to go to school as a girl and dismissed or ignored as…