Category: Human Rights

Despite suffering more than 100 bone fractures stemming from a life-long illness, 29-year-old Nicole Mesén…

UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday said they were “deeply disturbed” by reports of…

A UN independent human rights expert criticized the United States for using extraterritorial jurisdiction to…

The Syrian conflict will only be resolved if all parties involved in it are prepared…

The Philippines violated the rights of women victims of sexual slavery by the Japanese military…

Draft migrant legislation proposed by the United Kingdom Government would result in a de facto…

Tackling current complex challenges requires fresh thinking and bolder political leadership to address abuses and…

Impunity is a major driver of the human rights and humanitarian crises in South Sudan,…

The Myanmar military has continuously used arbitrary lethal violence against its own people amid an…

Experts appointed by the UN Human Rights Council have expressed concern over reports of increased…

The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire against of backdrop of “complete” impunity for…

Continuing violence against political protesters in Peru must stop, UN-appointed independent experts insisted on Monday,…

A grain of rice, a golden collar, and a three-metre-long heavy wooden brace to trap…

The UN child rights committee on Friday commended Switzerland for swiftly granting asylum to four…

As violence mounts between Israelis and Palestinians, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk…

A UN body investigating discrimination complaints lodged by Qatar against the United Arab Emirates (UAE)…

More than a dozen people have been killed or wounded by traffickers as they attempted…

The United Nations has called on Nicaragua to allow access to the Organization’s human rights…

Authorities in Mexico are being urged to act to end what the United Nations High Commissioner…

Four United Nations human rights experts are calling for greater protection for Kenyan activists who…

While commending efforts by the French government to combat terrorism, a United Nations rights expert…

Gaza is on the verge of collapse and its people becoming increasingly desperate, a United…

Despite being the world’s 11th largest economy, a significant number of South Koreans are living…

Three independent UN-appointed human rights experts on Thursday demanded that the Spanish Government thoroughly investigate…

Two UN experts commended the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday for considering the admission…

The international community must promptly deny the legitimacy of Myanmar’s military junta, the UN-appointed independent…

Top UN-appointed independent rights experts on Tuesday called on the authorities in Mali to launch…

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for Member States to urge the military…

Top UN-appointed independent rights investigators on Monday urged the authorities to share more information on…

Online hate speech might seem like an unstoppable tide, but strategies are being employed by…

Online hate speech is a growing, worrying phenomenon that puts lives at risks. In the…

There is a general recognition across Venezuela’s political and social spectrum of the need for…

Antisemitism has been described as the canary in the coal mine of freedom, and with…

Whilst hate speech is nothing new, it has arguably been super-charged by the internet, which…

At a UN ceremony to mark the Holocaust on Friday, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that…

Racism in the United Kingdom is “structural, institutional and systemic”, independent UN human rights experts…

Nearly two years on from Myanmar’s brutal military coup against the democratically-elected government, the country…

The court order closing down Russia’s oldest human rights organization, the Moscow Helsinki Group (MHG),…

This year, the theme of the UN Holocaust Remembrance Day, marked on Friday, is “home…

Ambassadors, UN officials and experts from the international community have been sharing ways to better…

Fewer victims of people trafficking are being identified, even as the COVID-19 pandemic and other…

Authorities in Eswatini must launch a probe into the killing of a prominent human rights…

The UN deputy chief and head of UN Women have conveyed a direct message to…

Cambodia is poised to make strides towards the full social integration of gay, bisexual, and…

The ongoing collapse of the rule of law and judicial independence in Afghanistan is “a…

A South African court has allowed a group of UN-appointed experts to intervene in a…

The United Kingdom’s plans to offer limited immunity from prosecution to those accused of crimes…

The UN human rights chief on Wednesday appealed for greater protection for justice officials in…

Sri Lanka must fully compensate victims of the Easter Sunday 2019 terrorist attacks, the UN…

Addressing the Security Council on Tuesday, Ilze Brands Kehris, the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human…