Category: Human Rights

Amidst recent allegations of war prisoners being summarily executed in Ukraine, UN High Commissioner for…

The latest actions by Taliban de facto authorities targeting women and girls “should be investigated…

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is not only one of the worst forms of…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk urged the Human Rights Council on Thursday to set…

Every 11 minutes, a woman or girl is killed by an intimate partner or family…

More than 40 people have been killed in Iran during the past week, including two…

Saudi Arabia must adopt a moratorium on executions for drug-related offenses, the UN human rights…

Concluding a six-day official visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK), a UN-appointed independent human rights…

Countries must step up efforts to combat the global emergency of child exploitation and abuse,…

Independent human rights experts are in dialogue with Egyptian and UN authorities over the harassment…

Children across the Middle East and North Africa Region (MENA) are again confronting a surge…

Racism and discrimination against children based on their ethnicity, language and religion, are rife in…

The new UN human rights chief ended his first country visit on Wednesday explaining that…

Prisoners of war on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine have told UN human…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Tuesday for the immediate release of thousands of Iranian…

A steep rise in civilian casualties across Somalia, largely at the hands of Al-Shabaab militants,…

At a time when geopolitical divides threaten to spark new conflicts and make older ones…

Authorities in Liberia, as well as businesses operating there, must prioritize people over profits and…

A UN Human Rights Council-appointed probe into alleged rights violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory…

Sixteen UN-appointed independent human rights experts encouraged Iranian authorities on Friday to stop indicting people with…

The family and lawyers of a jailed Saudi activist, who reportedly is being held incommunicado,…

In a report issued on Tuesday, UN human rights experts outline how discrimination affects black…

Five UN-appointed independent human rights experts called on Tuesday for Türkiye to stop using counter-terrorism legislation…

UN Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk on Tuesday appealed for Egypt to free a…

Although the global cost-of-living crisis will be an obstacle to eradicating poverty by 2030, countries…

With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled…

Sweden should step up efforts to fight systemic racism and focus on strategies to restore…

Warring factions in Yemen are being urged to extend a UN-mediated truce following reports of…

People affected by leprosy should be fully recognized as persons with disabilities, both at the…

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, on Friday called for stronger political commitment…

Amid continuing gang warfare and a vacuum of law and order, Haiti is “on the…

Immediate action is needed to save young lives in Haiti amid the “triple threat” of…

Israel’s occupation is illegal and indistinguishable from a “settler-colonial” situation, which must end, as a…

Condemnation of the brutal and on-going crackdown of protests in Iran is “not enough”, said…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, on Wednesday called for a moratorium…

UN independent human rights experts on Tuesday demanded real accountability for the year-long brutal crackdown…

The right to life, food, development, self-determination, water and sanitation, and adequate housing, is being…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday appealed for calm and restraint in Chad…

Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory is unlawful under international law due to its permanence and…

Progress on the 2018 peace agreement for South Sudan has been “extremely slow”, UN human…

The Independent Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine, presented its first detailed written report to the…

Parties to the conflict in the Tigray region of Ethiopia must cease all hostilities immediately…

As the number of children reportedly killed by Iranian security forces in relation to ongoing…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) expressed growing concern on Friday over the adoption by…

Finland’s failure to repatriate its own child citizens held for years in camps under life-threating…

Migrants in Libya who are compelled to accept so-called ‘assisted returns’ to their countries of…

In marking the 10th anniversary of the International Day of the Girl Child on Tuesday, the UN…

Marking the 20th World Day Against the Death Penalty, two UN-appointed independent human rights experts on…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has called for investigations into deaths and injuries resulting…

Authorities in Egypt must ensure civil society can safely and fully participate in the COP27…