Category: Human Rights

The UN chief in his message to mark Monday’s International Day in honour of Nelson Mandela, hailed…

The UN human rights office said on Saturday it was deeply concerned by worsening violence…

A group of independent UN human rights experts have condemned reports of escalating violence targeting…

The conviction of an Iranian official by a Swedish court for his part in the…

The decision by a Philippines court to uphold the conviction of campaigning journalist Maria Ressa…

Top UN-appointed independent rights experts have condemned Russia’s “continued and heightened crackdown on civil society…

The annual UN report on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC), released on Monday, details the…

Social protection for rural workers “remains a dream”, according to a report launched in Geneva…

The United States must withdraw unilateral sanctions which are resulting in discrimination against academics from…

Following the killings of at least 23 Brazilians during police raids and checks, UN-appointed independent…

The UN human rights chief called on Tuesday for a prompt, impartial and “transparent investigation”…

UN chief António Guterres lent his support on Tuesday to international efforts to rebuild Ukraine, as a…

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are characterized by…

New suspected mass graves have been uncovered in Tarhuna, Libya, a Human Rights Council probe…

The UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday expressed alarm over the killing of…

A week since the US Supreme Court overturned a landmark, 50-year-old judgement guaranteeing access to…

The situation for women is so desperate in Afghanistan that they are committing suicide at…

UN-appointed rights investigators announced on Thursday that they’ve launched a probe into an alleged massacre…

Myanmar’s military junta is responsible for shocking violence against children caught up in the bloody…

Syria’s humanitarian needs are at their highest ever and any move to block aid from…

The deterioration of human rights in Belarus continues to engulf the country in a climate…

Societies everywhere are beset by “global diseases” including systemic inequality which have helped fuel a…

The deaths of at least 23 migrants seeking to reach Spanish territory from Morocco should…

A “staggering” average of 71 verified grave violations a day, are committed against children by…

“High level” violence has resulted in “scores of Palestinian and Israeli casualties”, the UN Special…

Although climate change threatens everyone, women and girls often suffer its harshest and most violent…

Trying the gravest crimes, involving victims, ensuring fair trials, complementing national tribunals: in its first…

Leaders in Bosnia and Herzegovina must abandon divisive policies and focus on building an inclusive…

Friday’s decision by the US Supreme Court which overturns the 50-year-old Roe v Wade judgement…

Israeli forces were behind the fatal shooting of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in…

The dramatic real-life effects of shutdowns of the internet on people’s lives and human rights…

Over the past two years, there has been “an unprecedented increase in all forms of…

Indigenous women and girls face grave, systematic, and continuous acts of violence that permeate every…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, is urging Iran to call off plans to amputate…

The UN Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide briefed the Security Council on Tuesday, reinforcing concerns already…

A shocking new UN report released on Tuesday indicates that the number of crisis-impacted school-aged children requiring…

Civic space is shrinking, together with a rise in human rights violations during peaceful protests…

In Colombia, decades of violence and armed conflict created significant obstacles to human development and…

After two decades of dictatorship, The Gambia is on the road towards democracy and respect…

Hate speech incites violence, undermines diversity and social cohesion and “threatens the common values and…

A UN human rights expert on Friday urged the United Kingdom to halt its controversial policy…

Sexual violence has become a brutal tactic of warfare and repression that “terrorizes populations, destroys…

The human rights situation in Nicaragua has continued to decline over the past three months,…

The Afghanistan people are experiencing some of “the darkest moments” in a generation the UN…

UN independent human rights experts have deplored the recent violent crackdown on civil society in…

The reported use of live ammunition by security forces in Tanzania, against ethnic Maasai herders,…

Every year, one in six people aged 60 years and older experience some form of…

The UN’s top rights official expressed her concern on Wednesday at reports that Ukrainian children…

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that the International Health…

We have the tools to end the “systemic marginalization” of persons with disabilities, the UN…