Category: Human Rights

In Singapore, the UN rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for a stay of execution…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday called for a probe into Israel’s response…

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Friday condemned the “horrors” committed against civilians in Ukraine as the World…

As the coronavirus which causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, we cannot afford to ‘lose sight’…

The number of hungry people in the Sahel and West Africa has quadrupled over the last three…

A top UN-appointed human rights panel issued an appeal on Tuesday for faster progress towards…

The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution on Thursday calling for Russia to be suspended…

The current war in Ukraine, following the Russian invasion, has sparked all sorts of questions…

The UN chief on Friday paid tribute to the dozens of United Nations personnel who…

After a missile attack near the airport in Lviv in western Ukraine early on Friday,…

The threat of famine is very real in Somalia and South Sudan and urgent action…

Critical funding and timely action are needed to prevent a decaying tanker anchored close to…

A UN-led development plan for Ukraine launched on Monday, to provide immediate economic help and…

In eastern Ukraine, a reported Russian missile attack on a railway station that’s killed dozens…

Increasing reports of sexual violence and human trafficking in Ukraine – allegedly committed against women…

Decrying the erosion of democracy in Brazil, a UN expert has called for authorities to…

The basic rights of older persons need to be protected today, more than ever before,…

Following this week’s crackdown on non-violent demonstrations in Sri Lanka, independent UN human rights experts…

Twelve years into the war in Syria, thousands of families “remain in the dark” when…

The UN paid tribute on Thursday to the one million people who were murdered in…

International Roma Day on 8 April is a key date to mark Romani culture, made…

The UN chief issued a statement on Wednesday welcoming the transition to a new African…

A UN human rights expert on Wednesday called for a full and independent investigation into…

The introduction of a series of measures in El Salvador in response to a rise…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday urged authorities in Sri Lanka to defuse…

UN chief António Guterres on Tuesday added his voice to the growing international calls for a…

Senior UN officials have echoed the Secretary-General’s call for an independent investigation into the killing…

New York Times writer Nikole Hannah-Jones, best know for the 1619 Project, which frames slavery…

Humanitarians must have full and unimpeded access to children arbitrarily held in detention centres in…

A new UN initiative aims to promote greater inclusion and acceptance of transgender children, and…

Since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, more than 4 million people have fled…

Nearly half of all pregnancies, totalling 121 million each year worldwide, are unintended, according to…

The United Nations on Tuesday remembered the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade and its continued…

More than two decades after the signing of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (PoA)…

Many of Libya’s migrant detention centres remain places of terrible and systematic abuse, that may…

A deepening crackdown on civil society in Libya, has prompted the concern of the UN…

Calling on the international community to accept and adopt the recent findings in his report,…

Ongoing violence in Ukraine has left millions of people “in constant fear” of indiscriminate shelling,…

“Let us stand united against racism and together build societies based on dignity, equality and…

What independent UN human rights experts are describing as an ongoing smear campaign against a…

Women across the world face unacceptable mistreatment during childbirth, according to a new study from…

Following a U-turn over re-opening girls’ secondary schools in Afghanistan on Wednesday, the UN human…

The UN’s top rights official said on Monday that amidst a “profound crisis” facing access to…

Widespread sexual violence against women and girls in conflict is being fueled by systemic impunity,…

In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), more commonly known as North Korea, human…

The head of UN refugee agency UNHCR, spoke out on Monday against the “ugly reality”…

Racism continues to poison institutions, social structures, and everyday life across all societies, the UN…

Security forces in Myanmar have killed at least 1,600 people and detained more than 12,500,…

The UN human rights chief has condemned the beheading of 81 people by Saudi Arabia…

Since Russia invaded Ukraine, 31 attacks on health care have been documented by the World…