Category: Human Rights

When Salma* was just 15, she was forced to get married, even though she wanted…

A domestic war crimes court in Bangladesh sentenced former prime minister Sheikh Hasina and former…

Just how many people are still trapped in the Sudanese city of El Fasher? That’s…

Fifty-two prisoners have died in Haiti’s overcrowded prisons between July and September this year in…

Warnings of worsening humanitarian conditions in Sudan continue, despite reports of a ceasefire deal brokered by international mediators on…

Independent UN human rights investigators have heard first-hand accounts of torture, unlawful detention and the…

Nearly 100 people have been abducted or disappeared in Syria since January, the UN human…

The UN Special Adviser on genocide prevention has raised concerns over widespread allegations of war…

Civil society networks and private sector leaders crossed paths in the buzzing corridors of the…

UN agencies are stepping up relief operations to help civilians fleeing the escalating violence in…

The push to put social justice at the heart of global policymaking took centre stage…

As wearable devices begin to tap into our mental states, UN experts warn that without…

UN teams rushed to northern Afghanistan on Monday after a powerful 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck…

The UN is calling for restraint in Tanzania, amid deadly protests following the 29 October…

The Independent UN Fact-Finding Mission investigating alleged rights abuses in Iran says there has been…

Airstrikes carried out by the United States against alleged drug trafficking boats in the Caribbean…

Governments moving to restore ties with the Taliban risk legitimising oppression and deepening Afghanistan’s crisis,…

Russian armed forces conducted another large-scale combined attack across Ukraine in the early hours of…

Myanmar stands at a crossroads between impunity and humanitarian crisis, as escalating military airstrikes, widespread…

South Sudan faces a renewed slide into full-scale conflict unless urgent international action is taken,…

The chair of an independent commission investigating alleged human rights abuses in the Occupied Palestinian…

Russia’s abuse of national security and public safety laws to silence opposition to the war…

Sharp declines in global aid are undermining decades of human rights and development progress, the…

Drones operated by Russian forces have repeatedly attacked Ukrainian civilians, causing deaths, injuries and large-scale…

Grave atrocities, including summary executions are reportedly being carried out in the Darfuri regional capital…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory has warned of an…

Nearly 70,000 women in Afghanistan tune in to Radio Femme – an all-female-run online and…

Bangladesh has begun legal proceedings against security officials accused of sanctioning enforced disappearances and torture…

Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human…

The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to…

Recovery in Gaza must also include accountability for violations, the UN High Commissioner for Human…

The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to…

The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued…

The escalating political crisis in South Sudan is driving renewed armed violence and making the…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday condemned in the strongest terms the continued…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision…

As people celebrated across Gaza and Israel at the news of an agreement that could…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday welcomed the Nobel Peace Prize committee’s decision…

As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached…

The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing…

Dozens of bodies have been discovered at official and unofficial detention sites in Libya. The…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed…

Secretary-General António Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work…

Russian drone attacks against civilians in the Kherson region of Ukraine constitute crimes against humanity…

In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid…

Myanmar’s spiralling human rights crisis – fuelled by relentless military violence, systemic impunity and economic…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has called for an immediate end to the…

After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on…

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) has deplored a deadly wave of…