Category: Human Rights

Human rights have been battered in the COVID-19 pandemic but recovery represents a chance to…

Iran committed multiple human rights violations in shooting downing Ukraine International Airlines (UIA) Flight PS752…

In response to the Biden Administration’s announced review into closing the infamous Guantánamo Bay detention centre…

Civilian casualties in Afghanistan witnessed a sharp rise since peace negotiations started in September last…

On the opening day of a new UN Human Rights Council session on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated his “full support to the people…

Human rights are not just a theory: they have an immediate impact on people’s lives….

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the lethal use of force against peaceful protestors in…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, appealed on Friday for a de-escalation in hostilities in…

Extreme violence and attacks involving thousands of fighters at a time have engulfed more than…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) is “very concerned” over recent attacks against judicial independence…

India’s decision to end autonomy in Jammu and Kashmir and restrict the participation of minorities…

Along with an end to the “instrumentalization” of humanitarian aid, victims of Syria’s decade-long civil…

United Nations independent human rights experts called on Thursday for the authorities in Venezuela to stop…

Sixty-five journalists, media professionals and human rights defenders were killed in Afghanistan between 1 January…

An increased use of force and the reported deployment of armoured vehicles to major cities…

To mark Valentine’s Day, the annual 14 February celebration of love and affection, Gita Sabharwal,…

At the end of a two-week visit to Venezuela, an independent UN human rights expert…

UN independent human rights experts appealed on Thursday for authorities in Egypt to remove two…

The ruling of the International Criminal Court (ICC) that is does have jurisdiction over grave…

The UN Secretary-General has welcomed a commitment from the new US administration to “reengage immediately and robustly” with the Human Rights…

“An unknown number” of foreign nationals have died while being detained in squalid camps in…

United Nations independent human rights experts on Monday voiced grave concerns over increasingly severe use…

The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) has called on authorities and protesters in India…

The COVID-19 pandemic is increasing the risk of female genital mutilation or FGM, with the…

Three high-level UN officials on Friday issued a statement calling for Israel to end demolitions…

Following the disappearance in Paraguay of a teenage girl and killing of two 11-year-olds, the…

Before Vered Kater became a dedicated health worker, traveling to developing countries to administer aid to…

A group of UN independent human rights experts on Thursday welcomed the United States’ decision…

Elections this year in the Occupied Palestinian Territories will be “a crucial step” towards Palestinian…

A young man in northern Uganda has been talking about how he was abducted as…

United Nations independent human rights experts, on Thursday, condemned the hanging of a prisoner from…

Torture claims among people detained for security or terrorism-related offences in Afghanistan remain high, according…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, expressed dismay on Wednesday over the sentencing of Russian…

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) is gravely concerned by “credible accounts of forced labour”…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, has warned against potential crimes against humanity in the Democratic…

Migrants and people without jobs are among the groups most targeted by human traffickers, the…

An independent UN human rights expert condemned on Monday the murder of an indigenous environmental…

A UN human rights commission on South Sudan has welcomed developments towards the establishment of…

The European Union’s failure to lift 20 million people out of poverty by 2020, is…

The imminent execution in Iran of a man who was allegedly tortured into confessing that…

Having grown up a Jewish child in Nazi-occupied Europe, Irene Butter said on Wednesday during…

Child rights must be considered in measures designed to contain coronavirus spread, the UN’s advocate for boys and girls caught in armed…

The world must stand with the “utmost determination against antisemitism”, the Chancellor of German told…

The handover of a former Central African Republic (CAR) militia leader and war crimes suspect…

Three months since fighting began in Ethiopia’s northern state of Tigray, there’s grave concern for…

A UN rights committee said on Wednesday that Italy failed in its international obligations to…

More must be done to thwart neo-Nazis and white supremacists who are using the COVID-19…

UN independent rights experts on Tuesday, described Israel’s conviction of human rights defender Issa Amro earlier this month, as showing disdain for the country’s international obligations.  …

The Sri Lankan Government should end its policy of compulsorily cremating victims of COVID-19, independent UN human…

Trafficked and sexually exploited woman and girls can find themselves facing prosecution and conviction for…