Category: Human Rights

Achieving a world where all people have equal access to opportunities is a goal worth fighting for, UN…

The COVID-19 pandemic has played into the hands of slavers and traffickers and requires stronger…

Worldwide, persons with disabilities experience higher levels of unemployment and economic inactivity than non-disabled persons. Ahead…

A pattern of enforced disappearance – and impunity for such acts – persists in Iraq,…

A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Egyptian authorities to “immediately…

Iran must halt any planned execution of Iranian-Swedish academic Ahmadreza Djalali, who has not been…

The killing of an Afro-Brazilian man, and the widespread outrage it has sparked, underscores the…

COVID-19 is overshadowing what has become a “pandemic of femicide” and related gender-based violence against women and girls, said independent UN human…

The United Nations and 15 of its agencies have underlined their support for data collection…

Voicing concerns over increasing restrictions on civil society in Cambodia, a group of independent UN…

More than three months on from the disputed presidential election in Belarus, the Belarusian Government…

There is increasing concern about the worsening security situation in Cabo Delgado province in northern…

Disturbing reports of an alleged massacre have surfaced in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, amid fighting between national…

 It is “vital” that technical experts be granted immediate access to a rusting oil tanker threatening…

A UN rights committee has called on social media platforms to use big data and artificial intelligence…

The only way to fight the COVID-19 crisis is to make affordable vaccines available to…

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the world is reckoning with the disproportionate and severe impact that…

From domestic violence to sexual abuse, online harassment and increased child marriage, gender-based violence (GBV) is “a…

The COVID-19 pandemic is “hitting women hard”, but most nations are failing to provide sufficient…

The work of UN-appointed independent rights experts is at risk from a critical lack of…

Independent UN human rights experts have called on the Government of Nigeria to immediately release…

An independent UN human rights expert has voiced concern over an Indian Supreme Court order…

At the end of a week-long meeting in Switzerland, the parties to the conflict in…

Not only COVID-19, but climate protests, struggles for more inclusive politics, human rights and waning…

A group of UN independent human rights experts have called on Belarus to release prominent…

An independent UN human rights expert has called on Mali’s coup leaders to release former…

This year’s International Day of Sign Languages is being commemorated in the midst of a…

The assaults by security forces in Myanmar on villages in Rakhine state “need to stop”,…

The COVID-19 pandemic may have prevented world leaders coming to New York to address the…

The international community “should not be neutral” on enforced disappearance, independent UN human rights experts said on Monday, calling…

Spain violated the right to inclusive education of a child with disabilities, an independent UN…

The Belarus Government should end “violent crackdowns” and “increasing repression” against protesters who are still…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has urged Turkey to launch an immediate independent…

UN-appointed investigators have issued fresh warnings about ongoing rights violations and impunity in Burundi, since…

Grave rights violations against anti-government protesters in Venezuela, “amounted to crimes against humanity”, UN-appointed rights investigators…

Unless governments act now, millions of the world’s most vulnerable people could be pushed into contemporary forms…

Despite a reduction in largescale hostilities since a ceasefire in March, the UN Syrian Commission…

The United Nations marked the annual International Day of Democracy, on Tuesday, calling on world…

A group of five independent UN human rights experts have strongly condemned the summary execution…

UN Member States gathered in person in Geneva on Monday for a new session of…

Clampdowns on the media have increased sharply in 2020, the UN cultural agency said on…

The first ever direct talks between Afghan Government representatives and the Taliban which began on…

75 years on from the founding of the UN, young people are being enlisted to…

Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday expressed deep concern over the continued use of force against…

A proposed new anti-terrorism law in Switzerland could set a dangerous precedent for the suppression…

Voicing deep concern over detention and arrests of trade unionists in Belarus, the head of…

The war in Yemen continues to ravage the country and its people, senior UN-appointed rights…

An independent UN human rights investigator called the overturned verdict of Saudi Arabia’s prosecutor in…

UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet on Tuesday urged Russia to carry out or cooperate with a rapid and transparent criminal investigation…

Independent UN rights experts have called on the Government of Pakistan to end the secret…