Mystery surrounds Algeria article branded ‘complete fabrication’ by UN rights office
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) is dismissing as a “complete fabrication” an Algerian news…
Category: Human Rights
25 years after Beijing’s Women Conference, significance ‘undimmed’
Exactly 25 years after the historic world conference in Beijing on the advancement and equality…
UN dismayed over US sanctions on top International Criminal Court officials
The UN Secretary-General on Wednesday noted “with concern” the imposition by the United States of…
Deal to reduce recent Gaza tensions will aid fight against COVID-19
The top UN official in the Middle East has hailed an agreement to reduce the…
Attacks on journalists are attacks on all civil society: UN rights chief
UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet has urged all countries to do more to protect journalists, especially during…
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Enforced disappearances ‘rife across the world’ – UN chief
More than a human rights violation against an individual, enforced disappearances have frequently been used…
New killings after Jacob Blake shooting reveal chronic problems still to be overcome in US
Disturbing video footage purportedly showing a teenager involved in a deadly shooting in the US…
UN rights chief urges DR Congo to protect Nobel laureate Mukwege amid death threats
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has condemned death threats made against Congolese…
New guidelines aim to dismantle barriers blocking people with disabilities from access to justice
The first-ever guidelines on access to justice for people with disabilities are an “indispensable contribution”…
Myanmar: Upcoming elections an opportunity to take a new inclusive democratic path
The Government of Myanmar should embrace upcoming national elections, scheduled for November, as an opportunity…
UN rights expert calls for ceasefire, commitment from all stakeholders to ensure free elections in Central African Republic
The UN’s expert on human rights in the Central African Republic (CAR) issued a series…
Deliberate silencing of peaceful voices in Iraq ‘unacceptable’, says UN human rights chief
A new UN report launched on Thursday highlights human rights violations and abuses that were…
Human rights are the ‘means by which governments can successfully beat pandemics’, says UNAIDS chief
Some of the world’s most marginalized and defenseless communities have fallen victim to violence and…
UN human rights office welcomes moves to curtail spread of hatred and violence online
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has welcomed steps taken by social media companies to…
More ‘can and must be done’ to eradicate caste-based discrimination in Nepal
Shocked over the killing last weekend of five men in Nepal, who had planned to…
US must take ‘serious action’ to halt police killings of unarmed African Americans
The UN human rights chief on Thursday condemned the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd while…
‘Lockdown generation’ of young workers will need extra help after COVID-19, urges UN labour chief
Further evidence of the unprecedented impact of COVID-19 on the global job market has emerged…
US states ‘manipulating’ COVID-19 pandemic to restrict abortion access, rights experts charge
Independent UN human rights experts fear that some authorities in the United States are using…
Victims of intercommunal violence in South Sudan deserve ‘justice, truth and reparations’: Bachelet
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Friday condemned a fresh wave of intercommunal…
Coronavirus impact on world’s indigenous, goes well beyond health threat
The COVID-19 pandemic is having a devastating impact on the world’s indigenous peoples that stretches…
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Unite against hate and violence targeting LGBTI people: UN officials
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is calling for people everywhere to support the right to live…
Coronavirus lockdowns in Central America, exploited by criminal gangs
Chronic violence, insecurity and now COVID-related restrictions have put tens of thousands of Central Americans…
UN rights chief warns against mishandling the lifting of COVID-19 lockdowns
The UN Human Rights High Commissioner on Thursday warned of potential risks as more countries…
Hong Kong urged to drop prosecutions of leading activists, not to silence peaceful protest
Independent UN human rights experts urged Hong Kong authorities on Wednesday to immediately drop the…
UN officials call for release of detained Palestinian children amid pandemic
Three senior United Nations officials in the Middle East are calling for the release of…
UN rights office concerned over migrant boat pushbacks in the Mediterranean
Restrictions against humanitarians who rescue migrant boats in the central Mediterranean are putting lives at…
Syria violence ‘a ticking time-bomb that must not be ignored’: UN human rights chief
As civilian casualties mount across Syria and human rights violations continue unabated, the UN rights…
Corruption, political blockages, threaten international efforts to help Bosnia and Herzegovina weather coronavirus
Bosnia and Herzegovina is weathering the COVID-19 outbreak better than some other nations, but there’s…
Venezuelans ‘teetering on the brink of survival’ warn UN human rights experts
United Nations independent experts demanded on Wednesday that the Venezuelan Government take concrete actions to…
Attacks on civilians, arbitrary arrests, top list of abuses in Libya: ICC Prosecutor
Unabated violence, particularly in and around the Libyan capital, has now been raging for more…
‘Rights and dignity’ of older people must be respected during COVID-19 and beyond
The COVID-19 fatality rate for people over 80-years-old, is five times the global average, the…
Lift Cuba embargo or risk many lives lost to COVID-19, UN rights experts warn US
The United States must urgently lift its blockade on Cuba to save lives amid the…
UN committed to a ‘brighter future’ for Haiti, as independent rights experts call for more action on behalf of cholera victims
A group of 13 independent UN human rights experts on Thursday called on the UN chief, António Guterres, to…
Coronavirus and human rights: New guidance highlights support for persons with disabilities
New guidance issued on Thursday sets out key actions, to counter what the UN High…
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties down, but hundreds still killed, despite US-Taliban deal
In the first quarter of 2020, the number of civilian casualties in Afghanistan fell by…
‘Toxic lockdown culture’ of repressive coronavirus measures hits most vulnerable
Disturbing details have emerged from dozens of countries that a “toxic lockdown culture” against the…
Human rights ‘uplift everyone’; must guide COVID-19 recovery response, says UN chief
The coronavirus pandemic is not only a critical public health danger, it is also a human, economic and social emergency that is “fast becoming a human rights crisis”, the UN chief…
UN rights chief rejects killings acknowledged by Cameroon, and Iran’s execution of child offenders
The UN’s human rights chief has been weighing in on recent killings committed by State…
COVID-19: Rights experts highlight LGBTI discrimination, antisemitism
New guidance from the UN human rights office, issued on Friday, sets out key actions…
COVID-19 environmental roll back ‘irrational’ and irresponsible’: rights expert
Countries must not use the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to weaken environmental protection and…
Detained children at ‘grave risk’ of contracting COVID-19 – UNICEF chief
Hundreds of thousands of children in detention around the world are at “grave risk” of…
Living apart, ‘we must stand together’ to battle coronavirus pandemic – UN rights chief
The COVID-19 pandemic is a “colossal test of leadership”, the top UN rights official said…
Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in 2017 attacks, UN watchdog finds
The Syrian air force used deadly chemical weapons in three separate attacks in March 2017…
‘Say no to hate speech and xenophobia’, urges Guterres, marking 26 years since genocide in Rwanda
Remembering the more than one million people who over the course of just 100 days,…
Prison shelling in Yemen kills five women and a child: UN rights chief condemns possible war crime
The UN has condemned the shelling of the women’s section of the Central Prison in a…
Rights experts warn against discrimination in COVID-19 response
Fearing a needless increase in COVID-19 deaths due to discrimination, UN independent human rights experts…
Political prisoners should be among first released in pandemic response, says UN rights chief
The decision by many Governments to release prisoners to slow the transmission of new coronavirus, was welcomed on Friday by the…
India: Migrant workers’ plight prompts UN call for ‘domestic solidarity’ in coronavirus battle
Pervasive challenges remain for hundreds-of-thousands of migrant workers in India whose lives were upended by…
Economic sanctions should be lifted to prevent hunger crises in countries hit by COVID-19 – UN rights expert
As the world exhibits new bonds of solidarity in response to the coronavirus pandemic, it…
Release inmates in Yemen to avert nationwide COVID-19 outbreak, experts urge
An international panel of human rights experts called today for the immediate release of political…