COVID-19 stoking xenophobia, hate and exclusion, minority rights expert warns
Combatting the COVID-19 pandemic must also include stamping out what one independent human rights expert…
Category: Human Rights
Human rights must be maintained in beating back the COVID-19 pandemic, ‘without exception’ – UN experts
Dozens of independent UN human rights experts stressed on Thursday that in addition to public…
FROM THE FIELD: Threatened Brazilian activist fights for slavery descendants’ rights
A Brazilian activist who regularly receives threats of violence says he will continue fighting for…
UN rights chief urges quick action by governments to prevent devastating impact of COVID-19 in places of detention
COVID-19 has begun to strike in prisons, jails and immigration detention centres, UN High Commissioner…
Moving forward requires confronting slavery’s ‘racist legacy’: UN chief
In his message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and…
Ease sanctions against countries fighting COVID-19: UN human rights chief
As the COVID-19 pandemic progresses, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday called for an easing…
UN expert raises alarm over migrant, asylum seeker ‘pushbacks’ at Turkey-Greece border
Greece must take immediate action to end the violence against migrants and asylum seekers at…
UN rights chief urges South Sudan authorities to address inter-communal violence
Authorities in South Sudan must address intercommunal violence if the nation is to achieve lasting…
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Preventing discrimination against people with disabilities in COVID-19 response
Unless Governments and communities take action, discrimination against people with disabilities could increase during the COVID-19 pandemic, an expert with the…
Talking to your children about coronavirus: Let them know you’re listening, remind them you care
As many adults are overwhelmed and anxious about the coronavirus pandemic, the United Nations shined…
UN human rights chief: racism and xenophobia are ‘contagious killers’ too
The coronavirus outbreak may have forced millions around the world already into “social distancing”, keeping…
Iran: BBC and other broadcast journalists harassed; families threatened – UN experts
Threats, unlawful surveillance and harassment by the authorities, are just some of the concerns facing…
Educate children in their mother tongue, urges UN rights expert
Children from linguistic minorities should be taught in their own mother tongue, said the UN…
Democracy is sliding away in Myanmar, warns top rights investigator
Daily fighting in Myanmar, widespread internet blackouts and reporting restrictions, indicate that the shift to…
UN programme to help spare millions from child marriage, extended to 2024
Millions of girls have been able to avoid “an unwanted marriage and an unwelcome end…
Burundi election countdown amid ‘deteriorating’ human rights situation
Two months ahead of Burundi’s planned local and presidential elections, senior UN-appointed independent rights investigators…
COVID-19: countries, businesses must safeguard human rights as virus spreads: Bachelet
As the COVID-19 coronavirus continues to spread globally, the UN’s top human rights official appealed…
Violent extremism prevention ‘only effective’ if human rights are enshrined
Many global programmes aimed at countering violent extremism have negative impacts on human rights and…
Human rights defenders, too often left defenceless themselves – UN expert
Human rights defenders working in conflict and post-conflict situations need to be given greater recognition,…
World remains a ‘violent, highly discriminatory place’ for girls
Twenty-five years after the historic Beijing women’s conference in China – a milestone in advancing…
Myanmar doing too little to ensure displaced Rohingya return: UN refugee agency chief
UN agencies together with the Bangladesh authorities have appealed for $877 million to support hundreds…
No country is free from child sexual abuse, exploitation, UN’s top rights forum hears
Child sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and the use of children in prostitution “are a reality…
Use of religious beliefs to justify rights violations must be outlawed says UN expert
Laws underpinned by religious conviction that discriminate against women and the LGBT+ community should be repealed,…
US Israel-Palestinian peace plan a ‘mockery’, upends long-standing consensus – International Conference hears
The United States’ announcement of a new vision for ending the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, touted as…
Connecticut prison warning: Prolonged solitary confinement may ‘amount to torture’, UN expert warns
The “excessive use” of solitary confinement by the prison service in the US state of…
Myanmar: ‘Multidimensional and long-standing’ root causes behind rights minority abuses, says Bachelet
The Human Rights Council on Thursday held an interactive dialogue with UN rights chief, Michelle…
Impunity persists for alleged violations in Occupied Palestinian Territories, UN Human Rights Council hears
Justice is still absent for Palestinian demonstrators shot by Israeli soldiers during weekly protests in Gaza, the UN Human Rights Council heard on Wednesday. Read Original Article: Impunity persists for alleged violations in…
UN human rights chief warns of women’s rights complacency
Michelle Bachelet, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, has warned against complacency on women’s…
UN panel to rally global political will to tackle internal displacement crisis
Forty-one million people around the world are internally displaced – and hundreds of thousands more…
With Gaza violence ‘escalating as we speak,’ UN envoy calls for ‘immediate stop’
It is no longer enough to reaffirm past agreements on resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a senior UN envoy, who said on Monday that it…
With human rights under attack, UN chief unveils blueprint for positive change
People’s basic human rights – their birth-right – are “under assault”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres…
Situation in central Mali ‘deteriorating’ as violence, impunity rise, UN rights expert warns
The growing violence has contributed to a deteriorating security situation in central Mali, with impunity…
Cameroon: UN officials raise alarm over escalating violence, call for civilian protection
Four senior UN officials issued a joint statement on Friday deploring the continued human rights…
On World Social Justice Day, the UN labour agency says ‘put people and planet first’
Reduce inequality around the world, the United Nations labour agency urged on Thursday, World Social…
‘Deliberate starvation’ tactics used in South Sudan could be a war crime
The people of South Sudan have been “deliberately starved” in different parts of the country for ethnic and political reasons, and sexual…
UN rights experts ‘gravely’ concerned at spike in civilian casualties in north-west Myanmar following internet shutdown
Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday voiced grave concern over the killing and displacement of civilians…
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Guterres ‘deeply concerned’ over deadly assault in northwest Cameroon
United Nations Secretary-General has extended his deepest condolences to the families of those killed in…
UN rights chief, agencies appalled at civilian toll in war-torn Syria’s north-east
Facing freezing temperatures and bombing, more than 900,000 civilians in Syria’s north-west have been forced…
Database of businesses linked to Israeli settlements ‘important initial step’ towards accountability: rights expert
A database of 112 businesses connected to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory has…
Transitional justice processes critical to lasting peace, Security Council hears
For countries to move forward after conflict or mass atrocities, suffering must be acknowledged and justice…
‘We must all do more’ to protect children in armed conflict: UN chief
On the International Day against the Use of Child Soldiers, UN Secretary-General António Guterres emphasized…
FROM THE FIELD: ‘A piece of me’ was taken – women talk about genital mutilation
“My flesh has been taken away, but I can never give away my heart”; those…
$1.4 billion needed this year to fund UN’s agency for Palestine refugees
A minimum of $1.4 billion is needed to fund the UN Relief and Works Agency…
US Middle East peace plan ‘lopsided’, says independent UN rights expert
A United States plan released this week to resolve the decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is “lopsided” and…
Do not confuse food charity with ‘right to food’, UN expert tells Italians, labelling food system exploitative
A sophisticated Italian food system is placing a heavy burden on Italy’s workers and farmers,…
Iraq: Solutions needed ‘urgently’ to quell ongoing violence, break political deadlock
Amidst ongoing anti-government protests, rising casualties and the likelihood of further demonstrations, the top UN…
Stepped-up efforts needed to combat pneumonia; save nearly nine million children’s lives
Scaling up pneumonia-related interventions could save the lives of nearly nine million children during the…
2019: A deadly year for migrants crossing the Americas
More than 800 people died last year crossing deserts, rivers and remote lands while migrating…
Iraq: UN human rights report voices concern over conduct of ISIL fighter trials
A new UN report published on Tuesday shows that while considerable effort has been made by Iraqi authorities to bring former ISIL terrorist fighters to justice,…
‘Carry our stories forward’: Holocaust survivors share powerful testimonies at UN
When the Nazis invaded Poland, overnight, nine-year-old Theodor Meron became “a refugee, out of school,…