Category: Human Rights

Silence is not an option in the fight for human rights – that was the…

The Human Rights Council on Wednesday heard gruesome testimony of torture, rape and execution of…

Top independent experts reported to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, putting the…

A relative of two Syrians tortured and murdered by the Assad regime has spoken of…

The Iranian Government has continued to ramp up efforts to restrict the rights of civilians…

The Constitutional Declaration issued by Syria’s caretaker authorities marks a pivotal moment in the country’s…

Governments everywhere are “letting children down instead of lifting them up” as conflict, hunger, poverty…

Senior human rights investigators reporting to the UN Human Rights Council alleged on Thursday that…

Children make up almost four in 10 victims of trafficking worldwide, but the true number of…

Days of violence against Syria’s mainly ethnic Alawite communities have included the summary execution of…

Haiti is in freefall. Gangs are tightening their grip on the capital, violence is spreading,…

At a time of growing backlash against women’s rights, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark…

In Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar refugee settlements, child malnutrition has surged and cuts to aid funding…

States must do more to prevent cyberbullying and overcome unequal access to assistive technology from…

Attacks across Ukraine on Friday reportedly left 21 civilians dead and scores injured, making it…

The killing of civilians in coastal areas in northwest Syria must cease immediately, the UN…

The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher…

The people of Syria’s painful search for a peaceful future took centre stage at the…

A UN report released on Wednesday has uncovered a pattern of grave human rights violations…

In the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), insecurity and horrific sexual violence have…

As 120 conflicts rage around the world from the DR Congo to Gaza and from Sudan…

Myanmar is mired in one of the world’s worst human rights crises, UN High Commissioner…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Thursday called for an end to the “abhorrent,…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) together with refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday strongly condemned…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in…

International efforts to eradicate the death penalty came into sharp focus at the Human Rights…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) has issued a stark warning about ongoing violence in Colombia…

With no end to numerous protracted conflicts – not least in Ukraine, three years to…

The iconic multi-hue ceilinged UN Human Rights Council chamber in Geneva got a generational make-over…

In recent years, the term “social justice” has become a significant part of public discourse,…

The UN human rights office (OHCHR) on Tuesday sounded the alarm over escalating rights abuses…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, on Friday condemned the intensifying Israeli military operation in…

A new report from UN Human Rights Council-mandated experts monitoring Belarus on Friday said that…

The repression of mass protests in Bangladesh last year that toppled longtime prime minister Sheikh…

In January 2025, short-range drones caused more casualties than any other weapon in Ukraine, the…

The UN human rights office, OHCHR, called on Monday for Israel and Hamas to ensure…

 Tens of thousands of people went missing in Syria during the Assad family’s rule, which…

Two mass graves likely containing the bodies of migrants have been discovered in Libya, highlighting…

The civilian death toll in Sudan has surged dramatically, with at least 275 people killed…

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday condemned an executive order signed by United States…

UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Friday expressed profound concerns at the ongoing violent escalation in…

Widespread pillaging and the destruction of property in Syria by all parties to the conflict…

Gang violence in Haiti continues to have a devastating impact on the population, according to…

Marian Anderson, one of the most celebrated singers of the 20th century, performed at the…

Migrants who have been deported from the Dominican Republic to Haiti – the two Caribbean…

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has voiced deep alarm over reports…

Latest reports from Goma in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) from UN teams…

Hate continues to grow at an alarming speed, and the world must do more to…

A report from UN human rights investigators for Syria released on Monday has laid bare…

On this day, 80 years ago, some 7,000 prisoners who had been left to starve…