Human Rights

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk told journalists at a press conference in Khartoum that the military takeover...

Statelessness is “a pervasive and grave human rights violation”, as well as “a blight on humanity”, he said. “Deprived of...

Alaa Abdel Fattah has been arrested many times over more than decade for his activism around violations perpetrated by the...

Mr. Türk has echoed calls from the UN Secretary-General to extend the truce and to work towards a negotiated settlement...

He warned that the latest alarming airstrikes risk seriously worsening the already devastating impact the fighting is having on civilians....

Staff are closely following the human rights situation in the West African country since soldiers ousted Paul-Henri Damiba, who had...

This new wave of reprisals follows years of persistent crackdowns on civil society and human rights defenders, using security as...

The laureates are Ales Bialiatski, a jailed activist in Belarus, the civil society organisations Memorial, which was forced to close...

One of the amendments is a revision of the criminal code that establishes sentences of up to three years in...

“The reality remains that in practice it is almost impossible for States to impose capital punishment while meeting their obligations...

The CRC published its decision after considering a case filed on behalf of six Finnish children who were born in...

“When girls are supported to realize their human rights, they can reach their potential and create a better world for...

“This desperate situation requires all concerned to ensure that no migrant is compelled to accept assisted return to an unsafe...

The Committee issued its ground-breaking decision after examining a joint complaint filed by eight Australian nationals and six of their children –...

Mahsa Amini was arrested a week ago by Iran’s “morality police” in Teheran. The 22-year-old, whose Kurdish name is Jhina...