More: Human Rights
A Healthy Environment is Now a Universal Human Right: But What Does the Recognition Mean?
On July 28, 2022, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) adopted a resolution that “recognizes the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment...
Myanmar spiralling ‘from bad to worse, to horrific’
Since the Myanmar military launched its “disastrous” coup last year, UN-appointed independent human rights expert Tom Andrews said on Wednesday that conditions have worsened, “by...
Rise in mercenary forces trigger ‘rampant’ human rights violations
Human rights violations committed by mercenaries and private security companies create grave challenges for victims seeking justice and redress, UN-appointed independent human rights experts warned...
Real house keys were brought under the eyes of 7,000 business leaders: “The human cost of war”
House keys are our most valuable asset - and yet the first thing that a person running away from a conflict no longer needs....
Human Rights Across The World: Never More In Peril?
The human right scenario across the world is abysmal. Human rights have been undermined across the world, and even in the United States, which...
Myanmar: Increasing evidence of crimes against humanity since coup
Crimes against humanity and war crimes have intensified in the wake of the February 2021 military coup in Myanmar, the UN Human Rights Council...
Millions of Russians no longer protected by the European Convention on Human Rights
Following Russia’s exclusion from the Council of Europe on 16 March 2022, as a result of its aggression against Ukraine, the Russian Federation will...
Volker Türk appointed new UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Secretary-General António Guterres appointed on Thursday, Volker Türk of Austria as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, following approval by the General...
Expanding Human Rights in New Kazakhstan
June 5, 2022, will be remembered as a turning point in the history of Kazakhstan. On that day, an overwhelming majority of our people...
Rights experts urge China to address grave violations in Xinjiang province
China must address grave human rights violations in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), and the international community must not turn a blind eye,...