More: Human Rights
Belarus must stop torturing protesters and prevent enforced disappearances
Independent UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on Belarus to stop torturing detainees and bring to justice police officers who have reportedly humiliated...
Of Privacy, EU and of Human Rights – 75 years After
Early summer days of 2020 in Vienna sow marking the anniversary of Nuremberg Trials with the conference “From the Victory Day to Corona Disarray:...
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 to take a new and fully inclusive democratic path,...
India exposed further
Amnesty International reported police abuses, negligence, discrimination, and siding with the terrorists & facilitating the terrorists. Pre-planned Indian police "committed serious human rights violations"...
Pandemic lessons: Advancing gender-responsive justice reforms in Asia post-COVID
Authors: Mohammad Naciri and Jeremy Douglas*
Across Asia, places of detention have become a hotspot for outbreaks of COVID-19. Overcrowding – with some prisons in...
Throwback to a powerful and timely HR message addressed to the citizens of the world
We are on the 1st of July 2020; post-first wave of coronavirus across the globe, and already Vienna is holding a 3-panelled diplomatic forum...
Is India world’s most dangerous country for women?
In 2018, Thomson Reuters Foundation has proclaimed India as the most dangerous country for women. This proclamation is based on an opinion poll, rather...
Christian’s Miserable plight in Pakistan
Let’s start with the speech of Quaid-i-Azam of 11th August 1947, just 3 days before the inception of Pakistan. He stated, “You are free;...
Somalia: Draft law a ‘major setback’ for victims of sexual violence
The UN official working to end rape during wartime is urging authorities in Somalia to scrap a proposed law that allows for child marriage,...
Cambodia loses duty-free access to the EU market over human rights concerns
As of 12 August, some of Cambodia's typical export products such as garments, footwear and travel goods are subject to the European Union's customs...