More: Human Rights
As inequality grows, the UN fights for a fairer world
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – the UN’s blueprint for a better and more sustainable future for all – calls for a reduction...
Papal visit boosts UAE effort to redefine concepts of tolerance
The United Arab Emirates is projecting itself as a leader of inter-communal and inter-faith harmony with the first ever visit by a Catholic pope...
The Kashmiri’s indomitable fighting spirit
The Kashmiri has been ruled by Shah Mirs and Sultans (1339-1586), Mughals (1586-1751), and dogra (1846-1947).An immutable lesson of history is that they never...
A struggle for rule of law: Detained Bahraini footballer catapults Thailand to centre stage
Mounting pressure on Thailand to release from detention soccer player Hakeem al-Araibi has not only refocussed international attention on alleged abuse of human rights...
Human trafficking cases hit a 13-year record high
The latest Global Report On Trafficking In Persons, released on Tuesday by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) at UN headquarters in...
The link between conflict and hunger
Conflict-driven hunger is getting worse, according to a snapshot of the eight places in the world with the highest number of people in need...
History’s faux pas and Kashmir
One of the greatest blunders of history is the Kashmir issue perpetrated by the British Empire and its price is being paid by its...
The normative context in defining ‘refugees’
Contextual challenges in recognizing refugees
The Refugee Convention articulates that for any person to be qualified to be a refugee that person must have been...
India crossed all limits of atrocities in Kashmir
India has crossed all records of atrocities in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK), even “New York Times” reported “An 18-Month-Old Victim in a Very Old...
Shaping the new world order: The battle for human rights
China is leading the charge in a bid to undermine accepted concepts of human rights accountability and justice.
The Chinese effort backed by autocrats elsewhere...