Avainsana: human rights
Global ban needed on bogus ‘conversion therapy’, argues UN rights expert
“Conversion therapy” is built on the false premise that it can alter the sexual orientation of gender diverse people, and many more countries around the…
UN human rights chief calls for reparations for slavery, colonialism
The UN’s human rights chief urged countries Wednesday to confront the legacy of slavery and colonialism and to make amends for “centuries of violence and…
Towards innovative, conflict-sensitive and human rights-based approaches to forest monitoring
The Governments of Myanmar and Finland today launched a trailblazing project designed to allow for monitoring of forests in a manner that is sensitive to…
Citing ‘weight of history’, senior UN officials of African descent issue call to ‘go beyond and do more’ to end racism
A group of more than twenty senior leaders in the UN, who report directly to Secretary-General António Guterres, and who are African or of African…
World’s largest ICT companies failing to tackle human rights abuses in supply chains
In a new analysis of how the world’s 49 largest ICT businesses are protecting against human rights abuses in their supply chains, the average score…
Human Rights First: Black Lives Matter, Police Violence is a Human Rights Abuse
Americans of all colors, creeds, and political persuasions are justifiably outraged by the senseless killings by police of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, and…
Hundreds of child weddings thwarted in Ethiopia as coronavirus locks girls out of schools
More than 500 girls have been rescued from child marriage in northern Ethiopia since schools were shut due to the new coronavirus, a regional official…
First Syrian state torture trial opens in Germany
Two alleged former Syrian intelligence officers go on trial in Germany on Thursday accused of crimes against humanity in the first court case worldwide over…
U.N. chief warns against repressive measures amid coronavirus crisis
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday the coronavirus could give some countries an excuse to adopt repressive measures for reasons unrelated to the pandemic…
Syria’s al-Assad forces accused of using chemical weapons
President Bashar al-Assad’s military regime likely used chemical weapons in an illegal attack in Syria, the Hague-based Organization for the Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)…
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