Avainsana: human rights
Independent UN rights experts urge Thai government to allow peaceful protests
Calling the latest imposition of a state of emergency in Thailand, a “draconian measure”, UN-appointed human rights experts on Thursday urged the Government there to guarantee the…
Intersex surgery ’abuses’ condemned by 34 states at U.N. rights forum
More than 30 countries on Thursday condemned ”medically unnecessary surgeries” on intersex children as a human rights violation, amid mounting efforts to ban such operations….
Speedo looking into report of human rights violations at Indian partner Page
Speedo International will investigate a report of possible human rights violations by its Indian partner Page Industries, which Norway’s wealth fund dropped from its portfolio…
Poland threatens to challenge EU funding block in LGBT+ row
Poland warned on Friday it could mount a legal challenge to the European Union’s decision to withhold funding to towns accused of setting up so-called…
Japan: Child Abuse in Pursuit of Olympic Medals
Child athletes in Japan suffer physical, sexual, and verbal abuse when training for sport, Human Rights Watch said in a new report, released today, that…
Independent rights expert says emerging technologies entrenching racism, discrimination
An independent UN human rights expert is calling for greater scrutiny of emerging digital technologies which she said are being used to uphold racial inequality,…
Women and girls deserve more protection in emergencies, UN rights council hears
According to the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), more than 212 million people may need humanitarian assistance by 2022. This year,…
Study: Climate change increasingly raised as a human rights issue in court cases
Climate change is increasingly being harnessed as a human rights issue in legal claims and court cases around the world, as the mass popularity of…
’Shocking’ abuse of migrants forced to pick strawberries in Spain, U.N. says
Spain must urgently protect thousands of women brought over from Morocco as essential workers to pick strawberries during the new coronavirus pandemic in abysmal conditions…
Congo vows zero tolerance over child soldiers after U.S. anti-trafficking nod
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) must do more to end the use of child soldiers by the military and armed groups, its human rights…
Belarus: Full-scale attack on human rights ahead of presidential election
The Belarusian authorities must end their crackdown on political opposition, activists and critics, and fully respect, protect, promote and fulfil the human rights of everyone…
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…
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