UN rights chief raises serious concerns about ‘rushed’ trial of former Maldives President
Former President Mohamed Nasheed addresses the sixty-fourth session of the General Assembly in 2009.
Iraq: Militia Attacks Destroy Villages, Displace Thousands
Militias, volunteer fighters, and Iraqi security forces engaged in deliberate destruction of civilian property after these forces, following US and Iraqi air strikes, forced the retreat of Islamic State fighters (also known as ISIS) from the town of...
DR Congo: Mass Arrests of Activists
The arrest of at least 26 activists and others in Kinshasa on March 15, 2015, raises serious concerns of a broader crackdown on free expression before the 2016 Democratic Republic of Congo presidential elections, Human Rights Watch said on 18 March....
Women’s participation in sports key to boosting gender equality – UN
Girls line up during a basketball drill in Mogadishu, Somalia.
Libya: Evidence of New Cluster Bomb Use
Phone interviews with witnesses and photographic evidence reviewed by Human Rights Watch indicate that remnants of RBK-250 PTAB 2.5M cluster bombs were found at Bin Jawad in February 2015 and at Sirte in March. The good condition of the paint on the...
Pakistan: Don’t Execute Child Offender
Pakistani authorities should immediately halt the execution of an alleged child offender scheduled for March 19, 2015, and commute his sentence, Human Rights Watch said on March 15.
Up to 75,000 children without adequate access to food, water and shelter in cyclone devastated Vanuatu
Partnering to support children’s rights and development - LEGO Group, LEGO Foundation and UNICEF
Children’s rights and early learning are to receive a boost through two new global partnerships between the LEGO Group, the LEGO Foundation and UNICEF, the celebration of which took place on March 13 in New York.
As Syria conflict enters a fifth year, what does it take to end the crisis and end the suffering?
“The appalling crisis in Syria is entering a fifth year. A crisis that continues to exact an unconscionable human cost. A crisis that the international community has failed to stop.
Libya: Evidence of New Cluster Bomb Use
Tail unit of an RBK-series cluster bomb outside Sirte, Libya. Numerous small craters from the detonation of submunitions were located...
