International community has duty to protect minorities, UN deputy chief tells Geneva forum
Members of an ethnic Yezidi family sleep in the shade in Shekhadi village, Iraq, after...
ECHO provides additional €4 million to keep Syrian children healthy
New Report Shows Discrimination Against Women is Major Cause of Persistent Hunger
#OrangeUrHood campaign kicks off UN-led effort to end violence against women
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2nd left), is joined by his wife Yoo Soon-taek (right) and Executive...
Spain: Flawed Public Security Bill
The Spanish Congress should amend a deeply flawed public security bill that would curb spontaneous protest and formalize abusive expulsions of asylum seekers. The congressional committee on home affairs is due to adopt the bill on November 25, 2014,...
Jordan: Vulnerable Refugees Forcibly Returned to Syria
Jordanian authorities have forcibly deported vulnerable Syrian refugees back to Syria in violation of Jordan’s international obligations. Those deported include wounded men and unaccompanied children.
US: Immigration Plan Laudable But Incomplete
US President Barack Obama’s decision to suspend the deportation of certain unauthorized migrants will protect millions of people from the corrosive threat of removal, Human Rights Watch said today. The plan outlined, while deficient in key respects,...
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Speech in California Prop. 35 Case
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Proposition 35, a 2012 California ballot initiative that would have restricted the rights of registered sex offenders to communicate on the Internet, is likely unconstitutional. The opinion affirms an...
Anti-SLAPP Law Protects Free Speech in Olympia Co-op Israel Boycott Case, Attorneys Say
The Center for Constitutional Rights and co-counsel Davis Wright Tremaine LLP filed a brief at the request of the Washington Supreme Court urging the court to uphold the lower courts’ decisions to dismiss a meritless lawsuit against Olympia Food Co-op...
Slovenia: UN expert urges focus on ‘vulnerable’ ostracized older persons
Following her first official visit to Slovenia, the United Nations independent expert on the human rights of older persons hailed efforts by the country’s Government in ensuring the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, but urged authorities...
