Honouring indigenous groups, UN human rights chief urges respect for existing treaties
Indigenous people in Totonicapán, Guatemala.
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples is marked at an important time
UNICEF joins partners celebrating the 2013 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples at an important time when the international community is preparing for the 2014 World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and the review and resetting of the...
FC Barcelona players Lionel Messi and Jose Manuel Pinto share football skills with young athletes with disabilities
Criminal prosecution of journalists in Turkey violates human right to free expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Convictions and severe sentences handed down to dozens of journalists and writers violate Turkey’s commitments to free speech and independent media, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović said.
OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits United States and Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
U.S. military personnel in the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility
Negative coping strategies among Pakistan’s IDPs
Refugees in camps like Jalozai often go into debt and sell possessions to get by.
Director-General urges Philippine authorities to investigate double journalist murder in Manila
According to media and police reports, the men were shot several times by two assailants on motorcycles as they chatted in front of a convenience store in the Quezon City neighborhood.
UN anti-narcotics panel urges Uruguay to reconsider draft law on cannabis sale
The independent United Nations body tasked with monitoring the production and consumption of narcotics worldwide urged Uruguay to review a draft law that would permit the sale of cannabis for non-medical use.
UN humanitarian chief: Frustrated by lack of protection for civilians in Syria
The continued failure by parties to the conflict to protect civilians across Syria means that women, men, and children continue to be killed, injured and displaced across the country.
Condemning murder of Colombian radio journalist, UNESCO chief urges investigation
The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom called for an investigation into the death of Colombian radio journalist gunned down on his way to work.
