UN peacekeeping mission ends operations as Timor-Leste continues on path to ‘brighter’ future
A ceremony is held marking the official hand-over of policing responsibilities from the UN Integrated...
A freedom less level field -2012
Tamils living in the North and East have a complained of the loss of all their rights. Most people in the South ignored these complaints. Some even said that such deprivations are punishments for what the LTTE was. The assumption was that such...
Ban to chair high-level donor conference next month for Syria humanitarian effort
Sisters Tamara and Eilada fled their village in Syria but now have a chance to continue their...
Amid proposed adoption ban, UNICEF asks Russia to focus on best interests of children
Executive Director of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Anthony Lake.
Gaza: Palestinian Rockets Unlawfully Targeted Israeli Civilians
EU: Provide Protection for Syrian Refugees
The European Union and its member states should do more to help the thousands of Syrian asylum seekers trying to reach Europe as the Syrian crisis worsens and winter sets in, Human Rights Watch said.
Russia: Environmental Activist Threatened with New Charges
Russian authorities should stop harassing environmental activists Suren Gazaryan and Evgeniy Vitishko. Authorities have threatened to bring new criminal charges against Gazaryan, less than six months after he and another activist, Evgeniy Vitishko,...
New Indian Law Takes Aim at Curbing Child Abuse
On International Migrants Day, human rights experts call for end to criminalization of irregular migration
Zimbabwean migrants at a temporary shelter in South Africa.
OSCE meeting in Istanbul ends with call for effective human rights education for law enforcement officials
All 57 OSCE participating States have committed themselves to effective human rights education training for their law enforcement officials...
