Human Rights

Guinea: Minister Charged for Alleged Role in Stadium Massacre

2009_Guinea_stadiumscreenshot_0.jpg
Opposition supporters flee Conakry’s main stadium on September 28, 2009, after security forces stormed and opened fire on rally participants.

EU and UNICEF: Fewer children behind bars, greater reforms needed

Children in Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia have seen steady and positive reforms in children's rights but still face huge barriers in accessing justice, according to a new European Union-UNICEF report launched at a conference on justice for children in Brussels.

On 20th anniversary of historic declaration, UN officials urge progress on human rights

06-27-pillay-vienna_0_0.jpg
Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, addressed opening the Vienna+20 Conference.

Public Services Day: Support global tax justice to pay for better public services

EI20130626.jpg

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities visits Georgia, discusses integration, expresses concern over developments along the administrative boundary line

103133.jpg
L-r: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek, speaking with an interpreter and a local resident at Khurvaleti village by the administrative boundary line with South Ossetia, 20 July 2013.

Victories for Gay Marriage at US Supreme Court

VOA20130626_0.jpg

OSCE media freedom representative calls recent legislative initiatives in Russia potentially harmful to freedom of expression and freedom of the media

70661_1.jpg
The OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, opens a session on media freedom at the OSCE's Review Conference in Warsaw, Poland, 7 October 2010.

Africa: Obama Visit Should Stress Media Freedoms

Protecting Activists, Independent Groups Also Key to Rights Gains

United States president Barack Obama should use his visit to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania, beginning June 26, 2013, to support besieged media outlets and independent groups across the African continent, Human Rights Watch said.

Indonesia: Children Seeking Refuge Find Abuse, Neglect

Detained, Beaten in Squalid Facilities, or Left to Fend for Themselves

2012_indonesia_crd_presser.jpg
Two asylum-seeking boys stand on a staircase while detained at Belawan Immigration Detention Center in September 2012

OSCE Special Representative, at conference in Vienna, links inequality, globalization and trafficking

103087_0.jpg
OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk, Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council and Jan Eliasson, UN Deputy Secretary-General at the opening session of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference, Vienna, 25 June 2013.