UN-mandated human rights inquiry on DPR Korea documents 'widespread, systematic abuses'
Left to right: Special Rapporteur Marzuki Darusman, Commission Chairman Michael Kirby and Sonja Biserko.
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish President to veto Internet Law, return it for public consultations
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, delivering her regular report to the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 28...
Governments must step up fight against human trafficking, protect victims, prosecute criminals
Swiss Justice Minister Simonetta Sommaruga, speaking at an international anti-trafficking conference jointly hosted by the OSCE and the...
Right2Water urges privatisation ban in first EU Citizens’ Initiative debate
Organisers of the “Right2Water” campaign urged the EU Commission to guarantee access to water and sanitation as a human right, and give a legal undertaking that water services will not be liberalised in the EU, in the first European Parliament debate...
South Sudan: Investigate New Cluster Bomb Use
The governments of South Sudan and Uganda should investigate new evidence that banned cluster bombs have been used in the South Sudan conflict, Human Rights Watch said. United Nations (UN) experts found remnants of the weapons, including intact...
Cambodia: Security Forces Beat Housing Rights Protesters
Cambodian security personnel used excessive force against housing rights protesters occupying an unfinished building in Phnom Penh on February 14, 2014, Human Rights Watch said. Security forces beat and otherwise assaulted protesting residents in the...
Food, supplies running out for Palestinians at besieged refugee camp in Syria – UN agency
The situation is most critical for people living in communities under siege, such as Yarmouk...
Security Council welcomes resumed Sudanese peace talks, urges accord on Blue Nile, Kordofan states
73,000 people have been displaced by the conflict in South Kordofan State.
South Sudan: Investigate New Cluster Bomb Use
The governments of South Sudan and Uganda should investigate new evidence that banned cluster bombs have been used in the South Sudan conflict, Human Rights Watch said. United Nations (UN) experts found remnants of the weapons, including intact...
Honduras: No Justice for Wave of Killings Over Land
Honduran authorities have failed to investigate properly a wave of killings and other abuses believed to be tied to land disputes in the Bajo Aguán region, Human Rights Watch said in a report released.
