Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Joint Statement on the Rio + 20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development
Realizing human rights and achieving sustainable development are inter-dependent and mutually-reinforcing goals. States must ensure that the Outcome Document of the UN Conference on Sustainable Development recognizes the centrality of human rights to...
France's minister for women seeks abolition of prostitution in Europe
French minister for women is all set to organise a conference of experts on how to contain the sex-trade and human-trafficking.
Humanitarian situation in Syria continues to worsen – UN relief agency
Members of a Syrian family register as refugees in northern Lebanon.
US recognition for Israel's crackdown on human trafficking
Israel's crackdown on human trafficking has improved over the past year and reached an all-time high, according to...
Rights to peaceful assembly and association need greater protection – UN expert
Special Rapporteur on the right to freedom of peacful assembly and of associationMaina Kiai.
New UN report shows record 800,000 people became refugees in 2011
UNHCR set up the first camps in the Dadaab complex in 1991 to host up to 90,000 people. Today...
Pope Calls for Refugees' Rights to be Respected
After praying the Angelus today, the Pope made some remarks about World Refugee Day, an initiative promoted by the United Nations which is celebrated on 20 June. "It seeks to draw the attention of the international community to the situation of so...
SRI LANKA: Political Rein
UNICEF calls for promoting rights of children with disabilities in Africa
Child being vaccinated against measles
Homelessness among minors in Saudi Arabia on the rise
