Women and girls with disabilities are equal rights holders, not ‘helpless objects of pity’ – UN rights committee
Participant of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities takes photos of participants attending...
UN human rights office welcomes France’s court ruling to suspend seaside ban on burkini
Thailand: Break Silence on Day of the ‘Disappeared’
Thailand’s government has failed to abide by its pledge to make enforced disappearance a crime under Thai laws, Human Rights Watch said on Aug 29. August 30 is the United Nations International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances.
‘Make human rights the priority in all conservation efforts’ – UN experts urge governments
Marine litter affects communities and seas in every region of the world, and negatively impacts...
Ukraine: New Research Corroborates Secret Detentions
New information has corroborated allegations of enforced disappearances and secret detention by Ukraine’s security services, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International said in a joint letter to Ukraine’s military prosecutor. The new information...
Save the Children Calls for the Protection of Children in Evacuation of Besieged Daraya, Syria
Save the Children is concerned about the fate of civilians being evacuated from the besieged town of Daraya, Syria. The movement of people to other areas of Damascus and to Idlib is ongoing on August 27, with six buses apparently leaving this...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly human rights chair calls for release of Crimean Tatar leader Umerov
The forced commitment to a psychiatric clinic of Ilmi Umerov represents a worrying new low in Russia’s stigmatization of the Crimean Tatar community and should be immediately reversed, said the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's human rights...
UK Prime Minister orders government audit to tackle racial disparities in public service outcomes
UK Prime Minister Theresa May is on 27 August launching an unprecedented audit of public services to reveal racial disparities and help end the burning injustices many people experience across Britain.
UN envoy urges all sides to quickly agree truce to ease suffering in Aleppo
Stressing that “time is of the essence” amid the increasingly dire situation in Aleppo, the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria on 27 August called for all sides in the conflict to agree by Sunday on allowing aid delivery and repairs for the war-...
Colombia: Peace Pact a Key Opportunity to Curb Abuses
The agreement between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrillas on August 24, 2016, to end their 52-year conflict is an unprecedented opportunity to curtail abuses in the country, Human Rights Watch said...
