Thailand: 12 Years Bring No Answers
The Thai government should reopen the investigation of the enforced disappearance and presumed murder of a prominent Muslim human rights lawyer, Human Rights Watch said on March 10. The lawyer, Somchai Neelapaijit, was abducted in Bangkok 12 years ago...
UN rights chief calls on EU to adopt more ‘humane’ measures on migration
At a port in Greece, a young boy and his family join other refugees and migrants trying to board a bus...
UN chief presents Security Council with special measures to curb sexual exploitation
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivers remarks to the Security Council meeting on sexual exploitation and abuse.
Iraq: ISIS Bombings Kill Over 200 In 2 Weeks
The Islamic State has killed more than 200 people in Iraq, the great majority of them civilians, in bombings over the two weeks since February 25, 2016. Intentional killing of civilians is a war crime, and the widespread nature of the attacks may...
Russia: Journalists, Activists Attacked in North Caucasus
Masked men, armed with baseball bats, brutally attacked a group of foreign and Russian journalists and Russian activists documenting human rights abuses on March 9, 2016, in the North Caucasus. A few hours later, masked men raided the office of a...
UNICEF responds to EU and Turkey summit, calls for protection of refugee and migrant children
With regard to the outcome of the EU Summit with Turkey, UNICEF reiterates that in the implementation of such decisions the fundamental humanitarian principle of ‘do no harm’ must guide authorities across Europe, the Balkans and Turkey at every step...
EU/Turkey: Mass, Fast-Track Returns Threaten Rights
A Syrian family with children was forced by Macedonian security forces to remain in the no-man's land between Greece and...
Large gender gaps remain across global labour market, UN agency reports
A female doctor at hospital performing an operation at a hospital in India.
On International Women’s Day, OSCE Secretary General urges increased efforts to promote gender equality and to engage women in peace processes
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier addresses the opening of the 2015 Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference, Vienna...
