UNHCR chief issues key guidelines for dealing with Europe's refugee crisis
A UNHCR staff member distributes blankets to people waiting to cross the Greek-FYR Macedonian border. UNHCR staff have been at...
UN urges Europe to admit 200,000 refugees from Syria, Iraq and other war zones
Declaring that Europe is facing “a moment of truth” with hundreds of thousands of people risking their lives to cross the Mediterranean Sea, the head of the United Nations refugee agency on 4 September urged the European Union (EU) to admit up to 200,...
EU: Five Steps to Tackle Refugee Crisis
The European Union and its 28 member states should act immediately to address the human rights crisis resulting from years of mismanaging migration and asylum, Human Rights Watch said on September 4. With a humanitarian crisis on the Greek islands, a...
Marietje Schaake: EU technology should not be used to violate human rights
Marietje Schaake
Cluster Munitions Used in 5 Countries in 2015
9N235 submunitions that failed to explode during a cluster munition attack collected and displayed in...
UN human rights chief deplores new allegation of sexual abuse in CAR
High Commissioner for Human Rights Ra’ad Zeid Al Hussein addresses a seminar on the fight against...
Civilians in Syria suffering ‘a living tragedy’ with no end in sight, UN human rights expert warns
In the Tishreen camp for displaced persons in Aleppo, Syria, residents go about their daily lives...
ICC: Trial of Bosco Ntaganda for Congo Crimes
The opening of the trial of Bosco Ntaganda on September 2, 2015, at the International Criminal Court (ICC) sends the message that elusive suspects in grave international crimes may someday be brought to justice, Human Rights Watch said on september 1...
Russia: Children With Disabilities Face Discrimination
Children with disabilities in Russia face serious obstacles to accessing quality education, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on September 1. The Russian government should build on progress to date to make sure that children with...
Grim crisis within EU borders
Seventy-one decomposing bodies discovered in a truck on the side of an Austrian highway. Two hundred presumed drowned when their boat sunk off the Libyan coast. Fifty-two people found suffocated in the hold of another boat. This relentless catalogue...
