UN rights chief concerned over ‘disproportionate’ killings of African-Americans by US police
Protestors gather in New York City to demonstrate against the police shooting of Michael Brown...
Israel’s demolition of Palestinian homes ‘contrary to international law,’ UN experts warn
Makarim Wibisono, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories...
International community has duty to protect minorities, UN deputy chief tells Geneva forum
Members of an ethnic Yezidi family sleep in the shade in Shekhadi village, Iraq, after...
ECHO provides additional €4 million to keep Syrian children healthy
New Report Shows Discrimination Against Women is Major Cause of Persistent Hunger
#OrangeUrHood campaign kicks off UN-led effort to end violence against women
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (2nd left), is joined by his wife Yoo Soon-taek (right) and Executive...
Spain: Flawed Public Security Bill
The Spanish Congress should amend a deeply flawed public security bill that would curb spontaneous protest and formalize abusive expulsions of asylum seekers. The congressional committee on home affairs is due to adopt the bill on November 25, 2014,...
Jordan: Vulnerable Refugees Forcibly Returned to Syria
Jordanian authorities have forcibly deported vulnerable Syrian refugees back to Syria in violation of Jordan’s international obligations. Those deported include wounded men and unaccompanied children.
US: Immigration Plan Laudable But Incomplete
US President Barack Obama’s decision to suspend the deportation of certain unauthorized migrants will protect millions of people from the corrosive threat of removal, Human Rights Watch said today. The plan outlined, while deficient in key respects,...
Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Speech in California Prop. 35 Case
U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Proposition 35, a 2012 California ballot initiative that would have restricted the rights of registered sex offenders to communicate on the Internet, is likely unconstitutional. The opinion affirms an...
