Human Rights

2 Million Deaths a Year Could Be Due to Air Pollution: Study

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No consensus on implementation of cessation clause for Rwandan refugees

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Many Rwandan refugees have lived in host countries for decades.

OSCE meeting opens with call to strengthen rule of law to protect human rights

Governments should take steps to further strengthen the rule of law to better protect human rights, participants said at the opening of the Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting in Vienna.

World Population Day: UN spotlights teen pregnancy and need to empower girls

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World Population Day 2013 - Spotlight on Adolescent Pregnancy.

UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake's remarks at an Inequalities Debate

“In February, to mark World Justice Day, the Secretary-General remarked that ‘we see far too many places where there are increasing opportunities for a few and only rising inequality for the many.’

New report sheds light on trafficking for organ removal in OSCE region

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The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during a side...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns yet another journalist murder in Russia

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Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media

Myanmar Armed Forces discharge 42 children and young people

The United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNICEF welcomed the discharge of 34 children and 8 young people by the Myanmar Armed Forces, or Tatmadaw, in line with the Government’s commitment to end the recruitment and use of children by the army in...

UNICEF condemns killings in school attack in Northeast Nigeria

The deaths of students in yet another attack on a school in Northeast Nigeria should be condemned absolutely by all communities, UNICEF says.

Matchmaking medical research

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Must love randomized controlled trials.

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