UN experts call for more protection of human rights of vulnerable groups affected by business activities
PAKISTAN: UPR report lacks objective realism and denies the reality concerning human rights - Part II
The government has failed to make torture a criminal offence though it has ratified the CAT in June. The delay in legislation shows the lack of honesty on the part of the government to deal with such a serious issue. The AHRC has submitted a Draft...
PAKISTAN: UPR report lacks objective realism and denies the reality concerning human rights - Part I
For the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR) on Pakistan, the country presented a four-year working report of how the government improved the state of human rights in Pakistan. Ms. Hina Rabbani Khar, the foreign minister leading the Pakistan...
SRI LANKA: The banality of the impeachment
Iran: Political Prisoners Denied Visits, Care
UAE: EU Condemns Emirates Rights Climate
The European Parliament on October 26, 2012, adopted a resolution on the deteriorating human rights situation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Rwanda: Eight-Year Sentence for Opposition Leader
Ukrainian elections marred by lack of level playing field, say international observers
A woman casts her vote in the town of Irpin during Ukraine's parliamentary elections on 28 October 2012.
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over Greek journalist case, calls for open trial
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, speaking during the opening session of the Supplementary Human Dimension...
Attack on Congolese doctor sparks outrage from UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict
Survivors of sexual violence in the DR of Congo during hearings held by a UN Panel of Experts
