Tag: Human Rights

Global displacement has reached unprecedented levels, with nearly 130 million people worldwide either forcibly displaced or stateless by the end of 2025, highlighting  the growing gap between rising humanitarian needs and ...

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that Israeli settler groups could be added to a global blacklist for grave violations against children if the current pattern of abuses continues. ...

A coalition of medical experts, survivors, human rights activists, and politicians have demanded clarification regarding Sierra Leone's First Lady, Fatima Maada Bio, after she denied endorsing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) ...

United Nations Human Rights report has issued a stark warning over the continued global use and legacy of anti-personnel landmines, saying the weapons are still killing and injuring civilians decades ...

Greenpeace International has cautioned that global efforts to protect at least 30% of the world’s oceans and critical ecosystems by 2030 are in danger of falling short unless governments place ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has warned countries against continuing the involuntary return of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers, noting that such actions expose vulnerable people to serious ...

United Nations has raised alarm over a growing global crackdown on the rights of LGBTIQ+ people, warning that discriminatory laws and hostile political rhetoric are gaining ground in many countries. ...

The Human Rights Division of the High Court in Accra has delivered a landmark judgment against the Ghana Police Service, finding the institution guilty of violating the rights of journalists ...

Israel has passed a new law to impose the death penalty and conduct public trials for Palestinians accused of involvement in the Hamas-led attacks of October 7, 2023. The bill, ...

United Nations Human Rights Chief, Volker Türk, has issued a stark warning that Sudan’s devastating civil war is approaching an even more dangerous stage, as escalating violence and the growing ...