HRC63: ICJ Raises Alarm over Repression in Tunisia and Arbitrary Detention in El Salvador
United Nations Human Rights Council 63rd Regular Session – General Debate Agenda Item 2 Oral statement of the International Commission of. Read MoreContinue Reading
Watchdog calls for police to stop using Tasers on children in custody – BBC News
“Every statistic is a real child who may have had a traumatic experience of being struck, or strip searched, or even tasered.” Her report reviewed … Read MoreContinue Reading
A Growing Global Push for Free Education for Every Child
Click to expand Image Students in a pre-primary school classroom in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2021. © 2021 Bede Sheppard / Human Rights Watch The global push to make free education accessible for every child gained momentum, as 81 states met at the United Nations in Geneva on August 31 to SeptemberContinue Reading
UN Human Rights Chief warns advanced AI may pose an existential risk to humanity
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk on Monday warned that AI could become impossible for humans to control without proper measures … Read MoreContinue Reading
Message by the Commissioner for Gender Equality of the Republic of Cyprus, Ms Josie …
… Human Rights Council entitled “Providing protection and advocacy support to Women Human Rights Defenders in Times of Crisis: Lessons from WPHF”. Read MoreContinue Reading
At the UN rights council, the foreign strings behind Sudan’s war begin to surface
The UN Human Rights Council condemned the role of external support in fueling hostilities in Sudan after a UN-backed inquiry named, for the first … Read MoreContinue Reading
Moscow accuses EU of weaponising human rights against Russia – Brussels Signal
Russia has accused the European Union of turning human rights into an instrument of political pressure, rejecting the bloc’s latest annual report on … Read MoreContinue Reading
Syria’s transition hinges on justice for all, UN Human Rights Council hears – UN News
“We are deeply alarmed by violations of human rights and international humanitarian law by Israel on Syrian territory, which may amount to war crimes, … Read MoreContinue Reading
Hungary Extends Abusive Migration State of Emergency
Click to expand Image Prime Minister of Hungary, Péter Magyar, giving a speech in the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest, August 27, 2026. © 2026 Balint Szentgallay/NurPhoto via AP Photo Hungary’s government has extended until December 31 the “state of crisis caused by mass migration,” prolonging an emergency regime introduced in 2016Continue Reading
Azerbaijan: Lengthy Sentences for Anar Mammadli and Other Independent Voices Point to …
Azerbaijani authorities must release Anar Mammadli and all others imprisoned solely for peacefully exercising their human rights. Read MoreContinue Reading
UN Finds Little Progress on Justice in Sri Lanka
Click to expand Image United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk holds a press conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 26, 2025. © 2025 Krishan Kariyawasam/NurPhoto via AP Photo Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war, the latest report by the United Nations High CommissionerContinue Reading
Krishnendu Mukherjee and Harj Narulla instructed by Indian and Bangladeshi communities …
The complaint argues that Barclays PLC has breached its human rights, environmental and due diligence duties under the OECD Guidelines for … Read MoreContinue Reading
UN Human Rights Council 63: UK Statement for the Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Myanmar
The Myanmar military’s use of forced conscription, arson and arbitrary detention have driven displacement beyond 3.6 million. The Mechanism’s evidence … Read MoreContinue Reading
UN human rights chief warns AI poses ‘existential’ risk to humanity – ABC News
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has addressed a council in Geneva saying AI posed a threat to humanity among the use of … Read MoreContinue Reading
AI: Türk urges action before it becomes an ‘existential risk to humanity’ – UN News
UN human rights chief Volker Türk added his voice on Monday to growing calls for greater AI controls, warning that the revolutionary technology … Read MoreContinue Reading